This is my new manifold, it was made by bailhatch. b-series, (he also has them for you sohc guys too) mig'd mild steel. 35/38mm wg flange, t3flange. he also ceramic coated it for me too.

sorry forthe size, my pc is queer at times

some construction pics





The end result



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Modified by wantboost at 9:40 PM 10/27/2004


Modified by wantboost at 9:41 PM 10/27/2004


Modified by wantboost at 9:41 PM 10/27/2004

 

The welds look pretty damn good, how much did you pick it up for?

 

yea, the welds are damn good. you'll have to pm him for pricing as each setup varies.


Modified by wantboost at 8:25 PM 10/27/2004

 

what kind paint did you use to paint the manifold?

 

it's not paint. it's ceramic coated

 

So my aunt owns a ceramic shop. Is it possible to get your hands on the liquid jet hot coating? She has the kilns to make the peices with the coating on them.

 

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Thats what this is. Its a ceramic coating in liquid form that I spray on with a detail gun. It gets baked to release the solvents and you're left with a coating that can handle 1500-2000* EGTs. It has very good insulating properties which should easily offset the heat sink nature of thick walled manifolds like I build. Lower underhood temps and more heat energy directed into the turbine are a couple of the main attractions for me. It happens to be VERY abrasion/chip resistant too.

your aunts kiln would work great for this. I use a glass blowing kiln (same as pottery/ceramics basicly but with some fancy digital temp ramping controls) for the higher cure temps and a convection oven for the lower ones.

 

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Thats what this is. Its a ceramic coating in liquid form that I spray on with a detail gun. It gets baked to release the solvents and you're left with a coating that can handle 1500-2000* EGTs. It has very good insulating properties which should easily offset the heat sink nature of thick walled manifolds like I build. Lower underhood temps and more heat energy directed into the turbine are a couple of the main attractions for me. It happens to be VERY abrasion/chip resistant too.

your aunts kiln would work great for this. I use a glass blowing kiln (same as pottery/ceramics basicly but with some fancy digital temp ramping controls) for the higher cure temps and a convection oven for the lower ones.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I have a kiln at my school, its a cermics glass, she doesnt have a sprayer though.

 

same here, im gonna ask my teacher if i can use her kiln, lol

 

Spraying it is the easy part if you can paint. Just need a big tip because of the large solids in the coating. The prep work is the most critical part. It must be sandblasted in a rather particular manner, cleaned and sprayed asap to ensure good adhesion. Some of the really dope coatings are only available to wholesale custys also due to the toxicity