| ironbird720 |
| Just wondering what would be better to use for IC piping.?Thin wall or thick wall??Wouldn't thick wall tubing resist engine bay temps better and allow the cooler air inside to stay cooler??By the way I'm talking about aluminum.I can get just about as much 2.5 OD as I want for free but the wall thickness is 1/8th.What do you think???Thanx.Oh ya,I would like to use the same stuff for my CAI. |
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| Markgase2000 |
Thin IMO would dissapate heat quicker , thicker would hang onto heat longer. But ya thin gets hot faster and thick takes longer for heat to build up. They got blankets that can cover tubes thick or thin but they tend to be a downfall for cosmetic appeal. I know the intercooler tubing on a 7.3 or a 6.0 f-350's is thin maybe 1/16 guage? Those engines get stupid hot. I seen guys at the meets using quite thick guage IC pipe so who knows what is better?
Im gonna keep looking here this is a interesting topic :) will prove good to know from the pros for my future projects. |
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| dc2696 |
| I betcha it won't make a difference either way, but go with thin wall imo, i would.:) |
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| notaturbotalon |
| Thin wall, if your intercooler can do even a half ass job it shouldn't matter, save the weight, you can always powdercoat it after if you want. |
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| Supra_devil |
thin with ceramic coat or use exhaust wrap on it.
i'm getting mine ceramic coated, as well as my downpipe, so heat will be less of an issue. |
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| notaturbotalon |
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Originally posted by Supra_devil
thin with ceramic coat or use exhaust wrap on it.
i'm getting mine ceramic coated, as well as my downpipe, so heat will be less of an issue.
Exhaust wrap accelerates the deterioration of your pipes, if you pay good money for them you'll want them to last, stick with a coating. |
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| Supra_devil |
aluminum shouldn't deteriorate very fast, but i agree, i am getting ceramic coating done as its the best available to me. i am also planning on thermocoating my upgraded IC, whenever i get it.
i have exhaust wrap already, but i think i'll just use it on the down pipe of my parents '67 firebird whenever it gets back from paint or just find something else to do with it. |
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| Inzane |
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Originally posted by ironbird720
allow the cooler air inside to stay cooler??
You have that backwards. The compressed, cooled air downstream of the intercooler is typically still hotter than the temperature in the surrounding engine bay.
If you put a thermal barrier on the intercooler pipes, it might help lower your engine bay temperatures, but its not going to lower your charge temperature. |
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| DSM |
| For my intercooler piping I am using aluminum with a thickness of 0.057 and for my exhaust I am using stainless steel with a thickness of 0.049. 1/8 is way to thick, that is the thickness that I will be using for my exhaust mani. |
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| notaturbotalon |
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Originally posted by Supra_devil
i have exhaust wrap already, but i think i'll just use it on the down pipe of my parents '67 firebird whenever it gets back from paint or just find something else to do with it.
It will actually do what it's supposed to if you use it on your exhaust manifold to keep exhaust energy in, to help maintain the velocity of exhaust gases toward the turbo. |
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| Supra_devil |
| ya i know. but the manifold would be nearly impossible to wrap the way its set up, so i'll get it ceramic coated too. |
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