Ceramic is cheaper and once it wears out you could always sand the old off and reapply a ceramic coating to the headers. Stainless headers can be welded if you get exactly the same alloy of filler rod as the parent metal and prepost heat the metal.
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Ceramic coated headers vs stainless steel. In terms of durability and corrosion resistance stainless wins over mild steel headers that are coated only externally with ceramic. How long do lt headers with ceramic coating last. The ceramic actually blocks alot of the heat if they are coated inside and out. Joined dec 18 2001 1478 posts. I also like stainless because i think they look better and they will last a lot longer granted if you buy the 700 dollar ones. Ceramic coated headers vs.
Discussion starter 1 sep 22. Headers coated inside and out with ceramic should last just this side of forever or at least comparable to stainless. In any case ceramic is never going to hurt power. This is a discussion on ceramic coated vs. Ground off or risk weld contamination. Stainless steel headers within the external engine forums part of the lsx technical help section category.
Im scared that in a few years they will rust and. Jump to latest follow 1 15 of 15 posts. Coated headers cannot be welded repaired unless all the coating in the affected area is removed first ie. Also since the heat is staying inside the headers the exhaust gases will be hotter and will flow more remember as air cools it becomes more dense. Stainless will radiate more heat into the engine compartment than ceramic coated headers will.
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