Thermal coatings

[Tom Sharpe]

Did you notice a change in water and oil temp?  Mine both dropped 25-30 deg.
(f). TomS

The Punisher wrote:

> I have this 11:1 406 small block chevy that I coated the pistons,combustion
> chambers, combustion side of the intake valve, both sides of the exhause
> valve and the whole exhaust port. I built a nearly identical engine several
> years ago (except it was more like 10:1) and I can tell you for certian that
> the coated engine is less prone to detonation even with the higher
> compression. I used tech line coating which requires SANDblasting the parts
> first(dont glassbead). I had the heads off 5 months ago during a cam change,
> and the heads, valves,pistons all looked good with no chips or flakes after
> 3 years of medium commuting, cruising and the occasional dragrace.
>
> Keith
>
> >If I ever find the time to rebuild the engine in my turbo Sunbird, I'll
> >apply
> >coatings to the head and pistons.  I'll be able to get a better idea of
> >their
> >effectiveness.
> >
>
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