Topic: Black painted Intercoolers Mythbusted

[Kelu]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1QL9veQaNg

[LatinVenom]

Pretty interesting, so if you painted black, just make sure the sun does not shine on to it and you have a wining combination.
Although for a street car it does not matter.

[crisco]

Just for off the line, like from a red light.

[cdflint]

Interesting,

So if I understand correctly if you are stopped idle you get cooler airflow and while driving there isn't really a benefit? Would that help DD's cooling temps since there are more idle stops? Would it really keep the engine cooler at idle?

[Gentleman Jack]

I think a better paint job will work better. Spraying like they did will close up some of the airflow. If the inter cooler is made black from the design phase, i think the benefits would be even better.

[Steelmesh]

The solution is black anodizing the aluminum.

[Sol Asylum]

Yeah that sounds like a good idea since anodizing is actually a layer of corrosion that will make the surface non conductive.

[cdnite]

What the paint is doing is adding surface area because of the matte texture. so anodizing will do zero. Aerospace tested this years ago and while there is a benefit it is minimal.

--Christian

[KappaTarbo]

After watching the Mighty Car Mods video you need to watch this one to come to the correct conclusion.

https://youtu.be/z_mmmXTbLP0