thermal coating on heads ???

just reading a popular hotrodding mag article that shows them using a newer
thermal coating inside the combustion chamber, on the valves, and i think on
the top of the piston.
the whole idea is to reduce the heat transfer from the combustion chamber
into the heads, valves, etc., and thus gain a little more horse power. the
article further explained that the process has been perfected after years of
trials and errors by hotrodders. blah, blah, blah.

anybody know anything about this process ?? sounds like a good idea for
any aircooled engine, but i don't have enough info to even attempt to try
it.

tia

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bob wrote:
> just reading a popular hotrodding mag article that shows them using a newer
> thermal coating inside the combustion chamber, on the valves, and i think on
> the top of the piston.
> the whole idea is to reduce the heat transfer from the combustion chamber
> into the heads, valves, etc., and thus gain a little more horse power. the
> article further explained that the process has been perfected after years of
> trials and errors by hotrodders. blah, blah, blah.
>
> anybody know anything about this process ?? sounds like a good idea for
> any aircooled engine, but i don't have enough info to even attempt to try
> it.
>
> tia
>


It's been around a few years, you can even coat the inside of the
exhaust port. I know Jake Raby are trying out different coatings on T4
engines..

J.