Ceramic Wrap On Headers

Ceramic coatings and header wraps are a sure way to add horsepower and a performance attitude to your motor.

Ceramic wrap on headers.

In other words ceramic coated headers look and function the same on mile one as they do on mile 300 000. There are a few different applications of exhaust header wrap but the principals are pretty much the same and. Flatirons tuning tech tip all about heat wrap ceramic coating and reflective heat tape if you are building your car to make power you are also going to. Header wrap is more expensive than high temp paint.

We campaigned a circle track car for several years and did wrap the exhaust. The right idea header wraps by keeping the heat in the header also reduces the radiant heat in the engine bay. Keeping the heat in the header allows the exhaust speed to remain high. It has wrap header tubes which can protect the plug wires along with wrap downpipes which can increase the velocity of the vehicle.

Even better this highly specialized insulation blocks intense engine heat that can rob your ride of horsepower and damage engine components. Stainless headers get around this problem by using a material that doesn t corrode in the first place. Header wraps and their heat control properties header wraps are nothing new. Ceramic coatings take that a step further.

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. Coating your headers in ceramic improves their heat resistance and keeps them from being tarnished or damaged by the heat. A ceramic header coating also provides protection against the corrosive materials in the exhaust. It can also be done in your garage.

You have a few choices from dei including coated fiberglass center or a pulverized lava rock right in the titanium series. 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. Header wraps are designed to keep the heat in the header to improve scavenging of the cylinders. 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.

But it is less expensive than ceramic coating. This video shows how to wrap exhaust headers. We could eek out a full season on a new set of mild steel headers that were wrapped.