Ceramic Wrap On Headers

Ceramic coatings take that a step further.

Ceramic wrap on headers.

We could eek out a full season on a new set of mild steel headers that were wrapped. Header wrap can come in various materials including woven ceramic from moroso left. Header wrap is more expensive than high temp paint. You have a few choices from dei including coated fiberglass center or a pulverized lava rock right in the titanium series.

This forms a hard impermeable barrier that doesn t corrode. It can also be done in your garage. The right idea header wraps by keeping the heat in the header also reduces the radiant heat in the engine bay. Ceramic coatings and header wraps are a sure way to add horsepower and a performance attitude to your motor.

But it is less expensive than ceramic coating. It has wrap header tubes which can protect the plug wires along with wrap downpipes which can increase the velocity of the vehicle. Header wraps and their heat control properties header wraps are nothing new. There are a few different applications of exhaust header wrap but the principals are pretty much the same and.

Coating your headers in ceramic improves their heat resistance and keeps them from being tarnished or damaged by the heat. In other words ceramic coated headers look and function the same on mile one as they do on mile 300 000. We campaigned a circle track car for several years and did wrap the exhaust. This video shows how to wrap exhaust headers.

Even better this highly specialized insulation blocks intense engine heat that can rob your ride of horsepower and damage engine components. Additionally you can also utilize the wraps and wrap them around the exhaust pipes which would prevent heat transmission at the interior of your vehicle and prevent any sort of burns. The wrap does a phenomenal job of keeping the heat inside the primary tubes of the header but what that promotes is a rapid breakdown of the mild steel. Stainless headers get around this problem by using a material that doesn t corrode in the first place.

These coatings made of aluminum powder mixed with ceramic dust are sprayed onto the header as a powder and then baked on in an oven. Header wraps are designed to keep the heat in the header to improve scavenging of the cylinders. A ceramic header coating also provides protection against the corrosive materials in the exhaust.