When I pull the intake runners.......
08-14-2010 | 03:06 PM
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Three Wheelin'
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just because you wrap something with some tape and its cooler to the touch, doesnt mean the inside is not hot as heck. go take a copper wire, wrap the heck out of it. and tape it to the side of the intake. drive all day like normal and then take the wire out of the wrap, it will be as hot as the engine bay. 
fuel rails are also silly to wrap. what are you trying to accomplish?
the "stuff" doesnt reject heat soak, but can slow the process, but not by much.
fuel rails are also silly to wrap. what are you trying to accomplish?
the "stuff" doesnt reject heat soak, but can slow the process, but not by much.
I was reading some posts by Subaru turbo guys. They claim that wrapping the turbo plumbing and keeping the heat in causes the air to flow faster resulting in quicker turbo spool up. They also claim that wrapping the intake helps the incoming air stay cool, thus dense, which results in more power.
So, keep the incoming air cool for greater air volume in cylinders for more power, and keep turbo air hot as hell to make the turbo spool faster reducing lag.
08-14-2010 | 10:04 PM
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I was reading some posts by Subaru turbo guys. They claim that wrapping the turbo plumbing and keeping the heat in causes the air to flow faster resulting in quicker turbo spool up. They also claim that wrapping the intake helps the incoming air stay cool, thus dense, which results in more power.
So, keep the incoming air cool for greater air volume in cylinders for more power, and keep turbo air hot as hell to make the turbo spool faster reducing lag.
So, keep the incoming air cool for greater air volume in cylinders for more power, and keep turbo air hot as hell to make the turbo spool faster reducing lag.
08-15-2010 | 01:48 AM
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Yes, it keeps the turbo heat in on the exhaust side, but you cant keep the heat out on the intake side. like i said, its metal, metal conducts and holds heat, and its connected to the 250 degree heads. the intake will heat up after a little whilte and there is NOTHING you can do about that, unless you make it out of CF.
thats just a fact.
The Subaru guys are right about the turbo and wrong about the intake plumbing.
thats just a fact.
The Subaru guys are right about the turbo and wrong about the intake plumbing.
I was reading some posts by Subaru turbo guys. They claim that wrapping the turbo plumbing and keeping the heat in causes the air to flow faster resulting in quicker turbo spool up. They also claim that wrapping the intake helps the incoming air stay cool, thus dense, which results in more power.
So, keep the incoming air cool for greater air volume in cylinders for more power, and keep turbo air hot as hell to make the turbo spool faster reducing lag.
So, keep the incoming air cool for greater air volume in cylinders for more power, and keep turbo air hot as hell to make the turbo spool faster reducing lag.
