I've decided I'm going to start doing some of these services, however it takes a very long time to do this so i'll have to charge a fee, however the prices are about half of what all other places charge. I've been doing this for guys on nasioc for a bit now, so i thought i'd post it up here as well. Pricing for porting, polishing, and 2000 degree ceramic coating. Exhaust Manifold: gasket matching and taper for four exhaust manifold inlets, driver side manifold outlet, inlet and outlet of crosspipe, passenger side manifold to crosspipe junction. ceramic 2000 degree coating. Throttle Body: bore out of the diameter, 4-5mm (the maximum). taper edges to knife like finish. Up-pipe: gasket matching and taper of inlet and outlet. ceramic 2000 degree coating. Downpipe: gasket matching and taper of inlet. ceramic 2000 degree coating. Intercooler Elbows: full taper of inlet, gasket match of outlet. Turbo: exhaust side 2000 degree ceramic coating. taper of compressor inlet and outlet. gasket match and taper of turbine inlet. porting of wastegate. Thanks! Justin
So, what exactly does polishing the compressor cover do...? Is it just for bling? It probably retains heat. SBR offers it for their turbo's, and I'm just wondering what the point is. If it was on the inside, I see the point. Nice work though, keep it up!!! Everybody should be in biz for themselves! Stickittodemaniosis.
wats up with the cermain coating? i might be interested, since i wrapped all my piping, perhaps coating is the way to go. EDIT: how much to get an upipe and down pipe coated (just coated)
martin... ceramic coating is definitely important especially in fighting corrosion. If you wrapped your pipes without putting a coating underneath the wrap, then you can either a) live with it and maybe have corrosion or b) unwrap, ceramic coat it, then wrap it back up and spray a sealer on top of the wrap.
is this coating the same type of stuff as jethot coating? or similar products? if i did it i would ditch the wrap, since that coating should retian the same if nto more heat.
Yes, it is a similar ceramic based coating. I wouldnt ditch the wrap, i would highly suggest to put it back on after the heat coat treatment.
i got my DP coated on Sat. it was pretty cool to see how you do it. in the future i am going to have my DP ported, i noticed that there was alot of improvements that could be had by porting. EDIT: wanted to add that the engine bay is much cooler now, but umm..... dont try and touch the pipe.
Justin i'll be in touch right now i'm trying to get my hands on an Invidia V3 any troubles with tapering them because they're divorced or no? Also, this jethot type 2000 coating is black correct (atleast the less expensive variant)?
you should be able to put your hand on your downpipe when the car is running since you have wrap on as well. you shouldnt get burned at all when touching it, it should just be hot.
what are you interested in getting coated? The processes for the different parts vary. i would definitely extend a deal to you if you wanted to have multiple parts done. let me know view pm what you want and i can let you know what type of discount i can do.
slavboy...here are some pics from you invidia i did tonight. i'll be shipping it out tomorrow or wednesday. 1st pic- stock 2nd pic- mid progress, knife edging the divorce 3rd pic- final product with ceramic coating, i'm really liking this new grey color i got
Installed my dp last night and flashed stage II and all i have to say is.......BONERIFIC!!! Holy cow it's so fast now it scares me haha i LOVE it. The powdercoating was great and the pipe fit just like it was stock, the porting and polishing was a thing of beauty too!
That looks like an aftermarket turbo kit. I don't recall anything with a factory with a T flange and a div. W.G. Weird
search nasioc. you'll find plenty of info. porting = increased flow, coating = quicker velocity, lower engine temps, and preserves parts.
how long would it take you to port a throttle body...and have you ever done one for an RS or do you just do the same for everything?
Yes i can coat a stock up pipe. I've done a few stockers before for customers. Being where it is, the uppipe is a prime candidate for coating, and the coating keeps the exhaust hotter which equals great velocity which equals powa.
when you bore out the throttle body...do you port match the intake manifold. Speaking of which...are you capable of porting the intake manifold too? From what ive read up on, you just port match which is just the fist couple of inches in, so would that mean just porting and polishing where the runners go into the heads? oh, and another quick thought...what do you think about coating an intake manifold to keep it from retaining heat?
mainly for the throttle body is the inlet lip and knocking down the step that is the in middle of it(which definitely hurts flow). I could do you intake mani as well. Yes you are correct, i'd port the outlets of the runners. Generally speaking when someone says "port the manifold" they typically mean gasket match porting 1-3 inches into the piece. Extrudehoning is what gets in the entire length, however, extrudehoning wont take away alot of metal, its more of a polisher than anything, meaning you wont be getting rid of the huge steps that are at the gaskets(which is the biggest thing to get rid of, imho)
oh yeah ,forgot to answer. For the manifold you would want some sort of thermal dispersent...not thermal barrier. i havent been able to get my hands on any of it though.
So would you trade a p/p & coated manifold for a normal stocker? I would be interested in p/p and coated, but I can't be without my car. What I mean is. I buy a p/p & coated manifold off of you for the price of just the p/p & coating. I replace my stockers with it and then just give you my stockers. That way I'm not without a car for however long the process takes. Otherwise I could never do it.
Yep, thats how many of the guys do it. I have a waiting list about 5 deep right now for the exhaust manifold. So if you want to get on it let me know.
