http://www.eastwood.com/hotcoat-powder-coating/powder-coat-guns/hotcoat-elite-powder-coat-kit.html
Has anyone used this kit before? I may do this to a few parts on the tc but havent bit the bullet as of yet. But the price on it isn't too bad at all.
Works fine. You need to have an oven to cure the parts however...and not one you cook food from too. :p
yeah i know im going to go find me a junk one that the oven still works on it and put that outside running off a propane tank.
i was going to make that suggestion.. it doesn't make the oven smell too pretty
oh, and i don't know if you know this about powder coating or not, but whatever parts you are using it on have to be sand blasted to get any paint or oil out of the surface of the metal.. otherwise the powder coating will chip easily.. parts that are already powder coated need to be heated and then sand blasted to weaken the old coating
but as for that kit.. I LOVE MINE!! :headbang: i use it frequently beings i build micro sprints and many of the parts.. it works pretty good, i have zero complaints, which is rare for me lol
micro sprints, eh? cool.
i build sprints, midgets, silver crown cars, and TQs. ;)
sweet.. i could never get into midgets, USAC or TQ's though lol
Plus aluminum is a nightmare - even preheating my intake, I had a few issues with heat/expansion causing the powdercoat to have hairline cracks all over the top of the intake and the lower parts have remelted into an ugly mess (not high enough temperature powder). We used 500 degree exposure powder on most parts (and melted on the intake - valve covers are fine) and 1100 degree exposure powder on the headers. The headers have held up well for the year and a half they've been on the car.
really? i asked a couple people about the high temp exposure powder coat and no one i know ever used it and i wanted to give it a try on my custom turbo headers
We used high temp black powder on the stainless FMS gt40p-specific headers after sandblasting them clean and they still look much better than they did when brown before, to this day. Of course, ymmv. All powder was purchased from roseyspowdercoating.com and it has worked quite well, other than the intake issue with their standard powder.
Of course my exhaust has no back pressure from a turbo or anything so it might make a difference in exhaust temperatures a bit.