Jump to content
SAU Community

Intercooler pipes - what colour???????????????????????????????????????????? ?


Recommended Posts

Hey All

I just fitted a arc fmic kit but keep my original r33 cooler pipes. This is more of a bling bling question but what colour do you think looks cool on a s1 r33 burgandy coloured car...most people have blue, but what other colours look cool...any pics of you cars would really help....cheers

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/76174-intercooler-pipes-what-colour/
Share on other sites

How about Black

Thats what i was thinking GTST. At the end of the day i would prefer how my car goes and performs than the way it looks.

GO B4 SHOW fella's.

Think of it this way, why are radiators/stock coolers black???

SOMETHING TO DO WITH HEAT AND ABSORPTION :confused:

black is the best colour because it will disapate heat the best if you really want GO B4 SHOW then wrap the pipping in that heat proof tape that would stop any heat soak on the way to the plenum = more horses cause cooler charge air temp. <---- note that it might not be all that much of an improvment however.

:werd:

i was thinking about the heat proof tape but i heard that moisure is trapped underneath when the engine cools down and causes rust

its not worth the trouble as the air passes through the pipes too quick for the heat of the pipe to have much effect on it.

i would recommend black piping, do you really want it to stand out when you get pulled over?

stock radiators and coolers are black, because black reacts quicker to temp changes than any other colour.

if you have a black car and a white car sitting in the sun, the black one will heat up before the white one, but when you take them both for a drive, and the temp changes with the moving air....the black one will cool down quicker. true story.

also... if you have the standard mild steel ones, paint them black, then wrap them neatly with heat tape. looks tough and works... if you wanna spend $$ then get some aluminum piping made up and get it polished, aluminium dissipates heat at twice the rate of mild steel.

cheers

Linton

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • If you mean the alarm immobiliser; theyre internal to the alarm itself which makes that difficult; I couldnt even see where he put it; its not in the same place as last time; but with all black wiring it might be very challenging to trace  I had someone turn the key for me as I know it only primes for a couple of seconds As my post above; I am getting no voltage to the pump at all; but I am testing continuity of the power line (SB) from the pump plug to the relay fine. As well as the negative from the pump plug to a 12V constant.    Yeah; he blammed the no start on a bad battery; said I needed to get a new battery and it'll start. Turns out the battery drained because the tail lights had been on for half the day during the install (the rubber cushion on the brake switch gave out while he was testing it as I have a picture of the car from that morning with the tail lights off..i've replaced that). The battery was turning over the engine just fine for a long time; but got low since lights were draining it so it was too low to test a start after he finished. I bought a new one on his advice...$250 wasted. My original battery charged up just fine and is healthy.    It was running perfectly fine when I messed up the old alarm (programmed out the remotes). He couldnt start it after removing the old alarm; my assumption is that when he unhooked it; he didnt bridge the circuit back when trying to start it. Its always been perfectly fine. The ECU swap and pump were 2 years ago. It's never missed a beat in that time. 
    • This is a big issue for me without the diff. I just have zero drive from the passenger side when drivers side has no traction. Bec's parents place has a crazy steep driveway with odd camber and I have never been able to get up. My bro-in-law's 130i with an (unknown brand) LSD gets up fine as does their dad's Hiace. My car stays at the bottom. We have other odd camber roads around here as we're elevated a bit and if it's raining I can get totally stuck around some hairpins. 
    • Yeah, I am super excited for this.
    • Was the car running before he touched the car?
×
×
  • Create New...