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Reply to "Ceramic coating for coolant pipes??"

Ceramic coating on headers tends to keep the heat inside the tubes a bit better than uncoated tubes, but it does not reduce the outside tube temperature very much. The product is good at keeping header tubes from rusting, which is more of what it was designed to do.  I know some people claim that you can put your hand on a ceramic coated header tube with the engine running and it won't burn you. Before you try that I suggest that you get a laser pointed heat gun and point it at the one of the tubes. The temperature reduction isn't that great, which would be about the same as coating the coolant tube pipes. Considering the amount of room under a Pantera where the coolant pipes go, there isn't much that can be done to insulate or shield the pipes. In my opinion if you want to reduce your cabin temperature, spend your time and money and improve your air conditioning system efficiency. I moved my air conditioner condenser to the front of the car and it was the best money that I ever spent. Of course if you already have engine cooling issues, then a front mounted condenser will only make it worse. My car is Arizona abused and summer tested and the modification worked for me.

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