Powder coat intake manifold?

Am wondering if powder coating my Edelbrock intake manifold for my 8BA would be okay as far as the gasket areas are concerned where carb. spacer mates to intake and bottom side of intake where it mates to the block; in other words can any gasket surface be powder coated? The gaskets will be used dry without any sealer.

 

A good powder coat company will not coat the gasket surface unless you ask them to. I would keep the gasket surface as is.IMHO

 

I own a coatings business and prefer ceramic coatings on intakes because of how thin it is applied. Plus, its chemical resistant. I would not powder coating the mating surfaces however. PM me if you have any questions. --Lee

 

never coat the mating surfaces .
they should always be taped off with high heat tape and all threaded holes plugged w/ silicone plugs etc etc

 

Carefull what kind of cleaner you use on it. Made mine go from shinny to dull.

 

Thanks everyone for responding, I'll leave the mating surfaces alone.

 

That is whats nice about my ceramic coatings. No masking is required and chemicals will no remove or discolor it like powder. Powder is really not a lot different than paint.

 

We have a lot of manifolds ceramic coated because its very durable to heat and fuel......and if done correctly....it can be media blasted and made to look like cast aluminum....

Tony

 

And that Tony makes absolutely no sense at all.

Especially when you consider that you can buy Cast Aluminum finish powder coat.

http://www.eastwood.com/hotcoat-powder-cast-aluminum.html

It makes no sense at all to powder coat something and then blast it .

 

I have a ceramic coating called cast aluminum. Powder coating on an intake is asking for trouble if gas gets on it a lot.

 

I said ceramic.... Not powder....get fuel and a little age on your powdercoat and then get back to me.

We sometimes are going for a certain look and texture on a build....to keep an as cast feel for the part....

 

they do make a fuel resistant high gloss clear powder just for this application, I do tons and tons of engine parts and never have any issues.
and as far as age goes with powder, now a days the technology in powder is far superior to old stuff, millions of colors and crazy durable in many different ways. Its a different powder world than it used to be.

 

This Stromberg-Bendix manifold was powder coated eight years ago and has held up just fine.

 

Compared to the standard polyester based powder coating that's used for most things, epoxy based powder coating is more resistant to solvents, chemicals, fuels. However, it doesn't tolerate sunlight as well, so in cars with open engines the coating would slowly fade/chalk over time.

 

Always wondered, can powder coating be matched to a paint code? I need some wheels done the color of the truck.

 

numbers dont cross reference but there is a **** ton of colors available. look at www.prismaticpowders.com they have a user friendly browsing site and they are a NIC company, great powder! no affiliation with them, just use their products.

ppg also has a powder department, maybe they created a system where theirs cross reference to their paint codes, I dunno.

 

Id like to know more....

 

I know this is an old thread, but I am curious about home units. Are they capable of doing piece parts like intakes etc. or would you be better served to hire it out? I want a super smooth finish and I don't know if I can obtain the results I want with a hobby DIY setup.

 

I had no problem with the Eastwood powder coat set up I have. worked fine for a small chevy intake. but I only did that part in the oven at that time since it took up so much space. It worked great on small parts and brackets especially, just because of the size and being easier to handle getting it into the oven. Just don't do it in your home oven! get a cheap or free one from craigs list and keep it in you shop. Supposedly it can make food you cook in the oven afterwards toxic. Didn't feel like taking that risk.

 

That's the kit I was looking at.

 

I had an intake powder coated and the coating cracked. It's an isolated instance and your results may vary based on the coater, powder etc. Use a good known coater. My intake now looks like **** and getting the powder off is going to be a pain.

 

Between the one that I coated and the dual quad intake that we had ceramic coated, the ceramic coated intake on the roadster looks much better. After a year of daily driving about 10,000 miles the clear powder coated one started cracking and staining. it looked real good for about 9 months, then just starting looking like **** fast. If it is for something that is not driven all the time it would probably be fine for a long time. But I beat my 64 Buick up and down 95 here in VA back and forth to 125 miles to DC everyday. Heat takes its toll with that stuff. But that being said It still looked great on all the brackets and such that I used it on just not the intake so much. Also, im just some jack *** doing it in my garage so a pro shop would probly have a better finished product than what I did. I still like the ceramic coating the best.

 

I have had a few ceramic coated. I wish there were colors in the ceramics.

 

Looks to me like there are colors available in ceramic coatings.


http://www.zircotec.com/page/-_performance_colours/47

 

The only colors I have seen in person are silver black and white. All look good to me. Im planning on getting some headers white soon.

 

I have had a few sets of headers Ceramic Coated in White - NONE of them have held up worth a damn so far!

 

Yeah I heard they have to ceramic coat then powder over that. Not sure if that is true or not. Intakes won't have nearly the heat that exhaust do, but I like painted intakes that match the block color, that's why I am inquiring about colors.
Blue One, I saw that on the web, but I was wondering about durability.

 

Not sure on the durability I know that the silver ceramic is very good and stands up well.