I am wondering if 'silver' color ceramic coating an exhaust pipe off a turbo bike will be heat-color safe? Meaning 1300 deg or lower?

For the header and turbo I am going with 2K satin black,

You mean, no one has swapped a silver pump or a satin pump to see the diff in respect of color? Would it make a difference if both are running 1300°?

Lower is slower.

What I mean is the coating being rated to 1300, and if anyone has had a silver color finish (1300 degree tops), that proved to be not high enough temp, so the coating faded/changed.

Performance Coatings offers high heat ceramic coatings capable of withstanding exhaust gas temperatures of 1300° F in the Chromex finish and over 2000° F in the Satin finishes.

privateer,

Yes, exactly. And I am wondering if the 1300 silver color coating is sufficient for an exhaust pipe coming out of a turbo?

Go to Performance Coatings they have a section on coating the turbo.

I have no idea what the temperature of the exhaust gases are coming out of a turbocharger on a ZX14 though. But since the satin silver is good for 2,000 maybe that would work. You might just contact them about it, and see what they say.

Once I get around to getting my Muzzy full exhaust (titanium) I'm going to have PCI put satin black on the header AND the "tailpipe" back to the cannister. They can bake their satin ceramics onto titanium just fine. I figure 2,000 degrees is good enough for that. Heh.

What I like is PCI will do engine components too, with so-called dry film coat which doesn't change the dimensions of the part. So they can do bearings and such. Of course, you can buy stuff like ceramic bearings anyway, but at least they know how to do it.

I just checked, the dry film coatings they do on internal components are 4,500 degree coatings. Maybe they can do something like that for your turbocharger exhaust pipe.

* Last updated by: privateer on 8/2/2009 @ 5:37 PM *

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