Thermal Coating OP/FP? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Scuba86 · 11-23-2015, 11:10 PM

Tried searching couldnt find anything except stuff about coating headers. Is it worth it? pros/cons?

jvincent · 11-23-2015, 11:43 PM

There's less of a heat issue with the OP/FP so unless you care about rust I wouldn't bother.

Clipdat · 11-24-2015, 01:37 AM

This is a good question considering the factory overpipe has a heat shield. Interested to hear some thoughts on this.

churchx · 11-24-2015, 01:40 AM

By OP/FP exhaust gases are already cooled somewhat, and it's much further from where heat soak matters a lot, intake that is, but it still costs a lot to thermal coat. I'd say - not worth it due high price and meager gains unlike for header. There are much better ways/parts to spend money with more return.

jawn · 11-24-2015, 01:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jvincent

There's less of a heat issue with the OP/FP so unless you care about rust I wouldn't bother.

This. You might do the OP, but I doubt there'll be much of an improvement on heat. The FP is out of the engine bay and directly exposed to air, so it'll be cooled pretty quickly.

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