[Healeys] Heat management

[MBran89793 at aol.com]

Please let me know if they are able to duplicate the Healey engine paint  
color. 
TIA
Marion S. Brantley
 
 
In a message dated 8/26/2010 3:24:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
eyera3 at gmail.com writes:

As part  of my resto I am having the manifolds and down pipes cetamic 
coated.
Looks  and hopefull function are desired

On Aug 26, 2010 11:42 AM, "Bob  Spidell" <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:

On my latest 4K mile road  trip through the Southwest I was having apparent
vapor lock problems when  the engine and fuel lines were heat-soaked; i.e.
after driving in hot  weather, shutting down then restarting after 30min or
so. At startup, the  engine would stumble a bit until I got moving and got
some air circulating.  I'm thinking maybe a ceramic coating of the manifold
and downpipes might  alleviate this problem. Also wondering--this is mostly 
a
pipe dream--what  coating the entire exhaust system would do. I would think
at least it would  lessen the heat under the driver.

I haven't had this problem until the  last few years, which coincides with
the greater prevalence of  alcohol-laced gasoline. I can't prove a
correlation, but if the vapor  pressure of gasahol is lower than 'real' gas
then it could be the cause. We  tried to find a station that pumped pure gas
for comparison, but east of  CA--and in most of CA--the pumps all read
'Contains  Ethanol.'



bs

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Bob  Spidell - San Jose, CA



I just wrapped my downpipes  ...
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