polishing IC pipes?
Cargo Master
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From: Snohomish, WA
That is a casting number, not a serial number.
You need to look on the machined portion of the block where the oil filter housing is mounted. Some trucks are hard to read depending on how much rust has settled there.
Should look something like this
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You need to look on the machined portion of the block where the oil filter housing is mounted. Some trucks are hard to read depending on how much rust has settled there.
Should look something like this
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Cargo Master
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From: OKC, OK
Yeah but would a true ceramic coating keep the air temp inside the pipe down?
Posting Guru
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From: Bowling Green, Kentucky
Yea it probably would some but why are you wanting to keep the temp down on your IC tubes are they getting real hot? That will cost you some jack, are you planning on ceramic coating the inside and outside of the IC pipes?
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Where did u get this paint, WOW that sticks out. I cant decide if i want silver or blue,but man that blue sticks out
Post Fiend
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From: White Mnt's,New Hampshire
ceramic paint does not cost much more then heat paint...ceramic will help the pipes from getting heat soaked..you can get it in a lot of colors.. even Ford blue here VHT Engine Enamel™
i bead blasted, primed,painted and baked all my parts 3 years ago and they still look good today with no flaking or burnt looking parts..they have a high heat clear coat now..next time i paint them there getting clear coated..
the AC pump was done with a differnt paint that didnt match..i didnt want to go though the trouble to remove it to paint and bake...
2 years later with just a gruby paw print
i bead blasted, primed,painted and baked all my parts 3 years ago and they still look good today with no flaking or burnt looking parts..they have a high heat clear coat now..next time i paint them there getting clear coated..
the AC pump was done with a differnt paint that didnt match..i didnt want to go though the trouble to remove it to paint and bake...
2 years later with just a gruby paw print
Cargo Master
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From: OKC, OK
Not really planning on anything right now. I thought the whole idea of the intercooler was to cool the air. I didn't know if there is any heat transfer from the engine or anything, but now that I think about it the hot side is probably hotter inside than what the temps would be outside it in the engine bay.
Cargo Master
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From: Snohomish, WA
Besides the air moving through the pipes is so fast, I doubt and heat transfer would happen. The heat comes from being compressed, so you may be better off welding on heat sinks to the pipes.
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That will tell you if it is the original engime.
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I wire-wheeled the spider because it was painted red when I bought it along with other parts to upgrade from E99 to 99.5
Post Fiend
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From: White Mnt's,New Hampshire
the air being sucked in to the turbo is cooler then the air around the exhaust manifold.....at least my stage 2 intake it is. the early 99 pipes where wrapped to keep heat from the exhaust manifold out of the pipe on the driver side..thats a very hot spot and quite the long run from turbo to IC to say the air wont get any hotter then what the turbo makes it...
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From: White Mnt's,New Hampshire
correct..they where not wrapped....i missed a word...in 99.5 when they went with a bigger turbo and a little more power they started to wrap them...