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pulsarboby
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ive been amazed recently how many cars out there are running fmic's with no pipe lagging:shock:
this to me defeats the point of running a fmic at all. if anything it will be worse than the standard top mount cooler, due to the fact that the pipes are made of thin alluminium which absorbs heat like a sponge.
to all those that are running unlagged pipes, do yourselves a favour;-) when you have been for a run in your car, go lift the bonnet and put your hand on the intake pipe from turbo (above exhaust), it will be red hot!
during normal driving these temps will never be dropped by the intercooler itself, and will if anything be higher than the original tmic because at least the original had a nice thick hard pipe that never ran parallel across the face of the exhaust manifold.
this would be proven by anyone who has an air temp sensor fitted in line!
so bobby's little tip of the day is......get those pipes lagged (cost around £15) or dont waste your money on a fmic setup, unless you just want one because it looks good:der:
this to me defeats the point of running a fmic at all. if anything it will be worse than the standard top mount cooler, due to the fact that the pipes are made of thin alluminium which absorbs heat like a sponge.
to all those that are running unlagged pipes, do yourselves a favour;-) when you have been for a run in your car, go lift the bonnet and put your hand on the intake pipe from turbo (above exhaust), it will be red hot!
during normal driving these temps will never be dropped by the intercooler itself, and will if anything be higher than the original tmic because at least the original had a nice thick hard pipe that never ran parallel across the face of the exhaust manifold.
this would be proven by anyone who has an air temp sensor fitted in line!
so bobby's little tip of the day is......get those pipes lagged (cost around £15) or dont waste your money on a fmic setup, unless you just want one because it looks good:der: