http://www.ret-monitor.com/articles/810/pistons-for-offshore-racing/ Specific mission-critical info for professionals Mon, 21 May 2012 22:36:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.ret-monitor.com/articles/810/pistons-for-offshore-racing/comment-page-1/#comment-3982 Dave Carpenter Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:41:14 +0000 http://www.ret-monitor.com/articles/810/pistons-for-offshore-racing/#comment-3982 For our race application, 50 to 150 laps of short-track paved oval racing, I have experienced very positive results with piston-top Thermal Barrier Coating(TBC). Although I must also state, I use only Swain Tech 'Gold Armor' or their 'Gold Coat II' as my coating-of-choice. I have performed a Rockwell 'B' on uncoated pistons & raced them. With the WiseCo pistons I use, they'd lose up to 5 points of Rockwell. With a Swain coating on the same piston, and raced the same number of laps/hours, the most loss I've experienced was 2 points of Rockwell 'B'. Bottom line? Swain TBC works for me, and I always use it. Dave Carpenter For our race application, 50 to 150 laps of short-track paved oval racing, I have experienced very positive results with piston-top Thermal Barrier Coating(TBC). Although I must also state, I use only Swain Tech ‘Gold Armor’ or their ‘Gold Coat II’ as my coating-of-choice. I have performed a Rockwell ‘B’ on uncoated pistons & raced them. With the WiseCo pistons I use, they’d lose up to 5 points of Rockwell. With a Swain coating on the same piston, and raced the same number of laps/hours, the most loss I’ve experienced was 2 points of Rockwell ‘B’. Bottom line? Swain TBC works for me, and I always use it.
Dave Carpenter

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