powder coat won't withstand that heat i don't believe

 

Only as I started it up and let it run to about 100 degrees (water temp), let it cool down, then started it up and let it run until the thermostat opened up @ 180 degrees and shut it off and let it cool. Those are water temp temperatures so the primaries were much hotter than that.

 

thanks man

 

going to the sandblaster tomorrow...

 

Got the headers back from the sandblaster today...Put a coat of HIGH temp paint on them...still needs some more just gonna have to go get some...I'm using duplicolor 1200*+...

 

Did you wipe them down real good with acetone (or laquer thinner, or something) and make sure to not touch them with your oily fingers?

 

yessir...douched them with acetone and wore some rubber gloves...just like you said

 

Werd! Why aren't the pictures working for me? I saw the link's when I copied your "quote", but I don't see any pics???

 

LOL i dunno...they showed up in your quote

 

I was looking thru some old pictures to see if I had any of the headers I did for my Olds, and only found this one. This picture was taken right before I sold the car, and I painted the headers back in 1994 after I just moved into my house. I sold the car in 2004, so it was 10 years. I didn't drive the car everyday, but prob. had about 10-15k miles on it.