Silly idea?

[tomtom72]

Originally Posted by secondchance

My thought is that ability to retain heat comes from coating's ability to insulate. When applied to intake it will reduce haet transfer between inside to outside of plenum. I am not sure which would be hotter. Nonetheless, if anything, it may reduce heat transfer betwen the plenum to incoming air, perhaps.
but you are right it warrants further thought.
I was primarilly thinking in terms of finish.

I would ask a question. I think that the intake tract gets more heat thru conduction? If that is the case then interrupting the conduction pathway would be needed besides any coatings to stop absorption via radiated heat source, no?


Tom

[XfireZ51]

I would assume you'd want to coat the interior of the plenum, runners and injector housings to minimize heat transfer to the incoming air charge. Don't know how much or if that would be worth anything