[Healeys] Jet-coating, wrap or do nothing to stainless headers?

[David Porter]

I like ZEP brand spray graphite..

On 11/15/2015 9:14 AM, Keith Mott wrote:
> This is a really interesting survey, but what about paint?  I have a 
> set of mild steel headers that I plan to put on a bugeye I'm 
> restoring.  I don't really want to leave them bare, and I was planning 
> on painting them with high-temp paint.
>
> On a slightly different note, my experience with heat and rough 
> running in my BT7 is exactly the same as Bob's.  I have come to accept 
> that it is 'normal' behavior for these cars although I've always 
> wondered about wrapping the the exhaust manifold to decrease the heat 
> load on the carbs.
>
> Keith
>
> On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 3:11 AM, Simon Lachlan 
> <simon.lachlan at homecall.co.uk <mailto:simon.lachlan at homecall.co.uk>> 
> wrote:
>
>     I have stainless headers going down into a big bore(?) exhaust.
>
>     Opinions seem to vary as to the merits of wrapping, coating or
>     doing nothing to them .
>
>     I have Webers above them, but I suspect, in my ignorance, that
>     these are maybe less prone to evaporation issues than SUs.
>
>     What does the panel think?
>
>     See attached for a well researched synopsis. (Not by me!)
>
>     Simon
>
>
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