Ceramic coating on header:

OK, have this header pipe from the ’97.
Kept it, thinking of ceramic coating it,
(Much better looking than a, ‘wrap’)
If I send it off, and have it coated inside and out,
in Black or Grey. And put it on the 06.

Stock muffler. Stock air box,  Slightly, ’tweaked Carb’,
(for 900f above SL, and Quiet)

Pros and Cons, on doing that ?

talk to the ceramics folks,and consider what Verslagen said.

Thanks Dave.

The link you provided, I sent in the info, waiting for a estimate.
They do outside ceramic.

Another one is:  (MN)
http://www.extremepowdercoating.net/contact-us.php
They said 75.00, and the Black Velvet, would, 'stain less'.
than the, Sliver. But photos of it, did not look, 'shiny'.
And again it was outside coating.

This one: (Wisc)
http://classiccoatings.com/prices.html
Said 130.00 for polished sliver, which they said would, 'stain' the least.
And, they did, BOTH, inside and outside coating.

(All plus shipping to and back)

I have researched, 'coating' the header. And found, 'insulating', that pipe, allows the engine to, remove heat faster. That is a good thing.
However, the 'wrap' is a very cheep and short term solution, and long term can cause problems.  So Ceramic coating, looks to be better.

Now, both those methods, remove more heat from the engine. And faster.  
So I suppose another question, it is worth the gain?

Not going for looks, or high performance. Just long term better 'life' of that ICE.

Thoughts ?

Thanks !

I have done a ceramic coated header on my LS650 powered custom.  There are some pros and cons.  It is thin and has to be treated carefully until fully cured.    I had mine on and off so many times before it was fully cured I ended up with one small thin spot that has a tiny bit of rust growth.  Other than that I like the look of it.

There is a place in the White Bear Lake / Maplewood area that will do it for $20 / foot.  If you are not familiar with the area this is just on the north side of St. Paul.

The company used to be known as Rob's Custom Powder coating but he just got a new shop and changed his name to adrenaline customs
http://adrenalinecustoms.com/

As far as doing both the inside and outside there are very few places that can do the inside and you are going to have to get that surface blasted or clean some how.  I spoke to several people when deciding what to do on mine and they said unless you are pushing the limit on a very high performance engine and really going competitive for every little gain then coating the inside is a waste.  Considering the engine we are talking about I don't think spending money to coat the inside is worth it.

If Extreme is close to you then go for it works for you.  They are a good shop from what I hear.  I have a coworker that built a ground up build of a street rod and he had quite a bit of work done there.  They are well known in the rodding industry in the Twin Cities.

very valid approach.  I had forgotten that was one thing I was thinking of when I started mine since it is single wall just looking at limiting the heat coming off the pipe.  I gave it up as I saw getting the inside coated was a challenge.  But yes a very viable approach to trying to manage heat transfer.