Jump to latest follow 1 15 of 15 posts. I also like stainless because i think they look better and they will last a lot longer granted if you buy the 700 dollar ones.
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Stainless steel headers vs ceramic. Joined dec 18 2001 1478 posts. A full stainless header will not rust at all. Ceramic is cheaper and once it wears out you could always sand the old off and reapply a ceramic coating to the headers. A ceramic coated stainless header would be the ideal setup if money aint a thang. The ceramic actually blocks alot of the heat if they are coated inside and out. Discussion starter 1 sep 22.
Anywhere the coating is scratched will rust and the inside of the pipe will rust of course. That is why they rust. Also since the heat is staying inside the headers the exhaust gases will be hotter and will flow more remember as air cools it becomes more dense. They are cheaper bc the steel in the header is not cheaper. This is the reason a chikara steel header is so damn cheap and then the ceramic coated is more and so on to stainless. In terms of durability and corrosion resistance stainless wins over mild steel headers that are coated only externally with ceramic.
Stainless will radiate more heat into the engine compartment than ceramic coated headers will. Ceramic coated headers vs. Ceramic vs stainless headers stainless will discolor blue or gold depending on the temps but they will not rust. Headers coated inside and out with ceramic should last just this side of forever or at least comparable to stainless. There will be substantial more radiant heat compared to coated. Ceramic coated headers are not stainless.
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