Exhaust Manifolds on a 996 Mezger

[smit2100]

I picked up a set of 997.1 exhaust manifolds for my 996TT and looking to do a bit of porting internally on the factory welds in an attempt to increase the flow of the exhaust gasses from the Mezger to see if that can deliver a bit of more right foot throttle response and do something abount lag / getting the turbo's spooling earlier in the rpm range

Can anyone recommend an outfit in Melbourne that can do some surface and heat protection work on the exterior of the exhaust manifolds that can handle the higher heat temps from running turbo's and at the same time minimise the patina and keep the new factory look in tack so to the untrained eye reflect they haven't been messed with and have just been cleaned up (eg no black or grey heat / ceramic coatings)

[dan_189]

Is it worth buying some specific performance headers rather than modding those ones? 

Just a thought  as there are plenty of performance tuners making good quality sports headers. 

[Macca]

These guys coated bits and pieces of my old merc (s/c snout, y pipe and intercooler) a couple of years again, everything was done well, I came across them when searching through various forums, it was a fair price also. Hope it helps.

https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj7g7StmY7SAhVLXrwKHdxtDRQQFggbMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whitepages.com.au%2Fcompetition-coatings-10697030%2Fcoburg-north-vic-10697027B&usg=AFQjCNGqGsWCr2Gt89oN5QTSshhB7od7iQ&sig2=xtOThg3-0CU7QkclbduhnQ

Crap , sorry - didn't realise it was a November post. 

How did you go with your headers?