True! Powdercoat is placed in an oven to melt the powder which flows and fuses into a continuous hard, non-porous coating. While paint is appplied differently, it is never put in an oven, but if you paint it to thick then it creates a thermal barrier on metal. A friend painted a radiator back in 1990 with single stage paint in based on the body color, and I never had any problems with overheating.

Now, Dewitts has developed a new coating called Black Ice and the coating is formulated to give you the black look of original radiator, without the problem of heat transfer with traditional paint. http://www.dewitts.com/products/blackice

Jeff

Damn those are puurty!! :drool: :drool:

Thanks for the info on the coating. I would be sure it's coating doesn't have a huge impact on the cooling. Otherwise it stays bare. No way id powdercoat it. That was the core support option only.

Thanks for the compliments on the heads.

There is a few articles about the Dewitts black ice, and .002 thickness is nothing. Stielow is using a Dewitts Radiator on Camaro XV, and I am sure he use that as well. If you leave it bare, then you might want to polish it. Of course, you always be polishing those parts.

Oh, I paint the core support too. I have tried powder coat in the past on my rear end. The powdercoat base and clear cracked, so we ended up sanding it down and repainting it. I had no problems with the paint on the rear end.

Jeff

Ok excellent advice.

Thanks!
William

Very nice William.
She's coming along man.

More parts in. Pictures courtesy of DV8motoring.com! Will have some pics on the car tomorrow (maybe without tires). Going to pick them up and test fit them prior to putting tires on them, just to be sure everything looks right.

Forgeline GA3 in titanium center w/ brushed lip. 18x9.5 and 18x12
http://i.imgur.com/Gd5y8Uc.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/MKxCq3E.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/mZe3elT.jpg

William

Congrats Will! Those wheels make me ... :hapdance:

Same as RideTech's yellow GoodGuys camaro. Loved them too much to NOT get them. Got them in just under 4 weeks too!

William

I couldn't wait to see how these wheels looked on te car so I took the day off and rushed up to DV8motoring.com's headquarters to pick up my new wheels.

I took them to GAP Racing to test fit on the car and be sure everything fit the way it was supposed to. Everything looked perfect!
http://i.imgur.com/JGS7M6n.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/CGCJjRb.jpg

After the test fit was complete, I went back to DV8motoring.com's shop and mounted/balanced the tires!
http://i.imgur.com/fE7WPZr.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/MDLz9o7.jpg

Then it was back to GAP to assemble the rotors (preliminary, need to safety wire still), And put the wheels on to test fit with tires.
Wilwood 14.25" Front and 14" rear (Z06 fitment).
http://i.imgur.com/4eW4SvL.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/pSGonIQ.jpg

Now for the wheels on the car! Please dont mind the suspension settings. We've got some work to do to level the car out.
This is pretty much the stance I'm wanting for the rear wheel and it looks like it'll work.
http://i.imgur.com/DkMxjur.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/WWxb5LV.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/uyZxIbc.jpg

Hard to believe they fit but we got them to work! They'll look a lot wider when the fuel tank goes in next week.
http://i.imgur.com/SoEEWlq.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/MR8v95D.jpg

This is the stance I'll be shooting for on the front. Rear is a little low here.
http://i.imgur.com/Xe3jE6L.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/U9cpRhg.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Q2hM2Gw.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/DZf6Irh.jpg

Wheels:
Forgeline GA3 18x9.5 and 18x12 w/ Titanium center and brushed lips
275/35/18 Michelin PS2
345/35/18 Mickey Thompson Drag Radial

William