Welcome to Techlines... May 2006

From: Watson Performance

Hood River, OR

Tom, who has been applying our coatings at his shop for some time, wanted to pass on the following information as to how beneficial the use of coatings can be.  Tom built several 2 and 4 stroke engines including one particular 2 Stroke engine, in a TM125, for a 12 hour endurance race. In this particular engine he coated the Pistons with TLML on the skirts and CBX on the top. CBX was also used on the Combustion surface of the Head and in the Exhaust Port. He coated the Cylinder Walls and Rod bearing surfaces with WSX. 

The engine normally runs a 40:1 fuel mix. After 2 loops of the course the rider came in for more fuel. Tom said that they inadvertently added about 1 ½ gallon of 4 stroke fuel to the remaining ½ gallon of 2 stroke mix. He did not realize the mistake until the rider was out on the track again. Tom fully expected to have the motor fail somewhere on the course as they fuel oil ration was now about 100:1. The rider completed 46 miles at race speeds before coming back in for more fuel. The motor was still running just fine, so they added the proper 2 stroke fuel to the remaining bad mix and the rider returned to the race. When they later disassembled the motor there was NO damage, no scuffing, galling or wear on the parts at all. They have simply reassembled the engine and it is still in use at this time.

Tom told us that he is seeing 3 times the normal part life and is having no problems with wear nor any ring land problems, which was not the case prior to using Tech Line Coating products.

Retail Engine Coating Kit

We discontinued a very successful Coating Kit some years ago. We are now introducing a new Kit. It will include DFL-1 for pistons, bearings, camshaft, Valve Springs or any other part normally coated with a dry film lubricant. The Kit will also include CBC1 for piston tops, Valves and combustion chamber surfaces. CBC1 can also be used on the bottom of Intake manifolds to reduce the heat the manifold absorbs. WSX will be included for the Cyl Walls and Valve Guides and a container of Ultra Gel for pre assembly lubrication on

Cam and Crank journals.DFL-1 and CBC1 are water based and give off no hazardous solvents during cure, which can be accomplished in any oven capable of reaching the 350F cure temperature. WSX requires no baking. Pricing will be attractive and the Kit will provide enough of the coating products to do all of the important parts of a V8 engine. The Kit should be available in July, 2006.

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