FRONT MOUNT INTERCOOLER

[smokn4]

does anyone know if its sweet to paint your front mount??

will it affect its performance if i get a matte black and just spray it??

mine has the MEAN UGLY pic of whats suppose to be a turbo,

dont want to change as i like the big ones,

and it would look mad black i reckon

[Guest]

I wouldn't spray it, but get it powder coated. Spraying will most likely reduce the thermal efficiency, hence why APS powder coat their intercoolers.

If you get it done in black, you'll be forever touching it up because of the stone chips, IMO.

[pl0x]

Yes get it powercoated! Would look mnea being black... but prolly not the best colour for something that is meant to cool, black absorbs heat, or is it sunlight? hmmm :-\

do it

[Joker]

AFAIK minor loss of efficiency from layer of paint but as reccomended so far would go with the powder coat suggestions

of if your inclined Rattle can!

[RAYDEO]

i believe swindog spraypaintd his

[ReubenH]

What about the black paint they stick on radiators? Is that actually a special paint? Would be easy and cheap to do, i saw a radiator place repaint one once, it's like a 5 min job.

i'd like to do that if/when i get a front mount.

[pl0x]

yes i mite paint mine to? my front mount is kinda old looking now (not so shiney), and my car looks like it got 2 buck teeth lol

What you guys think?

[wildturkey]

now that u mention it........yeah does kinda look bucktoothed lol

[cpt kernow]

Two things, don't wanna be the geeky engineer but IC's only really work as heatsinks. hard driving puts heat into the IC then when your cruising between sprints it cools down. They don't really cool the air as you drive because the flow rate is too high to do much. Soooo painting, powdercoating etc would be ok, just don't get the powder coat too thick or it'll act as insulation.

And the second, if I was ever running a front mount IC I'd take the scoop off the bonnet for extra stealth

[ReubenH]

 cpt kernow said:

And the second, if I was ever running a front mount IC I'd take the scoop off the bonnet for extra stealth

Ah, but that's what you'd expect. I hope to get mine behind mesh grille in the limited's bumper, and paint it black. Getting a scoopless bonnet just makes it obvious you've gone front mount, it's not like they are going to think the car is an N/A. I don't want anyone to think the car is anything but a booring standard GTB with a fart can on the back. (Not that it's anything but a booring old GTB at the moment though )

[Guest]

BEST THING TO DO IS TO JUST FLIP IT AROUND!!

[Guest]

that was my thought also, does it have the design onthe other side? just turn it around 180.

[Guest]

How is powder coating a better option then paint? As I understand it is pretty much plastic that is melted on to the metal which is a way thicker medium then paint which could be sprayed on much thinner. The only gains of powder coating over paint is it is strong and resists chips.

Black colours absorb heat only when the heat source is hotter then the black what ever. Ever noticed how radiator heaters are usually black, well the older ones before infa red was the in thing.

I would anodize the core black. I read how to do this using a 12vdc supply and dye. worked best on cast aluminium better but still worked.

But I could be wrong..

[Guest]

How is a couple of layers of paint (a few micron?) on the front face only going to noticably affect the heat transfer of a core 50-75mm deep?

[Swindog]

Like Ray said i spray paint mine. Doesnt matter weather its spray painted or not as its negliable on the thermal mass / gain etc. As long as cold air is in contact or passing over it powder coat or spray paint wont effect it. Matt black looks effective as people hardly know you have it on.

Ill put up a pic tonight. Its pretty stealth in black. The other side is ali colour so if i want to bling i flip it round but no point. Its steal factor that way.

[Pappu1]

put a black mesh on the front - should look stealth but not fully stealt unless u want the whole hide it effect then paint be the cheap option...

standard bumper could help hide it better tho

[Swindog]

See cant even tell. Stealth as. You get alot of second glances when people do actually see it!

[smokn4]

 Swindog said:

See cant even tell. Stealth as. You get alot of second glances when people do actually see it!

just as i thought, MAD!

[Guest]

would an electric fan on a fmic be an advantage? i saw one at meremere on a ute last nite. surely it would work better for low speeds and also cooling it alot more while its idling and taking off before the vehicle speed picks up enough for the airflow to work correctly though it? anyone tryed it? any gains?

[smokn4]

 smokn4 said:

does anyone know if its sweet to paint your front mount??

will it affect its performance if i get a matte black and just spray it??

mine has the MEAN UGLY pic of whats suppose to be a turbo,

dont want to change as i like the big ones,

and it would look mad black i reckon

done!

What front mount??

[Swindog]

Good work! Cant even tell.

[Pappu1]

i hear that for a FMIC u need a cert these days - anyone got info on that

[Swindog]

Lol,

where thehell you hear that!?

[gotasuby]

i think thats only if you have airbags

[Guest]

i herd of that, the intercooler can cause issues with airbag deployment.

-smurff