You guys need to try this

I bought some high temp paint to give my cast manifold a little better look and while spraying it I relized it was also ceramic coating. Well after I cured it and put it back on(diceded to so the manifold turbine housing and o2housing) I ran it for an hour or so and went home to check it and my underhood temps drop signafically like you could actually almost touch the manifold(get within a quarter inch without burning your hand) you could hold your hand on the valve cover and the coolant temp actually dropped a little. Its VHT header paint or something like that.

Sweet. Get us some pics to see how badass that looks :thumbsup:

That stuff actually lowers the temp on parts in the engine bay?

The ceramic coating does actually reduce the temps. Thats how i got my longtubes done by Jet-hot. Excellent choice.

I second the pictures motion!

I'll do it tomorrow then, just charged my camera so its ready to go

can't wait to see the pics.... I may do this to my baby. Sounds like its worth it. Expecially for the people with CF hoods ;)

I just went out and checked some things and one thing I noticed was the valve cover was still so hot I couldnt hold my hand on it(sitting for an 30 minutes after driving) but the manifold was just slightly warm. Pics tomorrow

damnit, I woulda have done this when my manifold was off. but I don't want to risk striping the head, so, Im going to paint the top and whatever else i can paint lolololol doubt it though.

As promised here are some pics. I was going to post before pics but I think we all know how ugly cast iron looks
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/BoosTSi/100_4536.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/BoosTSi/100_4535.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/BoosTSi/100_4534.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/BoosTSi/100_4532.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/BoosTSi/100_4533.jpg
And yes I relize that there is a bolt sticking up, no need to point that out.

Hey there a bolt sticking up !! :lol: J/K nice and clean good job.

meh, might want to get slime fans =P cool job

I painted my heat sheild with that stuff. Dont really remember the name brand. It was 2000 degree paint made by DEI, I think.

I've got a sick plan for some trick heat suppresant ideas for when my car becomes turbo. Don't really want to reveal my idea yet. lol

Fuck! You guys have really cool shit down there. We dont have anything like that. Next time I go to the cities I am definately going to get a shit ton of that paint stipper, wheel paint, and that ceramic shit. Thats sweet man.

Yea.. how long did it take you to do that?

Probably an hour all together 15 minutes to paint and 45 minutes to cure. I think it turned out really nice and it helped out quite a bit

Really nice! :thumbsup:

It makes the manifold look brand new. And there's a bolt sticking up AND your dipstick is broken ;) Looks awesome though :thumbsup:

Thanks for pointing that out