1FSTBRD
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I was perusing the insulation aisle today at the local hardware store (Canadian Tire up here for us Canucks), and was looking at some options for the discerning gentleman who may like to politely keep heat in or out of a certain place. On the cooler early spring days here, heat soak from the engine bay doesn't affect the intercooler tubing too much (even when idling), but the hotter days really make everything that much hotter in there. It's been a bit of a freak spring here.....feels like an October day one day, and then the middle of July the next.
I had an "a ha!" moment....I found some 2" wide black rubber neoprene that looks like it will fit the bill....it's about 1/4" thick, and is meant for the bottom of garage doors. It stretches nicely, and the bonus is that for $16 a roll, it's 9 meters long, and that's before stretching it out. I wonder if I might not be able to double wrap it the whole lower IC tube.
I have a DIC with fan, so the lower IC is always cooler to the touch than the upper IC tube. Next question: do you think that a layer of reflective aluminum foil tape would work well, sandwiched in between the two layers of rubber? I'm thinking that the heat that does make it through, would get trapped in between the outer layer of rubber, and the foil. I wrapped the rubber fuel lines in reflective aluminum tape on my Mustang and it reduced the fuel temps by a significant margin......but i'm going for a more stealth look on the IC tubing. At any rate, I think that I may still place a layer of foil right where the exhaust manifold is, at least on the part that faces the manifold.
I had an "a ha!" moment....I found some 2" wide black rubber neoprene that looks like it will fit the bill....it's about 1/4" thick, and is meant for the bottom of garage doors. It stretches nicely, and the bonus is that for $16 a roll, it's 9 meters long, and that's before stretching it out. I wonder if I might not be able to double wrap it the whole lower IC tube.
I have a DIC with fan, so the lower IC is always cooler to the touch than the upper IC tube. Next question: do you think that a layer of reflective aluminum foil tape would work well, sandwiched in between the two layers of rubber? I'm thinking that the heat that does make it through, would get trapped in between the outer layer of rubber, and the foil. I wrapped the rubber fuel lines in reflective aluminum tape on my Mustang and it reduced the fuel temps by a significant margin......but i'm going for a more stealth look on the IC tubing. At any rate, I think that I may still place a layer of foil right where the exhaust manifold is, at least on the part that faces the manifold.