Hi, first time poster on this group.... thought i'd stray away from some of the other groups/forums/boards and a general audience.
Would it be a plausible idea to have a hard coating done on various engine internals? If you didn't know, Titanium Nitride is that golden film stuff you see on drill bits..... The stuff puts an insane hard coat, reducing friction, wear, making stuff more heat resistant, etc. Well, I've had this idea lingering in my mind, and I'm not the only one, but I haven't seen it done.... although one website on the internet sells TiN coated valves. The coating isn't thick at all.... it is thin to about .0003", and is known to make mill/lathe/machining bits last 10times or so longer.
.....So...... Do you guys see any faults with this concept? Surely pistons can be ceramically coated so heat energy doesn't transfer as easily, thus less energy wasted..... so could I coat my pistons with TiN? And the crankshaft, rods, valves, and anyother thing? What I plan to do it do some crank knifing, taking off factory imperfections etc, then hard coating them for strength and possible performance gains (because of less friction, different heat transfer, etc).
Thanks