Painting intercooler black - good or not?

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Mar 3, 2009 | 03:57 PM

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Newbsauce, I like that front bumper on the bottom. What is it?

Mar 3, 2009 | 04:06 PM

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I like the idea of painting one side and leaving the other shiny. Gives you the option to switch.

people will race your hood pins. what intercooler?

Mar 3, 2009 | 04:23 PM

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I can't believe I forgot to paint mine. I sure as hell am not removing it now just for that.

Mar 3, 2009 | 04:31 PM

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stein, just pull the bumper cover and get a lot of newspaper and masking tape.

Mar 3, 2009 | 04:40 PM

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I like the bling

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I need Newbsauce's hood pins.
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Mar 3, 2009 | 05:06 PM

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how do you like those hood latches? I don't know that I trust the latch in my FM hood.

Mar 3, 2009 | 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by skidude108

Newbsauce, I like that front bumper on the bottom. What is it?

That is a Racing Beat Type I nose.

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Originally Posted by y8s

people will race your hood pins. what intercooler?

The hood pins are aerocatch, and I love them and the flush look. Obviously they are open in this picture. They seem to work fairly well

As for the I/C.. its the big CXracing one that everyone's using. 24x12x3?

Mar 3, 2009 | 05:26 PM

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You bitches don't know what stealth is.

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But yeah paining it won't make much difference. Nothing you'll be able to measure via a change in AIT's.

Mar 3, 2009 | 05:30 PM

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I like the bling

I need Newbsauce's hood pins.

what kind of hood scoop contraption is that?
where'd you scavange that scoop from on your front bumper?

Mar 3, 2009 | 05:31 PM

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P.S. your new sig is great.

+ Limit 1/x
x -> 0

Mar 3, 2009 | 05:42 PM

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what kind of hood scoop contraption is that?
where'd you scavange that scoop from on your front bumper?

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Mar 3, 2009 | 06:00 PM

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But yeah paining it won't make much difference. Nothing you'll be able to measure via a change in AIT's.

I dare you to try to calculate how .001" of coating on .001% of the cooling surface will effect the temps :P

Mar 3, 2009 | 06:12 PM

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I dare you to try to calculate how .001" of coating on .001% of the cooling surface will effect the temps :P

that white-***-bitch can't do it. He just talks on here like he's all hard and ****.

Mar 3, 2009 | 07:01 PM

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Quote:

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I dare you to try to calculate how .001" of coating on .001% of the cooling surface will effect the temps :P

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that white-***-bitch can't do it. He just talks on here like he's all hard and ****.

Assuming:

h_air = 50 W/m*k
h_aluminum = 221 W/m*k
h_polyethylene = 0.50 W/m*k (closest thing to paint I can find...)

I found some formula and got a heat transfer coefficient of:

without paint: 40.774155458486 W/m*k
with paint: 40.774153752544 W/m*k

For a reduction in heat transfer of 0.0000042%. Not a whole lot. Not 100% sure I did it right though. I'm going over it.