Quote Originally Posted by pat mccarthy View Post
black barbecue paint till you get some miles on it is how i would go . all the header builds i did i would paint them with barbecue paint. so there was some rust hold out till they got them coated .it is very thin.. you have to put many thin coats on .but hold out is not bad still have that stuff on the chevy headers still look good over ten years and cheap
What's frustrating is that I knew the base timing was right, but to eliminate doubt expressed by my tuner I checked it once more and toasted the headers. $300 gone in about 20 seconds. I'm not a happy camper.