heat shield or ceramic

[dsm1212]

I can't really decide which one would be better. Both cost around the same, I have an Fp manifold that i haven't installed yet and found a JMfab heat shield for 100 or i can get it coated for about the same with shipping. Did some searching but no one really says which one would be better.

 

[Jed_Atreides]

Ceramic coat = cleaner look, baller status.
Shield = metal piece discolors and not as effective nor does it make engine bay look clean.
Wrap = looks ugly and I've heard stories where it ruined the manifold.

My 3 cents.

 

[dsm1212]

Got it coated, carlos just sent me the pics of the finished product. looks awesome!

 

[907gs-t]

So Who Coated It & How Much To Coat It? Look's Good.

 

[dsm1212]

TCC Powder and Ceramic Coating

Was $85 plus shipping

 

[907gs-t]

Might Have To Them On My Eclipse Manifold. Thanx

 

[dsm1212]

ya they seem to do a good job, good communication, fast service, and good price I will be doing business with them again.

 

[eclipsetuner_21]

Got my fp manifold coated by performancecoatings.com. I really like it and it did helped with underhood temps a lot!
Fp Manifold - Ceramic Coated - Satin Fresh Blast DSMtuners Gallery

 

[907gs-t]

So How's It Look & How Much From Perfofmancecoatings.com? Thanx

 

[dsm1212]

Got my fp manifold coated by performancecoatings.com. I really like it and it did helped with underhood temps a lot!
Fp Manifold - Ceramic Coated - Satin Fresh Blast DSMtuners Gallery

Did you notice any gains after the coating? or how about just with the FP manifold im pretty curious about the manifold itself. I hope that my underhood temps cool down a bit it gets flippin hot under there.

 

[eclipsetuner_21]

Total cost was about $120ish. They charged me $100 for doing it. It still looks like that in the pic and has been on my car for a month now.

 

[eclipsetuner_21]

I had a tubular manifold before and it was hot!! Now my temps are much cooler and I can hold my hand right over the manifold as close as possible and it won't burn me. I believe the manifold is designed very well.... I was able to compare it to the evo 3 and it schools it. The best choice for a dd car like mine is a cast manifold. I also chose to have a cast manifold over my tubular one because the cast retains the heat which in turn helps the turbo spool faster.

 

[dsm1212]

ya tubular gets way to hot, im pretty stoked to get this on there along with my 3" exhaust this week. Don't know why I didn't do all this first haha, but i think i should notice some nice gains over the stock exhaust at 25psi on the t28.

 

[907gs-t]

What Pocketlogger Program Are You Running? I'm Also Planning On Running The T28.thanx

 

[dsm1212]

I am using the palm pilot pocketlogger from digital tuning, inc. it used to work really well now it wont stay connected anymore even after messing with the byte timing and all that, so i am going to be looking into something else shortly.