I am looking for feedback from anyone that has had the ceramic/plasma coating applied to engine internals. I understand the principle and how and what it does. Did you get the response and performance (increase) expected?

Mine is an 84 - 3.2L non Turbo.

A co-worker had one of his 944's done and he seems happy. The cost is reasonable.

Thanks,

Reg

 

r robinson,
i haven,t any experience w/ the high strenght
or heat barrier coatings on a porsche engine.
i did go the full route, piston tops, skirts,
mains, rod bearings on a 427 chevy and was extremly disappointed! 20 minutes after start-up i drained the oil and it looked like
metalflake paint! the coating were supposed to be baked onto the mains and rod bearings
as per the "coating expert". only after i replaced the bearings and completly disassebled and reassembled the motor did i
find out he baked them at 400F. anytime a shell bearing gets that hot the inner friction layers de-bond.
me the most exotic thing i use anymore is
mobil-1 oil
jm.02 worth
keith

 

True. I have heard of coating failure. I know the coating must fit the type of driving application. NASCAR uses the technology and their cars run flat out for hours without problems. I read that Porsche avoided the bonding issue by casting their zirconium oxide liners in place on the head for the 944 Turbo.

It seems all in all that the expansion rate of the coating must match that of the metal. Therein lies the trick. Still for a few hundred it seems like a good investment if it will work. Especially for air-cooled engines.

Thanks.

reg