Rubber coating on intercooler pipes?

[vanilla gorilla]

My friend is going to sand blast my hard intercooler pipes to get the powdercoating off of them so I can repaint them. I was looking at paint in his store the other day and he pointed out some rubber coating spray paint. Its used for insulation and such and for painting engine bays and undercarriges too if I'm not mistaken. I figure it would work well to paint them with a thin coat of the flat black rubber coating because it should help to insulate the pipes and block the heat from the turbo, and also give it a cool wrinkle finish. I was just wondering what is your guys input on this? Thank you.

BTW: If you steal my idea, I will hunt you down and kill you.

[steviek]

Couldn't hurt, sounds like a good idea! BUt probably won't change too much.

[crunchymilk55]

Actually I believe it would do the opposite. By blocking the post intercooler piping off, you're not letting it dissipate heat. Intercooler or not that air is pretty damn hot inside that pipe, you won't let it dissipate. I remember reading an article about this, ill try and find it.

[vanilla gorilla]

What if I only coated the piping after the intercooler? And if I do this what do I do to the piping before the intercooler?

[crunchymilk55]

leave the piping alone imo, it's made to dissipate heat. If you block that anywhere it will only hurt you.

[Killa_DSM]

Sounds like a good idea. I'm not sure about heat dissipation, but it would be great for people who live in states with strict law enforcement. Since that would probably give it a more stock look. Keep us updated if you do use it.

[1stGenRocks]

the piping isnt made to dissipate heat thats the intercoolers job. the only problem i see is that most undercoating never sets completly hard or it takes a long time to set. insulating the pipes is a good idea though since the underhood temps are higher then the air coming out of the ic. lots of guys wrap the piping in exhaust heatwrap.

[vanilla gorilla]

Thanks for the input. I'm pretty sure I'm going to do it. My buddy is supposed to be sandblasting my pipes for me this weekend. So, should have it done and coated soon.

[crunchymilk55]

Originally Posted by 1stGenRocks

the piping isnt made to dissipate heat thats the intercoolers job. the only problem i see is that most undercoating never sets completly hard or it takes a long time to set. insulating the pipes is a good idea though since the underhood temps are higher then the air coming out of the ic. lots of guys wrap the piping in exhaust heatwrap.

No, It's physics. The air in those pipes is often hotter than the air in the engine bay. Heat goes from hot to cold, no matter what. The heat goes from hotter inside the pipe to hot outside the pipe. Find the thread on tuners. Someone wanted to do this and was thoroughly shown why not to.