heat wrapping intakes?

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.

10-03-2012, 08:37 AM	#1 (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	#2 (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

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