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