Ceramic headers?
Road Master
Joined: Nov 2012
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From: Centerville, ohio
I was shopping for a new header earlier and was in the process of placing an order for a s&s power tuned head pipe and then asked myself "why not a rush ceramic"? The s&s and the Rush premium duals are very similar except Rush offers there pipe in ceramic. Has anyone had any bad experience with ceramic? Peeling, cracking or anything? Any reason to not go with the new Rush premium duals?
Road Captain
Joined: Jul 2012
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From: Charlotte, NC
I have the S&S Power Tune Dauls and they are not ceramic coated. I also have the Dragos true duals, which I am selling, and they are coated inside and out. The difference in heat was negigible and the Dragos burned my left thigh when I was in stop and go traffic. The S&S left side goes under the bike so no more burning my left thigh.
Road Warrior
Joined: Jul 2009
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From: Northern Colorado
Since ceramic coated headers don't absorb and radiate heat like non ceramic headers, I would think the exhaust gases flowing through the mufflers would be hotter. A hotter muffler means accelerated discoloration and deterioration of packing material (if any). Just a theory.
Cruiser
Joined: Nov 2014
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From: Marysville WA
I'm prototyping custom drag pipes for my Street 750 rigid custom chopper project and inside ceramic coating is mandatory. They won't have heat shields and without the inside ceramic coat they would be blistering hot to the touch. I'm not planning on outside ceramic coat at this time because I'm copper plating everything, including the exhaust pipes, that would normally be chrome.
One of the advantages of the ceramic coat is that it keeps the heat inside of the exhaust pipe which actually improves performance slightly. I don't think it's enough to notice but on paper the hotter internal exhaust temperature the better it evacuates the engine as hotter exhaust gas volume is larger than a cooler exhaust gas volume.
To my knowledge, and what others have mentioned, is a properly applied ceramic coat does not crack as it is very heat resistant and very hard.
One of the advantages of the ceramic coat is that it keeps the heat inside of the exhaust pipe which actually improves performance slightly. I don't think it's enough to notice but on paper the hotter internal exhaust temperature the better it evacuates the engine as hotter exhaust gas volume is larger than a cooler exhaust gas volume.
To my knowledge, and what others have mentioned, is a properly applied ceramic coat does not crack as it is very heat resistant and very hard.
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Road Master
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From: chatham il
Since ceramic coated headers don't absorb and radiate heat like non ceramic headers, I would think the exhaust gases flowing through the mufflers would be hotter. A hotter muffler means accelerated discoloration and deterioration of packing material (if any). Just a theory.
Last edited by ridedaddy; Dec 2, 2014 at 09:19 AM.
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I've had these thoughts also.... My bigger concern isn't with the packing in the mifflers but more a concern of increasing the odds of blueing the chrome on the mifflers even though the bike is properly tuned due to the fact that the mufflers would be recieving extra hear that the non coated headers would have normally absorbed. Any insight on this?
We also offer the 7017HO which has the look of true duals but a crossover port for increased performance. New this year is the REC17 which is a budget friendly system with chrome plating and reuses the stock shields.