 Intercooler piping material |
 Oct 31 2003, 02:11 PM
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Lately it seems as if a lot of the major manufacturers are switching to aluminum intercooler piping. They tend to site two reasons.
1: Weight reduction- That one I'll grant but it seems to come with a possible materials strength issue too IMO (more likely to get dings and dents in the piping I'd think) 2: Heat transfer- This is the one I'm not following. The claim is that the aluminum piping transfers heat better than stainless or mild steel. I'd always thought that the cooling took place in the intercooler and that you'd want your IC pipes (upper especially) to be insulated from the heat of the engine bay if anything. If I was trying to transfer heat out of my piping I wouldn't be short-routing it either. Is there something I'm missing here? Obviously the decision of the manufacturers to switch is being driven by those far more knowledgable than I am on the subject. So someone fill me in.. what am I missing? -------------------- |
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Oct 31 2003, 05:02 PM
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QUOTE These are aluminum can pipes here, Haha, oops, are -> aren't. -------------------- Eric Wort
87 White Buick Turbo 'T' (11.71 @ 116.5, 1.61 60ft, slipping trans) 92 Teal Eagle Talon TSi AWD (burn victim) |
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KOU In3 Intercooler piping material Oct 31 2003, 02:11 PM
wortdog These are aluminum can pipes here, I would guess t... Oct 31 2003, 03:24 PM natedogg QUOTE (wortdog @ Oct 31 2003, 03:24 PM)I... Oct 31 2003, 04:04 PM
Temp_Me96 Hmmm I used aluminum on my custom kit. Ive always ... Nov 2 2003, 12:07 PM |
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