I am rebuilding an LS motor for Nitrous. I have been told to ceramic coat the pistons so that they will withstand the nitrous. I need to know if this is OK for daily driving and where to get it done at. Engine Lab does not offer ceramic coating.

Thanx
ZACH

 

There is no problem with daily driving but after a period of time that ceramic coating will burn off. I would only recommend Swain Tech. I was going to have my domes and side skirts done but I refuse to spend another $1.00 on my bottom end, heh.

http://www.swaintech.com/price.html
http://www.swaintech.com/goldcoat.html

 

Swaintech and nowhere else...

 

Thanx

 

What pistons are you going to be using? That is a big difference in what you need to do. The swain tech coatings are badass, but if your using a quality piston, on a tuned motor, you can skip that test and still be safe as long as you keep it realistic. What kind of parts are you using in your setup?

Im a nitrous junkee as well, been using it for more years than a lot of these kids have been driving , so i can kinda give you some insight on getting this motor setup.

 

Here is what my setup will be

LS block rebuilt w/ stock pistons and rods
and crank balanced
Head rebuilt Port n Polish 3 angle valve job
Crane stage 2 cams
Crower valve train
S-AFC to poor for Hondata
B16 trans
And juice

 

Thats a good setup. As far as the rods, they can take the abuse just fine (just use new ones, not worth using old fatigued rods). The pistons, thats the one place i'd recomend bumping into a forged unit, even if its just an SRP. You'd be better off doing that, than you would going with factory pistons and swain tech, but either way will work.Ive done a lot of stupid stuff on JE piston and stock rod combos, and it always works without failure. You going to run single fogger or direct port? Hit me up on aim sometime.

 

ARP Rod Bolts

 

ARP rodbolts are on their way and the ARP headbolts are already here.

As far as pistons, I am only going to run a 65 or 75 fogger system so I appreciate your advice but I am going to stay w/ stock pistons.

I just want to get this thing assembled and running w/ no problems so that I can sell it and build a street rod.

Thanx

 

pro coat performance does thermal coatings, i did it to itr pistons