Boeing 717

Has anyone ever painted their intercooler???? Mine has some scuffs on it and im wondering if its worth it to do so since it is so visible. I always loved the krinkle paint on ferrari valve covers so here are some cool pics of this guys red valve cover that he painted. Let me know if you think it would be cheesy to paint the intercooler like this.

http://audizine.com/forum/showthread...hreadid=104865



JERRY

dholling13

Get a junkyard radiator and paint it with the same material; then hold it over the motor and see if you like it...

Boeing 717

Good idea man, in my head it looks good but it could be too much red or just plain look like S#%T.


JERRY

turbo 3.6

It has been proven that radiators/intercoolers disapate way more heat when painted black, just something to think about.

Boeing 717

Yea that was something i had thought about...... why do you think that is????? Well i could just paint it krinkle black then, just to make it look new again.

JERRY

Sal 965

Didn't the Turbo S (lightweight) have a red intercooler? Just something i remembered from a magazine picture some time back.

turbo 3.6

I remember seeing a Andial intercooler on a Ruf 965 that was red.

Geoffrey

My Holcombe intercooler was painted black, just like the factory intercooler. I like the "stock" look of the engine.

Staffan

I think it was black and had a red stripe running around the top part, could be wrong though.

cobalt

Your correct. It was the flange that is attached to the top of the IC that is painted red. I am not sure about crinkle paint on the fins of the IC. It would builds up additional material and I assume would prevent heat transfer.

FastCarNut

Here is a picture :

dholling13

I am going to paint my shroud Silver to match the car; that looks hot!!!

Anyone know why for the 1991 turbos they stopped painting the inside of the fan red to designate the fastest Porsche model for that year?

69COU

How about this intercooler.

Looks the works. No conection but thought sharing worthwhile.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PORSC...spagenameZWD2V






Would a larger intercooler like this add much power with no other mods? If so what would you expect from this?

If it was not in Canada would be tempted.

cobalt

I purchased one of these a while back and was going to install it before I realized I would need to eliminate my shrouding to make it fit. I have been trying to sell it for $1250 shipped within the US but no bites yet. I was told unless you race it or plan on reaching 500 rwhp it won't help much by some and others claim the larger passages used and overall larger size will do a more efficient job cooling the air. Your guess is a s good as mine.

Meanwhile anyone interested in my brand new unit?

dholling13

I spent all of my tuning cash @ Steven's shop; www.imagineauto.com. Maybe next year