Results will be more relevant if you have "before" temps, as well.

 

Oh of course...that's the plan.

Temps are supposed to be the same this weekend (in the 90's). I am going to do my drive home (20 minutes) and take a temperature. Its a digital thermometer with a laser, so I can just crack the hood open and put the red dot on the manifold to allow for the heat soak. Then I'll open the hood and let the heat escape and measure again.

After the gasket, I will replicate my same drive home, and do the exact same measurements.

If anyone has any better ideas on how to get the temps while my stock gasket is on, post it up. Tomorrow afternoon I'm doing the job...

 

Ive checked these out a few times and I am interested in the results.

 

Ok, here's the results of my drive home on the OEM gasket:

Heat Soak Temp: 144*F



Head Temp: 187*F
Manifold Temp: 148*F (no picture)




(Heat soak was measured by popping the hood free of the "catch" and leaving it closed. I aimed the digital thermometer into the engine bay. Not scientific I'm sure, but gives you an idea of underhood temps)

Part Two: Sikky gasket measurements COMING SOON!

Not gonna lie, I am not looking forward to taking off the intake manifold tomorrow. Its going to be hot and I'm already feeling lazy.

 

Speaking from experience?

 

Obviously I need to explain to you noobs that buttsexing = drifting.
I wasn't talking about the other kind. Not yet anyway, you sexthy beathsts.

Possibly relevant questions:
What type of commute is used for the testing? Highway cruising, or sitting in stop & go traffic? Is the plastic undertray still on the car? How long did you have to let it sit with the hood unlatched before it stabilized at your "heat soak" temp?

 

Ah, not familiar with that term...

My commute is highway (lots of stop and go), then residential ~30mph to my house. all of the plastics are in place, with no additional cooling panels, or anything removed. When I say "stock" I mean it. As far as the hood unlatching time, as long as it took for me to get into my parking spot, pop the hood and walk to the front of my car. Like I said, not scientific, but the results should be similar since I'll do the exact same thing once the gasket is installed.

I still haven't installed it yet, its just too damn hot outside. I nearly sweated to death just putting my hardtop side latches on...

 

Welp, ran out of time over the weekend. It was just too hot on Saturday, and my whole Sunday was property of the children and wife.

 

did you figure out how to measure the acutal intake temperatures as they enter the head?

 

No, I really have no idea how to do that. All I have is a measurement of the manifold, and the head itself.

 

well that's a shame.

 

Tell me how to do it and I'll see if I can get it done. I just cant think of any way...I'd love to get all the hard data I can.

 

Where? I see no such provision on the flange on my 02 IM

I know some flows through the TB, but that doesn't flow through the entire IM....

 

by im I think he meant tb

 

tb im

 

no, on the 1.6L IM and IIRC the 94-95. Coolant flows from between #1 and #2 to a port on #1. there's also a place where coolant sits against the falnge between #3 & #4 but does not travel anywhere, i assume to equally heat.

 

Ahh.... been awhile since I've messed with that stuff.

 

Welp...I learned something today lol

 

Bump.

Sooooo there never was a conclusion to this? I just found out this even existed because I'm gonna need to order an intake gasket. They also have a video about it now.


I call bullshit. It seems to me what people have said before. Intercooler is going to cool down the air a lot. The air is only going to be in the (slightly warmer maybe) manifold for a very short time before combustion. Besides, unlike an intercooler, the manifold has as little as possible inner surface area to transfer heat to the air. Is there anyone to tell me I should get a mls one or this?

 

I would to add that for me the primary benefit of a non metallic gasket is when you port the head/manifold, this material is perfect for reshaping to get the the transition that you need. Worth the money if your doing port work.