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paint your intercoolers black, it's good for you!!!

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Old 06-22-14, 10:46 PM
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Default paint your intercoolers black, it's good for you!!!

mighty car mods just busted it. black intercoolers actually run cooler at idle than shiny intercoolers


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Old 06-23-14, 12:44 PM
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THATS VERY COOL !! I would have never though that . This will be great with a turbo cart in traffic or waiting in line at the drag strip
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Old 06-23-14, 02:25 PM
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Like a car version of Mythbusters
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Old 06-24-14, 07:10 AM
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Very interesting.
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Old 06-24-14, 12:23 PM
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Holy ****...is that why all these folks went around chrome plating their engine parts????
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Old 06-24-14, 01:15 PM
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its not really all that new of an idea.
black emits the highest heat radiation. hey look at that... thermodynamics finally comes in handy
and when a car is sitting still, the only way to dissipate heat is from radiation.
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