Exhaust Manifold Dressing

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Vette(s): 1972 Steel Cities Gray T Top. Original Owner, Original Paint and Interior. The running gear has been rebuilt. only 250,000 miles on the clock..

I have used this product on my exhaust manifold and other raw cast iron parts ( steering box, brake master cylinder). the product is CALYX.
You should be able to get it from any of the Corvette parts houses.

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Exhaust Manifold Dressing

Posted: 6/26/07 5:17pmMessage 2 of 15

jayare

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Sooooooo.......tell us please, what does it look like. Pics would be terrific.

Nice 72 steel city Vette. My favorite of all.

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Posted: 6/26/07 5:29pmMessage 3 of 15

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I'll tell you what it looked like. I saw his car in Carson City and the exhaust manifold and master cylinder looked bran spanking new. Honestly I had never seen a exhaust manifold on an older car that looked like it had just been put on. It's amazing stuff

Heres a link scroll down for a picture CALYX

Thanks for remembering Steve

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Posted: 6/26/07 5:34pmMessage 4 of 15

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Vette(s): 1972 Steel Cities Gray T Top. Original Owner, Original Paint and Interior. The running gear has been rebuilt. only 250,000 miles on the clock..

It gives the manifold a soft silver-gray sheen. Just put on some latex gloves and rub on your COLD manifold. A acid brush that you cut off all but a 1/8" of bristles works good also. Thumbs%20Up

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Posted: 6/26/07 5:38pmMessage 5 of 15

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Fixed your pics so they link Steve.

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Posted: 6/26/07 5:46pmMessage 6 of 15

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Thanks Mark.

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Posted: 6/27/07 2:15pmMessage 7 of 15

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Marks not kidding on how well it looks. Steve, you've got a beautiful car my brother !

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Posted: 6/27/07 7:26pmMessage 8 of 15

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Steve, how long have you had that stuff on the exhaust?
I agree it looks great, but...I've also seen the same product after some time, and it starts flaking off. A lot of it may depend on how well the manifolds were prepped, tho.
Now, on the master cyl, it should last a long time, and it do look gud!
I've been wanting to get some of the stuff, but the ones I've seen that flake off just makes me a bit leery of it.

I've also used powdered graphite, mixed with some mineral spirits, brushed on the manifolds, and that works really well, too, but it is a bit darker in color than the Calyx. It does match the color of raw, heated cast iron.

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Posted: 6/27/07 8:11pmMessage 9 of 15

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Vette(s): 1972 Steel Cities Gray T Top. Original Owner, Original Paint and Interior. The running gear has been rebuilt. only 250,000 miles on the clock..

I have had used the product for about 15 years. You do have to re-apply this product. It will burn off a bit, because of the high temp. of the manifold. So a little redo is in order. The hard part is just take a small welders wire brush (stainless steel works best) to get the rust scale off the manifold. That gives you a nice clean surface to apply the past type product. This product has never "flaked off", just went away a bit. Now is the time to reapply. The color or sheen is just like raw cast iron. Thumbs%20Up

Get it from Ecklers or Zip Products. WETVET2007-06-27 20:24:39

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Posted: 6/28/07 6:26amMessage 10 of 15

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