June 17, 201411 yr They do make me laugh these guys :) Did your Mx5 come with a hair dryer ? ;) Now wheres my black paint :)
June 17, 201411 yr makes sense given that black keeps the heat in really, watched this on fb, some of there stuff is quality.
June 19, 201411 yr If I understand the geek right it would benefit the car and give a very small noticeable difference :)
June 19, 201411 yr All I got from that was it would help when sat in traffic, when the car is moving they perform the same as the cooling is governed by the airflow when over the IC. Has everyone forgotten that stock IC's are black anyway?
June 19, 201411 yr I saw this on fb as well as the results seemed conclusive but , im still sceptical though as there wasn't any heat near the core or pipework nor was there any simulation of weather conditions and outside temps . As under normal conditions the rad / engine would emit heat behind the core and warm air or rain would affect average intake temps .imo a coat of paint might affect the conducting of heat in different conditions . Would love to see some back to back tests on a rolling road with both cores on the same car , as I'd prefer to paint my fmic for added stealth [emoji6]
June 19, 201411 yr Yeah engine bay temps were mentioned on another forum, as well as weather. Also wouldn't the black one get heat soak quicker as it would absorb heat quicker than a silver one? You could go into so many levels on this, would the type off primer make a difference? It's acting as an insulating layer. Thickness of paint, type of paint, alternative coatings? Ie anodised, powder coated. Maybe we need the real Mythbusters to invesitage?
June 20, 201411 yr Love these two, some of the comment moog comes out with are fantastic. this is one of my faves, go to 4.54, (i cant seem to link at the specific point in the video)
June 20, 201411 yr A Has everyone forgotten that stock IC's are black anyway? mine was silver - surprised yours is black
June 20, 201411 yr mine was silver - surprised yours is black Yeah I went and checked mine and its silver, it seems modern STI's are Silver and WRX's have always been Black. My Classic WRX was Black as was the Sti version I upgraded too.
June 20, 201411 yr All classic uk turbo and wrx intercoolers are black whereas the sti ones (which flow and cool better) are silver [emoji6]
June 20, 201411 yr I'm sure classic STI's were black as I had an upgrade to an STI ic on my classic and that was black aswell.
June 20, 201411 yr V1 & v2 (slanty type) are as my brvs v1 sti had one fitted and Here's my old v3/v4 factory sti tmic And a friend's wrx bug eye had a black tmic and he upgraded to a factory silver sti one . will admit I'm not 100% sure about the v5 / v6 sti one's being silver but, the v5/v6 uk and wrx one's I've seen have been black , so I assumed the sti ones were silver as well like the other ones I've came across . Back to the op I still thought it was a good vid but ,won't be spraying my shiny hdi fmic untill I see some rr results with proven power gains Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk
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