ERAUMAZDA

The vert has to be hush hush and I don't want everyone knowing im boosting. Can a FMIC be painted black and keep its same cooling properties.

yearrgh

i think there is paint specifically for that, but i'm not sure where to find it.

Aaron Cake

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Any kind of coating will effect heat transfer. I don't know the exact numbers, but personally I wouldn't paint the cooler except for the end tanks. What you may want to do is simply brush on some black paint on the face of the cooler, leaving everything else unpainted. If you are careful not to clog the holes, it should work out well.

ERAUMAZDA

so why do they make radiators black

Juan

iTrader: (28)

You can use radiator paint to paint it black. Supposedly some skyline guys painted their FMIC with this paint and it gave them cooler temps and a little bit more power. I don't like shiny FMICs either and would rather have a black one so ricers think its a radiator.

ERAUMAZDA

where do I find rad paint.

hard to believe it gives cooler temps.

I will be running alcohol injection at 9 psi and above so its really not that big of an issue

Aaron Cake

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Radiators are painted black to help prevent corrosion.

introVert

sleeper vert.......mmmmmmmm

chris1234p

Maybe put some kind of mesh screen on the front end up infront of the intercooler and paint it black. I don't know if this would affect how much air got to the intercooler. I wouldn't think it would.

PowerOverFC

On my friends car we powdercoated the end tanks black. you can take that screen fiber (black) and wrap the IC twice with it, that should remove any obvious lines from the core.

rx7freddie

my friend wanted the same thing . he used magic marker . the good kind i forget the name still hasnt come off .

DEZERTE

2a+RoN

black will actually radiate heat more readily than any other color or raw metal. THAT is why radiators are painted black. I think there is a company called Eastwood or something that makes specific paints for rad/IC.

ERAUMAZDA

You crazy....I would never put a gay aluminum wing on my vert, never!!!!!






Yes sir! All verts should be turbo...I have to compensate for the extra weight the vert has.



I am going to research that one

M's

yup, black is the color to get. And research black body emmiter or something of that nature to see why it's better. MRT makes a black front mount kit for the wrx.

RETed

Eastwood Company sells black spary paint specifically for this application...

http://www.eastwoodco.com/aspfiles/i...40+Z&Dep_Key1=

Shazam!


-Ted

ERAUMAZDA

Sweet


I really hope this is good stuff.

It would suck to screw up $1200 intercooler

RX7withNitrous

i don't understand the whole sleeper thing

ERAUMAZDA

?????

What is there not to understand

Sleeper:

Cops don't eye you down
Ricers don't follow you
True power can not be determine from exterior
Convertibles are not turbo chargered surprize surpize


the list goes on and on

RX7withNitrous

im not all about body kits and stuff but i would never go out of my way to keep my car from looking fast.

5 point whoa

thats a good idea, I've never heard of someone painting their FMIC, thats a cool idea

RETed

Most of the guys down here run blacked-out FMIC's.&nbsp We don't use that special paint from Eastwood, but it off-the-shelf flat black doesn't affect performance that much.


-Ted

Digi7ech

iTrader: (1)

Hmm.. Painting a material to increase it's cooling ability?

I know black absorbs while white deflects. Also I would figure that adding a coating onto the material(intercooler) would act as a sort of insulant. Although millimeter thick it still coats the fins which tranfer the heat.

There are crazy things out thtere though. GM had done some testing with Temperature resistant heat a few years ago. My friends dad is a Body man and they came to him a few years ago.

They had him spray 2 hoods. 1 with a white temp resistant paint and 1 with black resistant paint. He could only do 3 even swipes to make the test equal.

I guess the paint actually decreased under hood temps. Weird stuff.

Evil Aviator

Spearco tested painted and powder-coated intercoolers, and found no measurable difference with any color. I guess that means you can paint it however you like. I have even seen the Spearco name stenciled on the intercooler of sponsored racers.

ForsakenRX7

I was about to say that, it doenst seem to me that painting one would hurt performance too measuably. Cause if you ever watch races like rally cross, you will see Spearco and what not painted on the intercoolers. Just make sure the paint doesnt clog the intercooler so air can still run across the blades and all should be good.