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Re: Heat sheilding for intakes
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Originally posted by aluke000
Most of the intakes I have seen are just plain polished extruded metal. Metal tends to conduct heat. This would increase the temp of the cool air that we want our engines breathing after it gets sucked in through our fancy cold air intakes and filters. A ceramic coating would not be a bad idea. Anyone come up with other solutions? ....
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There is not enough heat transfer there to make a significant difference. If you were to use a ceramic coating, you would have to use Swain's White Lightning coating to have any real effect. The other ceramic coatings are little more than ceramic paint and don't provide much of a thermal barrier.
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