High Heat Paint or Engine Enamel?
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Topic: High Heat Paint or Engine Enamel?
Posted By: Jonny Quest
Subject: High Heat Paint or Engine Enamel?
Date Posted: November-20-2014 at 12:32am
My exhaust manifolds and risers just came out of a hot tank. Now I'm looking to paint them before re-installing.
I'm trying to determine if I should go with the Rust-Oleum High Heat paint (2,000 degrees) or the Engine Enamel (500 degrees).
Obviously in an automotive application, I would go with the High Heat paint. But I don't know how hot the water-cooled exhaust manifolds and risers get. Do the water-cooled exhaust manifolds and risers get hotter than 500 degrees F? If so, then I will use the High Heat paint, if not, then I will go with the Engine Enamel.
I'm also thinking about going with black on the exhaust manifolds and red on the risers. The engine will have a nice red/black color scheme going with the red valve covers, red HEI distributor and red risers.
JQ
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Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: November-20-2014 at 12:59am
Rob,
Engine enamel and keep the colors original. When are you going to post a picture(s) of the boat?
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Posted By: SNobsessed
Date Posted: November-20-2014 at 8:50am
Don't bother painting the runners that attach to the head, they will just burn off & create smoke. If you 2 tone, do the embossed PCM text. Maybe just a racing stripe on the risers would look good too. JMO, sorry Pete!
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