best heat wrap???

[Bluevitz-rs]

The heat of the manifold is more than likely being conducted from the head itself. That's one of the reasons they started using plastic intake manifolds. Plastic doesn't transfer heat very well.

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by Bluevitz-rs

The heat of the manifold is more than likely being conducted from the head itself. That's one of the reasons they started using plastic intake manifolds. Plastic doesn't transfer heat very well.

No doubt you will pull heat off of the head... But having the radiator and fan blowing in that direction is not helping either, and wrapping it could block much of that.

[Parmas]

Originally Posted by Jason@SportsCar

No doubt you will pull heat off of the head... But having the radiator and fan blowing in that direction is not helping either, and wrapping it could block much of that.

This thread is making me think about my intake upgrade from plastic to aluminium.

- The main problem of intake high temperatures is the contact with the head.

- 2nd problem is the engine bay temperature itself.

- 3rd problem is the air temperature inside the intake (For N/A engines this is around the same as above).

- 4th problem is because of the engine the design the radiator fan blowing directly to the intake.

So I ask if I replace the intake from plastic to aluminium, I would probably gain better airflow but with rather higher temperatures? Please discuss!

What is your experience Garm on the custom alu intake?