New Hypermax Intercooler

[icanfixall]

I opened the box just to look over my intercooler and found this cooler to be painted black. Why is that? My other intercooler is just the raw aluminum and not painted at all. Which unit will be the better unit....

 

[Dsl_Dog_Treat]

Black disperses the heat away better.

Oh and shows the bugs better too.

 

[6 Nebraska IDIs]

Black disperses heat? Never heard of that one before. Wouldn't it absorb heat? As in absorb all the heat and light energy around it? I'd much rather have the plain or polished aluminum.

 

[icanfixall]

Black absorbes heat or disapates heat....

 

[riotwarrior]

Black does both...actually better than most other colours....

Old harleys and dirt bikes have black cylinders to dissipate heat more rapidly

Black piping on the roof for hot water for a pool collects heat more rapidly...

You figure out which one your needing to do and paint it black accordingly...

OK I think it goes like this...If the object your trying to cool is hotter than the ambient air then paint it black to dissipate heat more rapidly

If the object is needing to heat up more than something else...aka pipe as mentioned...it needs to be black to absorb more heat from the sun light....

Thats what I can remember of what was explained to me back in the 80s when I was in school and posed that question to a science teacher because I worked in a speed shop who swore that Black was only colour for engine to dissipate more heat!

 

[dyoung14]

i was just looking on hypermax web site, and the intercooler made for the factory turbo truck is painted black, but the one for the truck with the hypermax turbo is natural aluminum color

 

[icanfixall]

I saw the same thing too and was wondering why...

 

[dyoung14]

I saw the same thing too and was wondering why...

me too i have no idea what the reason is for that