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mini93

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18th Jun, 2014 at 07:17:46pm

How about anodising rather than paint? you wont have to worry about the paint insulating it then, just the expense

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19th Jun, 2014 at 08:17:26am

Airtec Paint there intercoolers black and have standard silver ones aswell, but the black ones sell better of what ive seen kicking arond

IMO Black if i go boost, looks tidier and fair few companies run em so im good.

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19th Jun, 2014 at 09:32:20am

The moral here seems to be buy the biggest black (or paint it black) inter cooler so that the fin area deals with convection cooling and when you are at a standstill the black colour deals with the infra red radiation.

is that the ------------------- and the --- of it ?

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19th Jun, 2014 at 10:32:11am

So I should paint my charger Matt black then..

I run a supercharger and I don't care the TB is on the wrong side.
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19th Jun, 2014 at 03:59:59pm




On 19th Jun, 2014 smokestack-lightning. said:
The moral here seems to be buy the biggest black (or paint it black) inter cooler so that the fin area deals with convection cooling and when you are at a standstill the black colour deals with the infra red radiation.

is that the ------------------- and the --- of it ?


Moral.

Buy the best core you can afford. Not all cores are the same. And best doesnt always mean most expensive.

Then paint it whatever colour you fancy, very light coat obviously.

Job done.

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