High Temp Coatings in a Turbo

Clare Snyder snyder at huron.net
Thu Apr 2 16:34:43 GMT 1998


d houlton x0710 wrote:
> 
> Frederic Breitwieser wrote:
> >
> > >Would this stuff work on the turbine housing of a turbo?  Seems like
> > >it would if it works on headers, but I've seen pictures with the turbine
> > >red hot while I've never seen headers glow quite so brightly.  What is
> > >the temp limit for these coatings?
> >
> > Please, either don't do this, or be very, very careful if you coat the
> > inside housing of your turbo.  A friend and I had done just that in an
> 
> Good advice.  I was talking about the outside of the turbo though.  I was
> just wondering if the coating could take the heat.  Do turbine housings
> really get hotter than a strait header would?  Seems like they would if
> you were always running boost, but for the average street goer that wouldn't
> be a problem.
> 
> --Dan
Outside coating only would "likely" result in severe overheating, and
possible melt-down. A bit like wrapped headers?
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