Looks just like the one at Thermo Tec. http://www.thermotec.com/products/full/15001/15001.html
Intercooler/Air Intake Heat Wrap
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Striker187
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well keep us posted kenetix. the wrap may definitely be good for the injen cai....that piping gets freakin hot!! (flame)
Striker187 said:
But, check out the piping before the maf. It takes a lot to get that one really hot. It's the one after the maf that gets super hot because it is so close to the engine, and in the path of the fans.
The Injen would greatly benefit from thermal wrapping, I still am not convinced though, that wrapping the plastic IC pipe is a good idea...
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There is a more sophisticated and suave way of insulating your pipes from heat soak(thumb)
Just ceramic coat your pipes. We have offered this on kits and still offer it as an option. A bit more expensive than the lace up bit but way better looking. We coat all our manifolds in this stuff too know. Check these guys out.....they are awesome
http://thermaltechcoatings.com/products.htm
Just ceramic coat your pipes. We have offered this on kits and still offer it as an option. A bit more expensive than the lace up bit but way better looking. We coat all our manifolds in this stuff too know. Check these guys out.....they are awesome
http://thermaltechcoatings.com/products.htm
There is a more sophisticated and suave way of insulating your pipes from heat soak(thumb)
Just ceramic coat your pipes. We have offered this on kits and still offer it as an option. A bit more expensive than the lace up bit but way better looking. We coat all our manifolds in this stuff too know. Check these guys out.....they are awesome
http://thermaltechcoatings.com/products.htm
Just ceramic coat your pipes. We have offered this on kits and still offer it as an option. A bit more expensive than the lace up bit but way better looking. We coat all our manifolds in this stuff too know. Check these guys out.....they are awesome
http://thermaltechcoatings.com/products.htm
I also don't know if I would trust either of those companies since they claim to "eliminate" boost lag(not the one that spoolin posted, CC is the way to go with this). How can wrapping the turbo even change let alone eliminate the time that it takes for the engine to charge the turbo???
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Well technically if you prevent the heat from radiating into your engine bay on a turbine housing or exhaust manifold in "easy to uderstand terms" it "channels" or more efficiently harness's the energy (heat) to spool the turbo up quicker. This energy that would normally be lost by transferring from metal to air is now utilized and harnessed towards the turbo. I do not have a degree in thermodynamics so I gave you the ghetto explanation
505zoom said:
If you mean heat wrapping the turbine, yes it helps to increase the efficiency and faster spool up time just like Spool said. Less heat loss = more heat energy for turning that wheel.
About compressor side, then it's a totally different story, maybe wrap the compressor so that as the compressor heats up the the heat is retained and then the compressor wheel expands due to wheel so that the wheel to housing clearance is tighter = better compressor efficiency?? I don't think this is the case. As the hotter air takes more work to compress it to the same pressure ratio as a cooler air, so don't see any benefits of heat wrapping compressor.
I think if you want to heat wrap piping you do it after IC or before Turbo. You can also heat wrap exhaust manifold, but you'll have to look at your manifold's material to see if it can withold that higher level of heat aka melting point, heat fatigue & stress, and maybe creep. That's also applies especially to the turbine if you heat wrap it.
