"Chad Wahls" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
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"M-Tech" wrote:
Man, the last 2 nights I've been hitting some GREAT conditions coming
home on the interstate. Alabama, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, etc
etc. QSO's are short, but strong.

Tonight, I was talking to a guy in Alabama that said he had to slide
off freq about 30kc's to tune me in? I had to do the same for him.
He said he doubted his radio was off freq since it's a "Tram something
or another ssb rig". I said I just have a lowly 2510 and a wilson
1000. Anyway, he was the ONLY guy I had to crank the rit an abnormal
amount for. Only "complaint" I've had, although the radio is only 2
months old(since I got it)I guess maybe I should take it in for a
check up.

37, 38 lsb, usb :-) Unit 313 Pa Mobile

Don

Hi Don. I tried it around 2 this afternoon up here in Ohio but it was
just barely rolling. Talked to some dude in Florida who was nailing
down stuff for the storm. Man I hope it's not gonna be a nasty
hurricane season for the coastal folk.

I sandblasted my headers and baked a ceramic coating on them today,
very productive.

Tuesday night was good driving home at about 4PM CDT, I still have a
****ty rig though

As for baking the headers, what process are you using Steveo? It's time
to get my Mopar back on the strip and this winter is rebuild time as soon
as I get another daily driver.

Chad

After I sand blasted them..

I did my own thing with the ceramic coating. I made a lean too around
my tow motor's forks and cooked them with my 190k btu torpedo heater
and about 4 gallons of kerosene. I put an oven thermometer in there
and ran them up to 300 degrees for two hours.

You can get away with using the engine exhaust to bake them if you
do it slowly. ie - run the motor for 3 minutes, shut it off and repeat.

I can't do that since I'll be under break-in condition when I fire
up the new 440. I'll have to run it for at least 20 minutes, and
that would likely burn the header coating off if it wasn't pre-baked.

I pondered buying new ceramic coated headers, but the port job
on the heads ate up my money too fast.

What Mopar do you have?