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Yea I didn't think about it expanding but do you really think it would at a low to medium boost? Considering the plastic would have a decent thickness too. I

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Old 07-30-2013, 08:29 AM   #36 (permalink)
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Yea I didn't think about it expanding but do you really think it would at a low to medium boost? Considering the plastic would have a decent thickness too. I would think a heat wrap would hold the heat in considering isn't that what its made to do?


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Originally Posted by theDreamer View Post
The problem I think might be plastic can expand and with forced induction you do not want that.
If you want to counter any heat soak you can do thermal coating, intake pipe wrapping, or even do the gold wrapping stuff.
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