BBK Longtubes: ceramic vs. chrome

[LXSTASY]

I am going to Maple Grove tonight and there should be some vendors there and I want to buy some long tube headers. I was curious if the ceramic coated ones are worth the extra money over the chrome ones.
FWIW: the car is always garaged and not driven in the rain so rust is hindered there.
Are there any heat advantages to ceramic coated headers over chrome ones?
Thanks
Dan

 

[5spd GT]

The chrome headers will discolor after a while and turn multiple colors (rainbow like with a bias towards the blue tint). You really can't stop it either because the heat will eventually get to it and some have it where the chrome peels...

 

[stang22]

Ceramic is much better. Read the first paragraph in the link...

http://www.engineceramics.com/help.htm

 

[1990Coupe]

If u get the long tubes, with a catted h or x, will u pass emissions? or will longtubes fail whether u have cats or not?

 

[srothfuss]

It's the cats taht help you pass emissions, not the headers...

Also, Get Ceramic. The color changing chrome will just piss you off.

 

[stang22]

I am not sure about NJ, but some states places will fail you if you have altered anything on the exhuast. You might fail the physical/appearance inspection, but I am not sure about the state laws in NJ.

Tim

 

[chrishicks]

not meant as a hijack but I never had much luck with my ceramic headers from BBK. I don't know if I got a hold of a few that were a bad run or what but my coating flaked off after about 2 weeks of driving. sent them back and the 2nd set did the same thing.

 

[stang22]

Jet-Hot is the way to go. It is expensive, but well worth it.

Tim

 

[1990Coupe]

No in NJ all they will do is the overall inspection, then i go on the sniffer....

 

[18mustangs]

Get the jet hot or ceramic if you're on a budget. I have the chrome BBK LTs and after the car sat for a year while I was overseas the headers didn't look too good anymore. They still work great though!

 

[LXSTASY]

Cool, so I will be getting the ceramic coated ones then.

 

[Grn92LX]

I had a used set of ceramic bbk 1 5/8" LT's that I sold to a friend. I'm not sure how old they were but I had them for over 2 years. They had some surface rust on the midle part of the tubes (hard to explain). Other than that, the coating was cool. I just ordered up a set of 1 3/4" ceramic BBK's from jegs last night The thick single bbk flange is great.