Heat shield on Intercooler Pipe.
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Heat shield on Intercooler Pipe.
I have a 99 F250 and there is no Heat Shield on the intercooler Pipe. I dont think the factory installed one that year. I was wondering would it help any if I did install a heat shield on that pipe. If so do they make aftermarket ones.
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i have planed on insulating my CAC tubes even futher than what came stock, i think it would help some. check out www.jegs.com they have all kinds on tubing insulation
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The "heat shield" you are referring too is placed on the hot side of the CAC tube is for sound deadening.
Wrapping that tube with more insulation actually will reatain heat in the intercooler system, which you really don't want.
Wrapping that tube with more insulation actually will reatain heat in the intercooler system, which you really don't want.
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Will running a DEI turbo wrap help anything. I have heard it helps with turbo lag and heat but dont know if this is true. Also wanted to know if anyone was wrapping there downpipe with header wrap and if it did anything for performance.
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Originally Posted by HeatStroked
The "heat shield" you are referring too is placed on the hot side of the CAC tube is for sound deadening.
Wrapping that tube with more insulation actually will reatain heat in the intercooler system, which you really don't want.
Wrapping that tube with more insulation actually will reatain heat in the intercooler system, which you really don't want.
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Originally Posted by wlihntr
i was mainly going to do the cold side. but you are saying that the temp inside either of the CAC tubes is going to be higher than the temp of the ambient air around them?
Wrapping the hot side of the turbo and the up pipes and the exhaust manifolds and even the downpipe will improve power somewhat and likely make some mpg improvements as well, but I don't know if it would be enough to make it worthwhile given the cost of good header wrap and the amount of it one would need.
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Originally Posted by cookie88
The temp in the hot side tube is well above ambient. Once it passes through the CAC it will still be 20-30*F. above ambient. I don't think wrapping the CAC tubes will do much mre than quiet the turbo down some.
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my thinking was to try to eliminate or significatly reduce heat soak into the CAC tubes.
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The only problem i have with Wrapping the manifolds is the heat inside of the manifold. We use to run wrap on headers on mustangs and what would happen is the heat would stay contained in the header but would get so hot it would crack the exhaust manifolds. That was even with stainless manifolds so wrapping a stock cast manifold is asking for cracking. That is why I wanted to shield the CAC tubes from the heat.
But by reading this im to assume that the outside temperature of the tube is cooler than the inside temp. So the heat would disipate out of the tube. OR is the ouside of the tube hotter then the air inside of the tube would be getting hotter. I guess I can drive around for a while and use my heat tester to see how hot the outside of the tube is.
But by reading this im to assume that the outside temperature of the tube is cooler than the inside temp. So the heat would disipate out of the tube. OR is the ouside of the tube hotter then the air inside of the tube would be getting hotter. I guess I can drive around for a while and use my heat tester to see how hot the outside of the tube is.
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Originally Posted by rosa70
The only problem i have with Wrapping the manifolds is the heat inside of the manifold. We use to run wrap on headers on mustangs and what would happen is the heat would stay contained in the header but would get so hot it would crack the exhaust manifolds. That was even with stainless manifolds so wrapping a stock cast manifold is asking for cracking. That is why I wanted to shield the CAC tubes from the heat.
But by reading this im to assume that the outside temperature of the tube is cooler than the inside temp. So the heat would disipate out of the tube. OR is the ouside of the tube hotter then the air inside of the tube would be getting hotter. I guess I can drive around for a while and use my heat tester to see how hot the outside of the tube is.
But by reading this im to assume that the outside temperature of the tube is cooler than the inside temp. So the heat would disipate out of the tube. OR is the ouside of the tube hotter then the air inside of the tube would be getting hotter. I guess I can drive around for a while and use my heat tester to see how hot the outside of the tube is.
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Originally Posted by cookie88
Honestly, I was thinking of wrapping the exhaust components as a performance/efficency boost for the turbo and engine as opposed to the heat reduction under hood
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That's the one I was thinking of also. Wrap the up pipes along with it and turbo lag could be reduced to virtually nil, even on the big housings.
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