heat wrapping intakes?

Zoren 370 · 10-02-2012, 07:40 PM

This is what I did with my Typhoon K&N intakes it drop the oil temp by 4 degrees on my regular drive and it takes longer to reach past 220 on hard driving. Don't know if there is any connection but the car runs better.

m3chhawk · 10-02-2012, 10:41 PM

I have Torque Pro for android and a Bluetooth OBD-II adapter if you wanna give it a try.

I'll check tomorrow to see if I can set it up for intake temps.

clintfocus · 10-03-2012, 03:16 AM

here is my setup, AEM intakes with DEI gold heat reflective tape, this was the 15 foot roll and it was not enough, i shouldve got the 30 foor. ill be getting another roll to finish them off but at least i got the high heat section taped up

b1adesofcha0s · 10-03-2012, 08:37 AM

I had some of the reflective heat wrap on my G3's, but got tired of them looking so ugly and took it off. Didn't notice any difference in performance from when I had them on to when I took them off.

ChrisSlicks · 10-03-2012, 08:58 AM

The stock intakes are plastic for a reason, plastic is a good insulator and has low thermal conductivity. When installing the G3's I did get some performance improvement driving around on the street, but after 10 minutes on the track the tubing was reaching 230F and doing a lovely job of being a "hot air" intake instead of a cold one. I used some reflective wrap insulation on the intakes and it did help bring down the temperatures back down, although still not quite as low as stock.

clintfocus · 10-03-2012, 12:37 PM

i was planning on getting a vented hood for track days as well, cause stock its like a oven in there

DEpointfive0 · 10-03-2012, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by edub370

so i know we can all tell after we've been driving the z for a while. it gets hot under the hood, our cars pull timing, and sh!t gets sluggish. so why has nobody tried throwing some header wrap on their long tubes to prevent that metal from getting hot? idk if anyone has ever tried grabbing their long tube intakes after driving a while, but they are hot as hell. at least my injen is.

so what would prevent someone from throwing some header wrap on the intake piping to keep the hot air out and cold air in. or is header wrap unidirectional? i.e. header wrap is designed to keep the headers heat in, whereas we want to keep heat out? would it be worth looking in to....?

another random idea...

I LOT of people have their intakes wrapped, just need to find the right nutter who actually thought ahead when he/she was doing the install

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boost_lee

I have dei reflect a gold wrap on my stillen intakes. I can't comment on the performance gain if any, I figured it certainly wouldn't hurt

One of our hard core track enthusiast buddies used the gold something or other, but his stiff was insulated as well as gold, he said that it keeps temps down 15-30 degrees. BUT (wait for it)

Quote:

Originally Posted by clintfocus

here is my setup, AEM intakes with DEI gold heat reflective tape, this was the 15 foot roll and it was not enough, i shouldve got the 30 foor. ill be getting another roll to finish them off but at least i got the high heat section taped up

I used header wrap, a lot of it

But once everything heats up to operating temperature, no wrap would really help, if you have a vented hood where ambient heat doesn't get stored and can be vented out, then MAYBE you'd notice a difference The wrap can hopefully deflect the heat that is rising to some degree...

clintfocus · 10-03-2012, 04:08 PM

if i get aftermarket headers ill wrap them, im still going to get a hood more so for cooling in general not just to keep the intakes cooler

SouthArk370Z · 10-09-2012, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by edub370

Not sure what all this means. i'm more confused than a chameleon in a bag of skittles.

If you are using OBD/CAN monitoring (eg, UpRev, ScanGaugeII), the Intake Air Temperature is readily available. I would guess that most software will have IAT as a pre-configured item (pick from a list) for monitoring. The few apps I have played with all had it pre-configd. If it is not pre-configd, you may be able to use the Mode/PID info to manually set it up.

Zoren 370 · 04-21-2018, 10:24 AM

I miss the people in this thread most of them are gone!

DepointfiveO where are you buddy? :-(

Nut_N_Much · 04-24-2018, 05:21 PM

Always heat wrap my intakes and test pipes.. Heat saturation is so bad in the engine compartment.

RanRich · 04-24-2018, 09:02 PM

... I thought you were supposed to “heat wrap” your exhaust to keep the heat in/away from surroundings and use heat reflective tape to repel external heat from penetrating intake piping

Nut_N_Much · 04-25-2018, 07:20 AM

There was heat shield wrap under that. I didnt want my engine compartment to look bedazzled lol.

