Performance WhiteTM - high performance exhaust coatings
   
Aston Martin racing using a Performance White manifold coating
  Zircotec ceramic coated manifold fitted to British Touring Car Championship engine before on car installation

This highly optimised ceramic coating delivers the ultimate in thermal barrier performance. It is based on Zircotec's core ThermoHold® formulation and can only be supplied by Zircotec. It is the result of Zircotec's ongoing investment in product development work.

 

Technical Outline

Independent testing has shown this coating to be capable of reducing exhaust system surface temperatures by ~33% in direct contact with the surface of the exhaust system.

 

Click the graph opposite for a larger view of our coating performance chart - which is based on a typical uncoated manifold temperature of 600oC (1,112oF).

 

Our Performance WhiteTM coating is not a paint, it is one of Zircotec's proprietary plasma-sprayed thermal barrier technologies.

 

It has been shown that our Performance WhiteTM coating results in much lower operating temperatures for components near the exhaust system. Heat loss from the exhaust system is much reduced, leading to far lower temperatures more generally within the engine compartment. It also reduces heat-soak. Furthermore, underbonnet temperature reductions of up to 50oC have been reported in some applications.

 

Our Performance WhiteTM coating is highly durable. It is designed to operate at the most extreme of exhaust system temperatures, i.e. at temperatures up to and including the melting point of the component on which it is sprayed.

 

The coating has passed Zircotec's full product validation regime (read more). Our R&D team are therefore happy to specify the Performance WhiteTM coating for applications up to 1,400C (2,550oF), and customers can be assured that they are unlikely to be able to operate this coating beyond its capabilities! This product is covered by Zircotec's standard 3 year Product Guarantee.

 

For further details of the independent test work carried out on our Performance WhiteTM coating click here.

 

In its natural form our Performance WhiteTM coating is a matt white/cream colour with a slightly rough textured surface finish. The coating may discolour slightly, and can become stained with use, though this does not change its thermal performance. In addition to Performance WhiteTM there are 14 coloured derivatives available (see our Performance ColoursTM).

 

The performance offered by our Performance WhiteTM coating is significantly better than that offered by ceramic paint type products, which might typically offer just a nine percent reduction in surface temperature (see the above coating performance chart).

 

The coatings can be applied equally well to new or used systems, and to most metals & metal alloys, including:

  • All types of steel (inc. stainless steel)
  • Cast iron
  • Titanium
  • Nickel & chrome
  • Inconel (and high-temperature nickel alloys)
  • Aluminium
  • Copper & brass