aluminum lids
Originally Posted by 00transamnh
lmfao at heat soak.... the damn lid isnt even near the engine
Originally Posted by oange ss
but soaks it up just as fast and with no airflow to cool it off you could probably fry eggs on it in hot weather
Originally Posted by miamifan3413
No air flow??? Air is ALWAYS flowing through a lid
Yea so then as it flows into the engine it would take the heat from the aluminum lid with it and hurt performance.
Originally Posted by bigman
Um, you ever sit in traffic on a hot humid day? Everything from front to back in the engine compartment will be hot. Not only that, aluminum gets hot fast, thats why composite intake manifolds are best. Why do you think people dont by the weiand manifold? Because it heat soaks. You ever touch the charge pipe of a car with a cold air intake? That pipe is so damn hot, it's rediculous.
and as far as heat soak goes i havent seen any dyno sheets to prove how much hp you are really loosing
i tend to think that with the amount of air flowing through the manifold you are raising the temp by only miniscule degree amounts and inversly effecting hp by miniscule amounts
IM OFFICALLY CALLING BS ON HEAT SOAK ROBBING ANY SIGNIFICANT POWER
Staging Lane
Joined: Jun 2006
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From: New Lenox, Il.
I just went out and grabbed the core support on my truck, were the air box is. It was cool, not hot. So if thats got the radiator bolted to it and its not hot why would an aluminum lid be hot? Just asking, i think a fabbed aluminum lid would look awesome. I make one and tell you how it works. HARDTOP, the description of your ride is f ' in hilarious. 
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Originally Posted by DRSITES
About the coolest thing I've seen in an LSx engine bay was a clear lid with a halo ring dry shot spraying on a dyno. I'd be tempted to sell my FIPK and go to a clear lid just to set up a purge in there....
Originally Posted by 00transamnh
composite intake manifolds are best because they are sitting on the damn block...
and as far as heat soak goes i havent seen any dyno sheets to prove how much hp you are really loosing
i tend to think that with the amount of air flowing through the manifold you are raising the temp by only miniscule degree amounts and inversly effecting hp by miniscule amounts
IM OFFICALLY CALLING BS ON HEAT SOAK ROBBING ANY SIGNIFICANT POWER
and as far as heat soak goes i havent seen any dyno sheets to prove how much hp you are really loosing
i tend to think that with the amount of air flowing through the manifold you are raising the temp by only miniscule degree amounts and inversly effecting hp by miniscule amounts
IM OFFICALLY CALLING BS ON HEAT SOAK ROBBING ANY SIGNIFICANT POWER
Originally Posted by Poor Kid
HARDTOP, the description of your ride is f ' in hilarious.
Originally Posted by TheBlurLS1
You'd wear that bitch out.
Originally Posted by 98hardtopZ
thanks man...
yea, but if i had the money and room for a dyno at my house then that wouldnt really matter...
yea, but if i had the money and room for a dyno at my house then that wouldnt really matter...