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Jul 10, 2006 | 02:36 PM

notveryhappyjack

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painted fmic question

does painting a front mount intercooler hurt the performance of the cooling at all?

Jul 10, 2006 | 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.

Jul 10, 2006 | 02:41 PM

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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.

Jul 10, 2006 | 02:46 PM

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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.

Jul 10, 2006 | 02:51 PM

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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.

Jul 10, 2006 | 02:54 PM

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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?

Jul 10, 2006 | 02:59 PM

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