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Old 07-10-06, 02:36 PM
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painted fmic question
does painting a front mount intercooler hurt the performance of the cooling at all?
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Old 07-10-06, 02:39 PM
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yes, you could have it anodized or as a last resort use radiator paint but yes painting any core or fins reduces the cooling efficiency.
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i read there was a black paint that actually improves heat transfer, but i forget what it's cailled. regardless, any paint probably wont make a huge difference either way.
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its too minimal of a difference to notice or even greatly effect anything, just get some thin flat black paint and hit it at an angle so you mainly just paint the bars.
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that would be my suggestion, a light coat over the face of the IC, the core and fins would still be exposed behind the surface so it would still cool about as efficiently.
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yeah I wanted to paint it black so that the fmic would not be seen easily.

Does anyone know what kind of paint NOPR is talking about above?
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I had mine painted and have noticed no difference in performance.
now I just have to paint the pipes coming out of the fog holes. kind of a give away
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