KaiPL
Enthusiast
Ever since I got my Billy Boat headers installed, I've had issues with heat. Melted wiring, excessive under-hood temps, etc. I took some stop-gap measures by wrapping vulnerable wires and hoses with heat reflective materials, but I was looking for a better solution.
I recently got my headers coated with the HiPerCoat Extreme coating from HPC.
http://www.hpcoatings.com/hipercoat_extreme.htm
Cost was $915 including the cost of shipping my headers back and forth to HPC. Time to get them coated was about 3 weeks.
After using the coated headers for several weeks, I am happy to report that the product seems to work as advertised. There is a very significant reduction in heat coming off of my headers. I haven't measured anything with a thermometer, but prior to the coating, the headers became extremely hot very quickly. Within 2-3 minutes of starting the engine, the headers were so hot they would burn your flesh if you touched them, and when the engine was running for a while, waves of heat would pour off of the headers. The headers would stay hot for a long time after engine shut down. After application of the HPC coating, the headers stay cool much longer, cool down much quicker, and the heat coming off of them is much reduced. The whole engine bay is staying cooler and is cooling down much more quickly.
I would highly recommend this coating to anyone who is considering headers and wants to avoid cooking and melting stuff under the hood.
Kai
I recently got my headers coated with the HiPerCoat Extreme coating from HPC.
http://www.hpcoatings.com/hipercoat_extreme.htm
Cost was $915 including the cost of shipping my headers back and forth to HPC. Time to get them coated was about 3 weeks.
After using the coated headers for several weeks, I am happy to report that the product seems to work as advertised. There is a very significant reduction in heat coming off of my headers. I haven't measured anything with a thermometer, but prior to the coating, the headers became extremely hot very quickly. Within 2-3 minutes of starting the engine, the headers were so hot they would burn your flesh if you touched them, and when the engine was running for a while, waves of heat would pour off of the headers. The headers would stay hot for a long time after engine shut down. After application of the HPC coating, the headers stay cool much longer, cool down much quicker, and the heat coming off of them is much reduced. The whole engine bay is staying cooler and is cooling down much more quickly.
I would highly recommend this coating to anyone who is considering headers and wants to avoid cooking and melting stuff under the hood.
Kai
