Paint Vs Coating Intercooler tubing
Paint Vs Coating Intercooler tubing Guys I have a D1SC procharger with a FMIC, I have bought 3 J-bends from Performance curve and the material is Aluminized Stainless Steel. My question is I was wanting to get it Jet-hot Coated, but I am thinking about just using some type of paint for the intercooler tubing.
I have heard mixed things about coatings on intercooler tubing, and from mostly What I have heard it doesn't help the coolant effect that it would on say headers.
Bob at exotic Performance plus I have noticed you guys just paint the intercooler tubing with some type of Engine enamel paint??
If you guys use paint what do you use????
I have heard mixed things about coatings on intercooler tubing, and from mostly What I have heard it doesn't help the coolant effect that it would on say headers.
Bob at exotic Performance plus I have noticed you guys just paint the intercooler tubing with some type of Engine enamel paint??
If you guys use paint what do you use????
I would think that paint would inhibit the cooling of the compressed air in the IC piping. Usually you jet-hot headers to keep the heat in the gas inside of the header. If you jet-hot IC tubing, it seems like you would be keeping the heat IN the IC piping. Just my thinking. Although there are coatings for IC tubing (HPC on the sts kits) for IC tubing. You just want a coating that promotes heat transfer.
I really don't think what paint/coating you use on the intercooler plumbing matters that much. Most of the heat transfer is done in the intercooler. Yes, it would be nice for the plumbing to further dissapate heat, but then again you also don't want the plumbing to soak up engine/exhaust heat. Painting/coating the piping keeps it from rusting, and it can be painted to match whatever color your engine bay is. Bob
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It sounds kind of ghetto, but I painted mine with some high temp rattle-can paint from pep boys. If you paint it with this stuff, let it set for a couple hours, then put it on the car and run it to cure it (or throw them in the oven). The paint came out nice with a rich color and little to no orange peel. besides, its cheap.
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I don't like paint on IC piping or headers - it always seems to chip, melt or burn away. I used this Jet Hot matte grey ceramicoat on all my post-SC piping on this motor, and its got about 6K miles on it and still looks very clean.
Lower Left grey tubing:
Resists scratches and doesn't seem to stain with oil or gas - washes off back to normal with Simple Green and water. Can be found at almost any decent size coater or plating shop locally. It was $100 for 3 pieces, and the one shown was the largest.
I don't think any coating is near as thermally good as a wrap. I am thinking about wrapping the post-IC pipes and making a heat shield for under and around the SC hat. I bet it will make a -10 degree diff at the IAT in the manifold at low speeds and at idle, maybe a -1 degree dip at WOT.
Any experiences with intake manifold coatings for an FI single plane aluminum Holley manifold? Like a Victor Jr. but EFI. Worth it? Inside, Outside or both?
Jim
My Site: http://home.mindspring.com/~jim_fisk/id1.html
Lower Left grey tubing:
Resists scratches and doesn't seem to stain with oil or gas - washes off back to normal with Simple Green and water. Can be found at almost any decent size coater or plating shop locally. It was $100 for 3 pieces, and the one shown was the largest.
I don't think any coating is near as thermally good as a wrap. I am thinking about wrapping the post-IC pipes and making a heat shield for under and around the SC hat. I bet it will make a -10 degree diff at the IAT in the manifold at low speeds and at idle, maybe a -1 degree dip at WOT.
Any experiences with intake manifold coatings for an FI single plane aluminum Holley manifold? Like a Victor Jr. but EFI. Worth it? Inside, Outside or both?
Jim
My Site: http://home.mindspring.com/~jim_fisk/id1.html
Last edited by DeltaT; Sep 5, 2006 at 09:13 PM.
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I know people that wrap cold piping with heat tape to keep temps under the hood lower. Their theory is the cold pipes are quite hot and will warm the air in the engione bay. In his case, he had to much already.
I powdercoat intercooler piping for a company that builds turbo kits. As well a dyno shop near me that does a lot of Procharger kits, We re-coat over prochargers coating to this particular shops "house color".
Have you guys ever worried about anything FLAKING OFF inside the piping???
That there could cost us a Motor, but I think anything Stainless Steel would not be prone to doing that.
Mild steel Maybe.
That there could cost us a Motor, but I think anything Stainless Steel would not be prone to doing that.
Mild steel Maybe.
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I have my entire system finished all mandrel bent 3, and 4inch aluminum. I have cleaned up the aluminum some and it look pretty good.
Heres a pic
I am just wanting to leave it be and not worry about it, but my good friend and brother say I should have the aluminum tubing Jet-hot coated inside and out??? They think it will look better (probably would) but they say the biggest reason would be that it would keep the IAT's down??
My thinking of jet-hot coating is for exhaust and to keep the heat on the inside of the headers, I don't want heat on the inside of my tubing heating up the IAT's. I know aluminum dissapates heat rapidly, but I don't know if a coating is neccessary.
They claim that the coating will keep the engine bay heat from getting inside the tubing, and since aluminum heats up easily the coating will help, which seems like a valid point.
WHAT'S EVERYONE THINK??
I have my entire system finished all mandrel bent 3, and 4inch aluminum. I have cleaned up the aluminum some and it look pretty good.
Heres a pic
I am just wanting to leave it be and not worry about it, but my good friend and brother say I should have the aluminum tubing Jet-hot coated inside and out??? They think it will look better (probably would) but they say the biggest reason would be that it would keep the IAT's down??
My thinking of jet-hot coating is for exhaust and to keep the heat on the inside of the headers, I don't want heat on the inside of my tubing heating up the IAT's. I know aluminum dissapates heat rapidly, but I don't know if a coating is neccessary.
They claim that the coating will keep the engine bay heat from getting inside the tubing, and since aluminum heats up easily the coating will help, which seems like a valid point.
WHAT'S EVERYONE THINK??
Cool thanks Larry. I talked to Jet-hot this morning and they told me there coating wouldn't really help at all. I told them the heat from the blower is probably around 220 leaving the blower, but once it goes through the intercooler and the meth I am sure its probably below ambient.
He did tell me, if they did do it they would only do the outside and it would just be for the looks mainly. He advised me to polish it up and leave it alone, lol.
He did tell me, if they did do it they would only do the outside and it would just be for the looks mainly. He advised me to polish it up and leave it alone, lol.
