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Hi people, just wanting to hear peoples thoughts on High Octane coatings. I have used Competition Coatings, HPC, Jet Hot in the past and have my thoughts on the respective pros and cons of them....I have not used High Octane coatings in the past.

Anyone used their black manifold/turbine housing coating and can speak to its durability?

http://www.performancecoating.com.au/turbocharger-coating

My own experience has HPC the best for quality and durability...no surprise they are they most expensive. Competition Coatings and Jet Hot about the same, with perhaps Jet Hot being a tad more durable but less range of colours and finishes.

I've used Techline ceramic coatings on my manifolds and turbine housings on 2 of my cars. Coatings are inside and out of the manifolds and turbine housings.

I've proven the coatings hold up to sustained heat around 850 degrees no problems. Looks good too. I don't know who of the companies you mentioned use the techline products, but the key is in the application. I have an aluminium oxide/ceramic base under the black TurboX coating.

Competition Coatings did a set of CP pistons for me in one of my other engines. The finish looked great. Never produced any performance data with that engine though. Changed the recipe before getting that far.

I used a local ceramic coating a few years back. The ceramic held up but i swear the black that i paid extra for was just heat proof paint. After tuning on the dyno the black was peeling off from the collector.

ive used competition coating for my manifold and turbine housing, the high temp black one,

seems to have reduced my coolant temperature a fair bit , could be the larger turbo contributing though, seems ok so far.. not fancy to look at though, just faded black looking..

craved coatings did mine too, after a couple of dyno pulls the exhaust housing was measuring 300c on the surface (manifold and housing ceramic coated a cast iron/gunmetal grey colour inside and out)

competition coatings did both my manifolds, both sides of my turbo, cooler piping, TB and dump pipe.... looks sick and works really well... Ive got a few lines which are really close to my dump pipe and im so supprised that they havnt melted... without the coating im sure they would have.

All encouraging, but how long have you been running the manifold, turbine housing coatings. This ca is driven around 1000kms a month and does some sustained wide open throttle stuff so will get plenty of heat in it doing some fun days at the track. I have decided will be givign Comp Coating a go in Coburg and see how they go

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