PRIMARY RANGE^TM COATINGS

The coating aims to meet the needs of road car and bike users who want to benefit from the durability and performance of Zircotec's plasma sprayed thermal barrier coatings, but who might have concerns over the possible costs. Click here for a larger view of the coated manifold image.

Our standard pricing for the Primary Range^TM coatings is 30% less than for our Performance Range^TM coatings, putting our Primary Range^TM coatings firmly within the budget of those who might otherwise choose paint or wrap.

Although this is our "entry level" coating, it still offers a potential 25% reduction in manifold or exhaust system surface temperatures.

This level of performance is significantly better than that offered by ceramic paint type products, which might typically offer just a nine percent reduction in surface temperature. (by comparison, our Performance Range^TM offers a potential 33% reduction in surface temperatures). Click here for a larger view of the coating performance chart, which is based on a typical uncoated manifold temperature of 600^oC (1,112^oF).

The Zircotec^® coating remains highly durable, and can be specified for applications up to 900°C (1,650^o F), making it ideal for exhaust and turbo systems on mid performance and classic cars where paint products and exhaust wrap often have only a very limited life.

The new coating is expected to be very popular for the classic and mid performance car markets such as Ford Escort, Mini, Caterham 7, BMW 3 Series, VW Golf GTI and Honda Civic. It may also prove to be popular with bikes. Again, click here for a larger view of the coated manifold image.

Higher performance vehicles such as the Subaru Impreza and Mitsubishi Evo as well as motorsport customers are likely to be better suited to our Performance Range^TM products.