Gold heat wrap, does it work?
- Thread starter GotGrip?
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yaycandy
Aerospace Engineer
I thought heat tape held heat in.
GotGrip?
Conversation Ruiner
That would be exhaust wrap.
yaycandy
Aerospace Engineer
Yea my bad.
yaycandy
Aerospace Engineer
Unless it's cold out. The intake will eventually get hot and probably hold heat in. Hope for the best though.
They need to make air conditioning wrap to hook into the ac and wrap.
CryO2 intake systems makes cold wrap.
yaycandy
Aerospace Engineer
GotGrip?
Conversation Ruiner
There's an intake piece I'd like to try by DEI, that has co2 running threw a ball inside the flow track.
yaycandy
Aerospace Engineer
I seen that one and with TT setup it shouldn't hurt flow. Coupled with a good intercooler and maybe water meth that comes on at 8psi or so should make the intake air real cold that the motor will get brain freeze
Ecoboost_xsport
SHO Member
Funny, I'm in the process of doing the same thing, with an added twist. I just saw your post and thought...damn..great minds think alike...or maybe we are both fools who fell for the snake oil, LOL...if nothing else, it looks really cool, haha
Just a small sample of how I'm tackling the problem...figured insulation would greatly help this out...
Basically extending what I had done to the coolant pipe under the IM to the intake system:
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I’m interested to see the results. You mentioned this to me a few weeks ago. I see it used a lot I would hope it offers some benefit. I’d like to think it’s better than no wrap at all.
yaycandy
Aerospace Engineer
Just happy some of us on here aren't afraid to rip the car apart and re-engineer it
GotGrip?
Conversation Ruiner
I did go for a quick drive last night just to check it out, I didnt log or anything yet. I was just montioring with the handheld and it seemed to keep the temps at bay for awhile. When I got home I popped the hood and just did a check by feel, the none covered aluminum was noticeably hotter than the wrapped pipe not 6 inches away. Even the wrapped plastic portion seemed cooler than the unwrapped aluminum. It definitely does something, just don't have exact numbers for you guys.
GotGrip?
Conversation Ruiner
So what I've noticed so far today is that my idle temp appears to be about 20 degrees lower at ldle while heat soaking (98 down from 120). Once the car gets moving and into boost it seems like the IAT2 temps seem to take a little longer to rise then cap out about about 10-12 degrees lower than than before I wrapped the intake tubes. So does it work, yes. Is it worth $50-100 to wrap all the piping to get the temp down a little, in my option yes. The first section I posted the picture of was about $24 worth of wrap and I still haven't completed wrapping everything yet and still got a decent return. I'm sure there are variables like humidity, outside temp and the fact that I also have the vented hood that may play a role in the results that I got, but I'd still think it was worth the cost!
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Ecoboost_xsport
SHO Member
Looks nice! damn you beat me to the punch! LOL...
Anyway, keep us updated on datalogs, I'm still a ways away from finishing mine...too many damn projects LOL!
GotGrip?
Conversation Ruiner
If it helps I used up about 30ft all total, went all the way back as far as I could to just before the rear turbo for both pipes, and did all the piping up to where it merges to go into the bumper/fender area.
Ecoboost_xsport
SHO Member
Do the K&N pipe too!
GotGrip?
Conversation Ruiner
I thought about it, but it has a heat reflective coating on it, thought about the banana pipe too but that is powder coated so I didn't want to waste material. I've got about 15 ft left though, may give it to someone or use it on something else.
Zpak
Es Aich Oh!
Wouldn’t the IC to throttle body be the most important one?
