The only reason I am asking about this, cause i happened to think about my 59 baja bug header...I noticed that after almost half a year after owning it, the header never changed to those funky color from the heat. The header had a chrome finish and I asked the guy I bought them from what he did, if anything, to them. He told me that he had put like a hi-temp paint inside of them to keep the header from lookin funny from the heat. He had the header for like 5-10 years before he sold them to me! Whenever he rebuilt the motor he used Acetone or some kinda paint remover to get the paint outta the header and put a new coat inside.
Now for the question...I have recently purchased a set of headers from SCPerformance, uncoated(I dont have the money for those luxury items.. ) and I was wondering if I could do the same thing? I like to have a header, or headers, to look like steel, and they never lasted for more than 6 months before the were multi-colored towards the exhaust ports....Is this advisable? I just want to know...I dont think it would interfere with a 50hp motor too much, if at all, but I dont know about a 200hp/300tq motor...any help is appreciated..
thanks,
stephen
Now for the question...I have recently purchased a set of headers from SCPerformance, uncoated(I dont have the money for those luxury items.. ) and I was wondering if I could do the same thing? I like to have a header, or headers, to look like steel, and they never lasted for more than 6 months before the were multi-colored towards the exhaust ports....Is this advisable? I just want to know...I dont think it would interfere with a 50hp motor too much, if at all, but I dont know about a 200hp/300tq motor...any help is appreciated..
thanks,
stephen