Blox Cast Iron Turbo Manifold — Chrome High Temp Ceramic Coating

Posted by James on August 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Here we have a Blox Racing Cast Iron Turbo Manifold for the popular B Series Honda and Acura engines. We decided to coat this particular manifold with the Chrome Like High Temperature Ceramic Coating to show yet another avenue that is available for your high temperature exhaust coating needs. The chrome like shine that this coating offers makes it a perfect fit for show cars and race cars alike.

The popular chrome like finish has a 1300 Degree’s F Substrate Temperature heat resistance rating and a 2000 Degree’s F Environmental Temperature heat resistance. These ratings make this a suitable coating for the majority of popular naturally aspirated and turbocharged applications.

Follow the picture timeline below to see the steps involved in prepping and finishing an item.

Blox Turbo Manifold out of the package as we received it from the manufacturer

Here is the manifold after we blasted it with 120 grit aluminum oxide in preparation for the coating to be applied.

After the final curing of 500 Degree's F for an hour in our oven this is what hte manifold looks like, getting ready for the final step to bring the shine out.

After the final curing of 500 Degree's F for an hour in our oven this is what the manifold looks like, getting ready for the final step to bring the shine out.

There are several ways you can choose to bring the shine out of the coating after the curing process. In this application we choose to put the manifold back in the Blast Cabinet and go over it with Glass Bead at about 20 psi of pressure and here you see the final result.

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Subaru WRX STi Perrin Header Coated

Posted by James on August 13, 2009 · 1 Comment

Here is an example of the high temperature coatings that we can offer. This Satin Black coating is rated at 1800 Degree’s Heat Resistance and gives a great look to boot. As you can see in the photo time line we started with a slightly used Perrin Header for a WRX STi, then blasted it with 120 grit Aluminum Oxide to prepare for the coating, sprayed the coating in 2 light coats and finally cured it.

This particular header is actually scheduled to go on our in house project ‘08 Subaru Impreza WRX STi and we are excited to install it and give further feedback at that point in time.