I've stood by people's cars who've chromed or powdercoated them and could feel the heat radiating off them when I'm 8feet away. Note that I have the 4 into 4 big pipes not the shorty's. Originally Posted by jakester I've got the ceramic BBK's on mine and they clean up nice. Got some ceramic header cleaner from JEGS.
I had the sidepipes done in late winter and so far so good. They are done the same as the headers and j pipe, ceramic chrome silver.
Ceramic will stay looking the same for way longer. I would do ceramic headers and stainless side pipes, but if you are going with shorties, you may have to go with chrome side pipes. That must be a type.. I doubt if you can get a stainless shortie for 79 dollar Also, look at the flanges.. Look at how the others have rectangle tubing where it mates with the flanges.
Much easier to work with. Last edited by Raceral; at AM. Same with Bassani. The Ford Racing shorties may work well in Mustangs but have one of the worst reputations for fit when reversed for use in our cars. I went with BBK ceramic shorties. Thanks for the tips guys. Performance wise, ceramic is best. A good header will pull the exhaust gasses out of the chamber by created sort of a negative pressure zone. That negative pressure zone depends a hot exhaust pulse in the collecter from the other pipes.
The hotter the pulse, the greater the efficiency. Ceramic heat barriers keep that heat inside the pipes, and should increase efficiency, which should increase power. That's the theory, anyway. Also, by keeping the heat inside the pipe, that should help decrease under hood temps. A good ceramic coating is done on both sides of the metal.
In theory it is a solid coating with no breaks or cracks. That keeps a lot of the heat and all of the moisture off of the base metal. It should last a lot longer than bare steel. People use SS and chrome simply for looks. Of the two, I think SS is the better choice.
Chrome expands and contracts at a differant rate than the base metal. Eventually, the chrome will crack, and seperate from the pipe. That allows water and air to contact the base metal, and rust will develop. The side pipes are another deal altogether. Ceramic coating retains the heat inside the muffler and pipes.
That's not exactly a good thing. SInce all that heat is in constant contact wih the muffler materials, they may not last as long again that 5K miles a year may make this a moot point. Ideally, you would want the gasses in the side pipes behind the collecter to cool rapidly.
As the gasses cool, they contract, and are easier to expel. In theory. Don't think for one minute that you won't leave some meat on the ceramic pipe if you touch it It is cooler..
Originally Posted by Raceral. Contact Us. My Cookies. Frequently Asked Questions. Forum Rules. Why do some ceramic headers look silver and others ceramic coatings look more chrome like? As far as maintenance I'm not sure what you mean, the only thing you will need to replace every now and then is the flange-pipe gasket or the flange-head gasket. I would recommend spending the extra money and getting some hooker headers, not had much experience with different brands of headers but mine are dynomax ceramic coated and they are rusting, due to some scraping on the streets when the suspension bottomed out.
Everyone else I know personally and have helped put headers on all used hooker super comps, and they for the most part just dropped right in and had no clearance issues with anything surrounding it. Evan 71 Nova. Still look almost like new. Maintenance free. You will ultimately be better off spending 5 or 6 rather than 2 or 3 up front.
I learned that the hard way. Go with ceramic coated which I think you can get in black now if you like the look. Steve To each problem exists a solution The ZD Nova Page.
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