Wonder who this is directed towards...
#11
If you can get it for cheap, then I could justify it. Corky highlights in the article, and has said so to me personally, that you shouldn't underestimate the amount of heat that can be lost from piping (particularly pipes that are made with the appropriate material). Since cooling the charge is the reason behind an intercooler, my make the process less efficent by using insulating materials.
#12
Because after the intercooler's done its work, you don't want heat from the radiator and engine bay to heat the piping right back up...that's why I said perhaps running an insulating piece of silicone like that "from the intercooler outlet to the throttlebody might not be a bad idea."
I have no hard evidence, but I suspect that an insulated intercooler outlet pipe would be slightly more efficient than an all-metal one. Although, come to think of it, 1/3-to-1/2 the pipe is outside the engine bay anyway, perhaps even getting some more cooling airflow over it...so, it's probably a draw either way...on the intercooler outlet pipe.
I have no hard evidence, but I suspect that an insulated intercooler outlet pipe would be slightly more efficient than an all-metal one. Although, come to think of it, 1/3-to-1/2 the pipe is outside the engine bay anyway, perhaps even getting some more cooling airflow over it...so, it's probably a draw either way...on the intercooler outlet pipe.
#14
Sure, but that's the nature of a FMIC, right? I mean, there's no way for you to insulate the intercooler from the radiator, per se...once airflow stops, things will heat up. Short of a v-mount, there's not much you can do to change this fact.
Let's say using an insulated, silicone piece from intercooler outlet to TB works well enough in not conducting extra heat that it offsets some or all of the transfer from radiator to intercooler...would it not be worth it, then?
Let's say using an insulated, silicone piece from intercooler outlet to TB works well enough in not conducting extra heat that it offsets some or all of the transfer from radiator to intercooler...would it not be worth it, then?