Looks better than I thought it would. The pictures do not do it justice. Its a lot shinier in real life than in the pictures...

,Jason

 

looks great

 

I like it!

Jello

 

Thanks guys.

I think I am going to keep the Kenne bell stock finish. I did however polish the new 3" pulley. I am not a "huge" bling fan. I like it in small doses.

Here are a couple of parts that I painted silver.. Better than the rust color they were.

 

Here is the pulley.. (Sorry for the crappy pics)

 

bling bling

 

Why did you ceramic coat the plenum? It will hold in heat now.

 

Huh? Parts like Intake manifold exterior, plenum extriors etc can be ceramic-coated to reduce heat penetration. It will not hold in heat due to it being coated.

Many companies sell things like Ceramic Coated Intake System, intakes etc for the reduction of heat penetration.

The fact that it is ceramic coated will not affect internal heat trying to get out. No heat would get from the inside out with this thick aluminum plenum anyway.

At least thats how I understand this whole ceramic coating thing.

 

Not so. The ceramic works both ways.

So if the inside of the plenum normally gets hotter than the underhood air, it is a step backwards.

 

Granted, however he is telling me that the heat fromt he motor is going to make its way into the plenum and be held there. A motor is a vaccum.. the air goes from the filter through the Maf into the plenum. There is no way with this constant downward movement of air is any heat coming from under the plenum through intercooler and supercharger going to be trapped in the plenum causing an increase of temps due to the fact the the ceramic coating is trapping it there.

As stated above and due to the fact that many racing companies offer ceramic coated engine parts as listed in my above post I think it is safe to assume there are no negative repercussions.

 

I ceramic coated mine about three years ago.
Underhood temps are about 160 or more. Temp of the Blower under the inlet plenum is about 205

Inlet temp, even on Hot days is about 120

Jim

 

uh oh Jim sightimg!

 

I'd like to see some more testing.

I was always under the impression that Ceramic coating keeps heat IN, which is why with my Turbo setups I always used ceramic coated headers and downpipes, because you wanted the hottest exhaust possible to spin the exhaust compressor..

I'm confuzzled..

Looks good though!

 

It does both. Its dependant on where the heat is coming from.

It prevents heat from penatrating and also prevents heat from escaping. So depending on the application it can be used both ways.