I can assure you that Russ will not embarrass you in any way. My headers
were heat wrapped and had el mirage dirt and bonneville salt stuck to the
headers from years of running at both places. We pulled the wrap off and
looked at the most ugly set of headers on the west coast. Rust, pitted, just
plain ugly. I took them to Russ, held my breath and asked if he could save
them. He politely assured me he could and he did. He found two small pin
holes in them, repaired that and advised me one more season on them would
have made them unusable again. They are now good for the life of the car and
look really good,
Dave Haller #93
----- Original Message -----
From: Butters Family <bbutters@dmi.net>
To: dahlgren <dahlgren@uconect.net>; Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>;
<Land-speed@autox.team.net>
Cc: Finishline Coatings <lona@finishlinecoatings.com>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 7:40 PM
Subject: Re: Salt build-up & Chuck's e-mail
> Russ, A couple of weeks ago I responded to an ad From
Industrial
> Coating Alliance Group Who sell a product called supertherm, thinking
about
> using it on my firewall and interior of my roof to keep the car cooler.
> Talked to the president and then was referred to Bill Calhoon. He is a
> partner and used to work with Bobby Alison, I think he said they were
> partners, and know sells this product to Nascar Teams for various heat
> control issues. Bill said they ran a test on a 400H.P. 350 chev on the
dyno
> first with uncoated headers then coated ones, picked up 9 hp with no other
> changes. Told me that the NASA engineers said that When hot gasses flow
> threw a pipe that is ceramic coated it keeps the gas ses from tumbling,
> sort of like hundreds of little tornadoes. Comments please, they sent me
a
> gallon of their Super therm 2001 at less than 1/2 price to try out, so we
> will see how it does. Would consider sending you my headers but I would be
> embarrassed to have you look at them critically. Kvach, the nostalgia
blown
> hemi man
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: dahlgren <dahlgren@uconect.net>
> To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>; <Land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Cc: Finishline Coatings <lona@finishlinecoatings.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 1:39 PM
> Subject: Re: Salt build-up & Chuck's e-mail
>
>
> > I second Keith's thoughts if you know the subject and I am sure you do
> > make us all a smarter and give us the chance to make some intelligent
> > decisions..
> > Dahlgren
> >
> > Keith Turk wrote:
> > >
> > > You know Russ.... I really appreciate your trying not to commercialize
> this
> > > place.... but on the end of the day.... I wish you would teach all of
us
> > > about your coating products... and what the advantages are.... I know
> once
> > > you go to Turbo's Coatings are everything....
> > >
> > > TELL us more about what you offer... Please....
> > >
> > > Keith
> > >
> > > ----------
> > > > From: Finishline Coatings <lona@finishlinecoatings.com>
> > > > To: Skip Higginbotham <saltrat@pro-blend.com>
> > > > Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
> > > > Subject: Salt build-up & Chuck's e-mail
> > > > Date: Monday, February 21, 2000 2:45 PM
> > > >
> > > > Hi Skip and List:
> > > > Yes, we do have coatings for brakes. I will share with you how we
> > > > developed these coatings.
> > > > About 5 years ago Marlo Treit came to us with a problem with his
> brakes
> > > > on the Lakester. "Rust"!!!
> > > > He had tried painting them, powder coating, epoxy and nothing they
put
> > > > on stayed. The salt throw back from the front tires would blast it
> > > > off. So we developed what we call our 300 MPH coating. This is a
moly
> > > > based polymar that has enough elastic to absorb the impact of the
salt
> > > > then bounce off without breaking the adhesion of the coating. It
is
> a
> > > > very
> > > > slippery coating and even on rough surfaces it is so slippery that
> salt
> > > > and mud just rub off. Marlo's rear end and brake parts have been
done
> > > > for 4 years now and no sign of rust. The coating should last for
> ever.
> > > > We do not coat the actual pad surface of the rotors so don't clean
> them
> > > > up. I want to see where the pads run. We coat everything else on
the
> > > > rotors. We coat all brackets , calipers, the back side of the pads
> and
> > > > the face of the pistons that ride against the pads. For those of
you
> > > > that would like to talk to Marlo about all the things that we coat
on
> > > > his car, his e-mail is MTreit@aol.com.
> > > > While I'm at it, I'll mention a couple of things about exhaust
systems
> > > > (again).
> > > > Chuck, if you are running 1800 degrees, you need that system coated.
> We
> > > > do lots of turbo rotary exhaust. Don't use heat wrap as it destroys
> the
> > > > metal. The people that developed it should be wrapped up with it
and
> > > > stuck in the ground!!! These are pretty strong words, but the stuff
> is
> > > > junk-for exhaust!! Stainless steel is no good for exhaust either
> unless
> > > > you coat it. I don't care what Burns Stainless says. They are
lying.
> > > > Stainless is a radiator of heat. I've done the tests and have the
> > > > results to prove it. Stainless also, is very unstable in heat
> > > > conductivity - thats why stainless cooking pans have to be copper or
> > > > aluminum plated on the outside. I could go on for hours about the
> > > > negative side of stainless but I better not. You do not need to
spend
> > > > that kind of money on your exhaust systems.
> > > > O.K., I'll stop for now. This will get the e-mail on the list
> started.
> > > > Russ-#902 XO M.R.
> > > > The Garbage Truck Motor Man
> >
>
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