Hurricane HMS2002 build thread

dlampe · #1 (**permalink**) 03-20-2010, 07:44 AM

Yeah, I'm very excited to be back in a Hurricane. And this is turning out to be an awesome Hurricane. This has nothing to do with the brakes but I have to share some thoughts. Here are the headers and side pipes as they were mocked up.

They have had the mufflers cut out and a larger ID muffler installed. Many have done this before on the forum and it really opens up the flow. Here is the system when it came back from the coaters.

I really was leaning to the black pipes. I wanted the ceramic coating for the thermal properties then I was going to paint the black. The traditional "Jet Hot" type coating has a more pearl look to the finish. This doesn't have that. I really like this finish. I don't think I have ever seen this finish before. I know it is probably hard to see what I'm talking about but I might leave them like this for a while. Any thoughts?

gsharapa · #2 (**permalink**) 03-20-2010, 08:03 AM

I actually like that finish. Sort of between the normal ceramic coating finish and chrome. I think that would awesome on a total black car. If you were considering black why wouldn't you just do the ceramic coating in black?

dlampe · #3 (**permalink**) 03-20-2010, 08:28 AM

I have heard from some of the ceramic coating suppliers that the silver has better thermal properties than the black. That was what I was basing my decision on. Also, I wasn't 100% sure that I wanted black at the time I needed to make that decision. The last picture, up by the header flange is about the only place you can really see the finish with out the distortion from the flash on the camera. It really is much more reflective than the silver ceramic I have had on other cars.

elmariachi · #4 (**permalink**) 03-23-2010, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by dlampe

They have had the mufflers cut out and a larger ID muffler installed. Many have done this before on the forum and it really opens up the flow. Here is the system when it came back from the coaters.

Dean, I just ordered this entire set of flanged pipes and headers for my car from Steve. One of the improvements I hope to make is with the rear mount. Are you planning on running a bushing between the rear tab and frame and if so, what type and from which source?

Thanks,

Jim

dlampe · #5 (**permalink**) 03-23-2010, 04:29 PM

David, Thanks for the advice. I am going to make the changes to the gauge layout. I found a better picture of the gauges. You can see the different gauges in this picture.