hey guys, just have a question.
so i got myself a stock Evo 9 IC, its painted black though.
will this have a effect of the cooling?
thanks!

 

whoops. for some reason i thought it said ic piping

 

i read a post some time back that anodizing the intercooler is the only way to paint it and it performes the same. any other kind of paint hurts. do a search you should find it somewhere in here

 

so you can anodize than paint?
what if the guy just painted straight over it? the reason I'm asking is because i dunno if the guy that sold me the piece painted it or a shop.. anyways.
just wondering if it would hurt performance.

 

as long as its not the high temp paint it should be fine

 

If there's a heavy amount of paint and, as boostn said, high temp paint, it'll have an effect. Light coats, it shouldn't be too bad.

 

paint;bad.

radiator paint; good.

 

contacting seller now.

 

paint = bad
anodized = good

 

^^^what he said...painting an intercooler will fu*k up heat dissipation...I had mine anodized black a while ago...looks great & did not effect heat dissipation at all...

 

contacted seller he said Mitsu dealer painted it or whatever they did before he bought it.

 

A light coating of spray paint won't make a noticeable difference since the cooling is done as air passes through the fins and the paint is only on the front surface. Ideally, anodizing is a much better method of coloring an intercooler though.

 

As long as you dont cake it on you'll be gravy.

 

I'll third that. As long as the paint isn't really deep in there/caked on you'll be golden.

 

we'll see when it arrives.