Does anyone here have any experience using a ceramic coating for their exhaust, especially their headers? I have a 2003 XX and as most know the FI birds tend to run hot.

The boys over at ST-Owners.com also rave about the jet coating and it's reduction in heat.

I also think it's fairly reasonable in price.

I got mine done because the body is against it. Didn't melt it. $125.00

What oil pan are you running?

I cut the sump off and welded in a 1/4" alum plate after talking with Kent Stotz , and Elton Fish at EFR. EFR has a pan that is 1" thick and billet but you have to plug the oil lines going to the cooler. I wanted to keep the cooler, so I had to build my own. Elton sold me his relief valve and helped me with mods to the oil pickup. But, I still had problems with oil starvation when I stopped and turned. Made a plate that samwiched between the pan and block to prevent the oil from getting out of the pan. And added the oil accumilatior to the main oil galley. Now EFR sell one like mine, and stopped selling the billet one.

Pictures? Not that I need it but I'm interested nonetheless.

I am planning on doing the ST when I get it because of heat issues. Any recommendations for any of the coaters below?

http://www.jet-hot.com/

http://www.airborncoatings.com/homepage.html

http://www.performancecoatings.com/headercoatings.html

I am leaning towards performance because of the Satin Dark Blue. They all seem to be the same quality wise; at least from what I can see.

I used Jet Hot on my Akra header, no complaints and it looks just like the pics above.

I coated my factory header once-upon-a-time then sold it to G2 3 years ago.

It seemed to make a difference, but not as much as installing a set of aftermarket slip-ons did. Those stock mufflers get WAY fucking hot!

I've used Jet-Hot on several occasions with good results. I had the header on my XR600R coated by them and it had yet to show a spec of rust showing through after two seasons of serious abuse. The header on my V-max, same thing, good looking, durable, no problems. They also did the blacking out of my stock XX cans, again 35K plus miles without a scratch.

Tough stuff.

I know a lot of people that have used these guys and have been very happy: http://www.moorepower.com/

Hey did I tell you that grand prix shifting suxxxxxx big time.......lol

I love your shop, wanna adopt a fat kid?

The oil pan and blaffle look good.

That baffle almost seems too good though! It would seem like a significant amount of oil would be stuck up in the engine, there's not much open area for it to drain back down? Ever have any issues?

I was worried about that, but I have 6 qts oil in it. 1 in the accum and it does not use that much oil as the clearances are very small, less than .001", plus the pressure is 100 lbs. All per EFR design. I was worried about the parasitic losses in the level of the oil into the crank. I can actually feel the braking effect when I stop. If I get on the rear brake to much the combined effects will lock the rear tire or chatter.
My dip stick is marked way high for oil level, I think three qts higher. So what is pulled out under the pan sucks what is on top into it. There is also the line into the side of the oil pan. I think it is enough to feed the pump alone.


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