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Originally posted by CobraV8
 You're talking about ceramic coated headers, right? A chrome content of ~13% in the material (that's what makes it stainless) will not change so much about heat conductivity that you can touch the headers when the engine is running. At least I wouldn't want to try...
Simon
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Simon, you'd be surprised just how well stainless headers keep the heat inside the pipe, similar to a coated mild steel header. That's why you rarely see coated stainless headers. I use stainless headers on pretty much all the vehicles we build in our shop.
David, I work with a header manufacturer right down the road from me, who is very experianced and worked for one of the most well known custom headers shops in the country. They had several Cobra header accounts when he was there. He is not currently doing any Cobra headers that I know of, but I'm sure he'd love to be doing them. If you need a new supplier for headers, I can get you set up with them, and it would also be nice because I can be sort of the middle man for you as far as keeping tabs on progress and quality.
With that said, do you currently have a source for FE headers and sidepipes for my Kirkham? I really want a set that has the original pipe into muffler shape.