Kevo1288
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So I was going to just paint match my newly acquired intercooler tubing but its mild steel and being that there is a lot of radiant heat as we all know in our engine bays I'd like to do as much as I can to keep IAT down.. now I've read its only beneficial to wrap the tubing after the intercooler to the turbo as you don't want to "keep the heat in" with wrap before the intercooler, however wouldn't the wrap create a heat barrier against the radiant heat in the engine bay?
Also which type of wrap?
There's the typical fiberglass style header wrap, the gold reflective tape everyone is raving about, then there's the silver wrap I found but can't find a name or much info (probably because I don't know the proper terminology for it.
As far as looks go, I really don't think anyone looks better than the other and its not why I am wrapping the pipes anyway.
Also which type of wrap?
There's the typical fiberglass style header wrap, the gold reflective tape everyone is raving about, then there's the silver wrap I found but can't find a name or much info (probably because I don't know the proper terminology for it.
As far as looks go, I really don't think anyone looks better than the other and its not why I am wrapping the pipes anyway.
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