Ceramic -coated chrome trailing arms!!!
Now don't be giving me ideas.
cheers
Al Salvatore
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shane Ingate" <madmax_xx@hotmail.com>
To: <rsh17@msn.com>
Cc: <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: Clear Powder Coat and intake Manifold
> Richard Seaton wrote:
>
> >I've just got finished polishing my Triple intake and it looks quite
nice.
> >Well now I need to preserve the shine and need to know if clear powder
coat
> >will discolor, crack or peal with the heat which the head produces.
>
> Powder coating alloy is a bad idea. The alloy continues to gas throughout
> its life
> and over time, this will cause the powder coat to bubble and lift. It is
> better if you
> leave it uncoated, and take the time to polish it once a year or so.
>
> One of the benefits of polished alloy, it requires you to take some time
and
> use
> some elbow grease; a mind numbing task which allows you to do a visual
check
> on others things that are nearby.
>
> Shane Ingate in Maryland
>
> PS: Status on "Rags". Front suspension is now bolted to the frame, along
> with
> the quick-ratio steering rack. Had the trailing arms ceramic-coated
chrome,
> and
> am awaiting the diff to be finished before bolting up the Corvair hubs.
It
> will not be
> too long before I mate the chassis with the body.
>
>
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