Powder Coated Intercoolers

[Bomber]

My powdercoater actually wants to go to the trouble of masking the fins god love him. I think it will look better if he still does a light blow over though.

[bjc]

Yeah not sure on powder coating an IC but a $10 can of black enamel was what I used in 2008 and the two light coats I applied stayed until I handed it off last year (written off lol).

Stones and bugs etc did remove the coating in dots over time but was not noticeable unless you were on your knees taking it from the missus!

[Z2TT]

Painting an intercooler black won't make the intake air temps lower it's pointless because radiation only accounts for a very small amount of how intercoolers transfer their energy. That mighty car mods video has it wrong in their reasoning even though the test is done right, go watch Engineering explained video he explains it right.

Like others said do not even think about powdercoating the fins, the best way if you are going to powdercoat your intercooler is to do lit lightly and do not do the fins, the fins can be done with a very small layer of black paint.

Edited 20/01/15 02:23 PM by Z2TT

[bjc]

I'll give you real figures on my F6X in Nth Qld climate if you want but........you may have to wait a year or two until could be fcked removing the front bar and IC to paint it!

On average though my intake temp sits 8 Celsius over ambient but this sensor includes the cold side piping and part of the intake manifold where the sensor actually site so once it is heat soaked in the engine bay those temp readings rise. I can fit a sensor in the silicon pipe from the IC's outlet side for true figures...

The above will probably never happen...

[FiftyOne]

Wondered this too after Mcm did that vid about it, also black anodisation