10-03-2012, 08:37 AM	#19 (permalink)
b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 143	I had some of the reflective heat wrap on my G3's, but got tired of them looking so ugly and took it off. Didn't notice any difference in performance from when I had them on to when I took them off. __________________ Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) \| Uprev Tune by AAM Competition \| Berk Exhaust Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) \| Corsa Xtreme Exhaust

10-03-2012, 08:58 AM	#20 (permalink)
ChrisSlicks A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: North East Posts: 6,203 Drives: 09 370Z Sport M6 Rep Power: 655	The stock intakes are plastic for a reason, plastic is a good insulator and has low thermal conductivity. When installing the G3's I did get some performance improvement driving around on the street, but after 10 minutes on the track the tubing was reaching 230F and doing a lovely job of being a "hot air" intake instead of a cold one. I used some reflective wrap insulation on the intakes and it did help bring down the temperatures back down, although still not quite as low as stock. 1st likes this. __________________ Hotchkis ARB \| Stillen CAI \| Art Pipes \| Berk CBE \| Stillen AP Racing Brakes \| AE Performance Oil Cooler \| BC Racing ER Coilovers \| Doran Control Arms

10-03-2012, 04:08 PM	#23 (permalink)
clintfocus Track Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: los angeles Age: 40 Posts: 933 Drives: 370z, EK Civic, F150 Rep Power: 17	if i get aftermarket headers ill wrap them, im still going to get a hood more so for cooling in general not just to keep the intakes cooler Loges likes this.

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Zoren 370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: FL Posts: 11,018 Drives: 11 Nissan 370 M6 Rep Power: 1913655	I miss the people in this thread most of them are gone! DepointfiveO where are you buddy? :-( God-Speed, SouthArk370Z, JARblue and 1 others like this.

04-24-2018, 05:21 PM	#26 (permalink)
Nut_N_Much A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Pensacola Florida Posts: 1,696 Drives: Awesome Car Rep Power: 28	Always heat wrap my intakes and test pipes.. Heat saturation is so bad in the engine compartment. Punisher00 likes this. __________________ Did new cool science stuff to the car !!! http://www.the370z.com/mazoc/99606-z...y-14-17-a.html http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-d...-w-videos.html

10-02-2012, 10:41 PM	#17 (permalink)
m3chhawk Track Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Kansas City Posts: 878 Drives: '11 370Z SPT 6MT BLK Rep Power: 26	I have Torque Pro for android and a Bluetooth OBD-II adapter if you wanna give it a try. I'll check tomorrow to see if I can set it up for intake temps.

10-03-2012, 03:16 AM	#18 (permalink)
clintfocus Track Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: los angeles Age: 40 Posts: 933 Drives: 370z, EK Civic, F150 Rep Power: 17	here is my setup, AEM intakes with DEI gold heat reflective tape, this was the 15 foot roll and it was not enough, i shouldve got the 30 foor. ill be getting another roll to finish them off but at least i got the high heat section taped up

10-03-2012, 12:37 PM	#21 (permalink)
clintfocus Track Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: los angeles Age: 40 Posts: 933 Drives: 370z, EK Civic, F150 Rep Power: 17	i was planning on getting a vented hood for track days as well, cause stock its like a oven in there

04-24-2018, 09:02 PM	#27 (permalink)
RanRich Enthusiast Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: St. Louis Posts: 425 Drives: 09 PG Sport M6 Rep Power: 3374	... I thought you were supposed to “heat wrap” your exhaust to keep the heat in/away from surroundings and use heat reflective tape to repel external heat from penetrating intake piping __________________ AAM \| Dynosty \| Ecutek \| Eibach \| Hawk \| H&R \| Nismo \| Stillen \| Stoptech \| Z1

04-25-2018, 07:20 AM	#28 (permalink)
Nut_N_Much A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Pensacola Florida Posts: 1,696 Drives: Awesome Car Rep Power: 28	There was heat shield wrap under that. I didnt want my engine compartment to look bedazzled lol. madwi likes this. __________________ Did new cool science stuff to the car !!! http://www.the370z.com/mazoc/99606-z...y-14-17-a.html http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-d...-w-videos.html

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