I just picked this up to put on my 90 240....holy crap thats a huge intercooler inlet!!! Not only that but the front will completely cover any view of the fmic!! I never knew! (when I got my car it had some cheesy aftermarket bumper).
The paint is crunching off in different places, but the bumper itself is solid, and has no scratches. Time for some bodywork!!
-Jake
(anyone else ever notice russian junkyards are like warzones?)
And the rest of you bitches who do nothing but lick each others anus's and high five your retarded flame posts can all go suck a dick, I'm done with this cracker forum.
yes, that would be the best way to do it without taking away any effects of the FMIC, of course, black is a color that doesn't handle heat very well...
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yes, that would be the best way to do it without taking away any effects of the FMIC, of course, black is a color that doesn't handle heat very well...
It handles heat very well! Its why radiators are black, intercooler --> same practise.
The trend has been to leave them silver because it looks cool. Most factory intercoolers are painted black.
Make sure you use a thin matt radiator paint though so you dont clog the fins up.
It handles heat very well! Its why radiators are black, intercooler --> same practise.
The trend has been to leave them silver because it looks cool. Most factory intercoolers are painted black.
Make sure you use a thin matt radiator paint though so you dont clog the fins up.
The reason they are black is because black radiates heat better than silver.... The only reason people keep them un painted is due to the rice factor me thinks......oh well.....
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um...black absorbs heat...when u have a big FMIC and its in the sun, u dont want it black...i say just get a mesh screen and cover the bumper holes...no harm done...
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yea true.....i mean its an interCOOLER ....if its black it will get hot quicker so i think 180sx's idea of the mesh is the best idea....or just put that intercooler out there where everybody can see it and be like yea....my car actually IS bad, it doesnt just look it
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um...black absorbs heat...when u have a big FMIC and its in the sun, u dont want it black...i say just get a mesh screen and cover the bumper holes...no harm done...
unless you have your bumper off and you're driving around, an intercooler wont see the sun. it'll be in the shade of your bumper. and black will absorb more heat out of the air charge going through it so the intercooler may get warm but the air will still get colder.
yea true.....i mean its an interCOOLER ....if its black it will get hot quicker so i think 180sx's idea of the mesh is the best idea....or just put that intercooler out there where everybody can see it and be like yea....my car actually IS bad, it doesnt just look it
Ill spare explaining the laws of thermodynamics except for one. Black surfaces radiate heat faster than light coloured surfaces. If it radiates heat faster, it means it will exchange heat from the air inside it faster, which means it will cool the air from the turbo more efficiently.
A radiator is exactly the same as an intercooler except it cools water instead of air. An oil cooler is the same in principle too. The term for all of them is a heat exchanger - and heat exchangers work better when painted black.
Ill spare explaining the laws of thermodynamics except for one. Black surfaces radiate heat faster than light coloured surfaces. If it radiates heat faster, it means it will exchange heat from the air inside it faster, which means it will cool the air from the turbo more efficiently.
A radiator is exactly the same as an intercooler except it cools water instead of air. An oil cooler is the same in principle too. The term for all of them is a heat exchanger - and heat exchangers work better when painted black.
oh...I see now. I just learned sumthing new...but, if a intercooler is PAINTED black, then how is the IC going to cool. IC's are made of aluminum, wich radiates heat pretty quick, especially when cooled by air, but if its painted black, cool air wont touch the aluminum, thus wont cool it as fast, if at all. Am i correct on this theory, or is it just me?
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it's a sleeper!!!!!
The only reason people keep them un painted is due to the rice factor me thinks......oh well.....
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