To coat or not to coat, that is the ?
Jun 3, 2007, 11:07 PM
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I'd recommend Cradin to anyone I cared about 
One of the last times I visited the family they were finishing up doing vibratory testing of replacement materials for beryllium for one of the nation's largest aerospace companies. Picking up my ams i/c from them in the next few days after treating it to some thermal dispersant goodness 
One of the last times I visited the family they were finishing up doing vibratory testing of replacement materials for beryllium for one of the nation's largest aerospace companies. Picking up my ams i/c from them in the next few days after treating it to some thermal dispersant goodness
Jun 4, 2007, 06:48 AM
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The engine bay is warmer then the air coming out of the intercooler (hopefully) so you're not going to be able to pull any more heat OUT of the intercooler piping, that's just how heat transfer works. The hope is that you will insulate the piping enough that the heat from the engine bay cannot conduct through the piping and into the intake air.
so basically, the rule of heat transfer say that energy allways goes from high to low. If you put an ice cube in a glass of room temperature water, the ice cube isn't cooling the water, the water is using its energy to melt the ice cube. And the result of that energy exchange is cooler water because there is now less energy in the water.
Jun 4, 2007, 08:36 AM
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I didn't have the cash to coat my i/c pipes when I got them so I ended wrapping them along with my intake pipe with Dei cool tape. Lower temperature coatings with a silver finish would do well in this application as they are designed to reflect heat along with providing a thermal barrier.
I think even the white lightning would be ok on the intercooler piping. It would keep heat out.
The engine bay is warmer then the air coming out of the intercooler (hopefully) so you're not going to be able to pull any more heat OUT of the intercooler piping, that's just how heat transfer works. The hope is that you will insulate the piping enough that the heat from the engine bay cannot conduct through the piping and into the intake air.
so basically, the rule of heat transfer say that energy allways goes from high to low. If you put an ice cube in a glass of room temperature water, the ice cube isn't cooling the water, the water is using its energy to melt the ice cube. And the result of that energy exchange is cooler water because there is now less energy in the water.
The engine bay is warmer then the air coming out of the intercooler (hopefully) so you're not going to be able to pull any more heat OUT of the intercooler piping, that's just how heat transfer works. The hope is that you will insulate the piping enough that the heat from the engine bay cannot conduct through the piping and into the intake air.
so basically, the rule of heat transfer say that energy allways goes from high to low. If you put an ice cube in a glass of room temperature water, the ice cube isn't cooling the water, the water is using its energy to melt the ice cube. And the result of that energy exchange is cooler water because there is now less energy in the water.
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