Header coatings - Part Two

[Jack Matyas]

Holy Cow -- time does fly by -- with the racing season started here in Division One and business a little better this has just slipped by - I've got this big box in my garage from Damon at Competitive Edge Coatings with headers in it ..........I'll take some pictures and post them shortly ............and do they look great ! ! !

[Dave Casey]

Garrett,

I have central ct coated headers on both my cars and they are 3 and 7 years old and look good, did you take them back to Gene ? He has been good for myself and many others. See you soon

[Darrin Christen]

Jack I hope you have good luck with the new header coating. After two different brand headers and two different coating companies I got tired of my headers falling apart from the inside out after only three years. I decided to call Mark Lechook and purchase some stainless tubing and some stainless merge collectors and build my own headers for my chevy II. Mark was very helpful in getting me started in the right direction. I've been running the headers for 3 years now with no problems at all. I don't even have to sweep up the pile of rust on the trailer floor when starting the car after its been sitting for a while. The extra cost will pay for itself in a few years in my opinion.

[Terry Cain]

Mark was very helpful on a set of collectors for me.

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by Darrin Christen

Jack I hope you have good luck with the new header coating. After two different brand headers and two different coating companies I got tired of my headers falling apart from the inside out after only three years. I decided to call Mark Lechook and purchase some stainless tubing and some stainless merge collectors and build my own headers for my chevy II. Mark was very helpful in getting me started in the right direction. I've been running the headers for 3 years now with no problems at all. I don't even have to sweep up the pile of rust on the trailer floor when starting the car after its been sitting for a while. The extra cost will pay for itself in a few years in my opinion.

Darrin - Stainless headers offer some advantages but the $3,000 price tag scared me off - and I can buy a good broom at Home Depot for under ten bucks ..................

[Jack Matyas]

OK - Easter is over and I'm out of excuses so here are the long awaited photos that I finally took . Was it worth the wait ? You bet it was - these pipes are looking like fine jewerly - plenty of shine and no rough edges what-so-ever .It's a shame that they have to go on an engine and send hot dirty exhaust through them . And thanks again to Tommy at GAS Racing as the repairs he did coupled with the downturns he added look like they were done at the factory .

I can't thank Damon and the staff at Competitive Edge Coatings enough .They can be reached at 860 882-0762 in Hartford , CT or check out their website at WWW.COMPETITIVEEDGECOATINGS.COM.

These pipes are slated to go on my '04 GTO and will surely look terrific .See you at the races .......and if my hood is open be sure to have your sunglasses on .

[Marc LaBrecque]

Ya know Jack , even with the quality coating job you got on the tubes at the rate it's taken to get the motor done they may rust again ..... Just pay the man will ya ????

[Darrin Christen]

Originally Posted by Jack Matyas

Darrin - Stainless headers offer some advantages but the $3,000 price tag scared me off - and I can buy a good broom at Home Depot for under ten bucks ..................

Yes, I understand the cost issue, thats why I built them myself. The broom is not a problem, but Home Depot or Walmart don't carry new headers when your hundreds of miles from home and the headers are falling apart! BTW your headers look great with the new coating, nice job.

[Dwight Southerland]

Originally Posted by Darrin Christen

Home Depot or Walmart don't carry new headers when your hundreds of miles from home and the headers are falling apart!

Do you guys just not pay attention to stuff between races, or do you just run it till it quits? I don't ever remember having headers "fall apart" at the races.

The tubes look great, Jack!

[Darrin Christen]

Originally Posted by Dwight Southerland

Do you guys just not pay attention to stuff between races, or do you just run it till it quits? I don't ever remember having headers "fall apart" at the races.

The tubes look great, Jack!

Ok, so maybe I exaggerated a little with the "falling apart" statement. I've had a collector almost fall off due to the tabs on the primary tubes breaking off due to rust from the inside, not very noticable when the ceramic coating on the outside looked fine.