Cold Air Intake tubes

[Stocklook]

Need some advise, I have a mac cold air system that has a metal tube, and it gets HOT. My question is will a plastic tube get as hot.

 

Only concern is the air moving thru the tube heating up as it passes thru the heated area.

[Mark_in_Tulsa]

Need some advise, I have a mac cold air system that has a metal tube, and it gets HOT. My question is will a plastic tube get as hot.

 

Only concern is the air moving thru the tube heating up as it passes thru the heated area.

 

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Try rapping it in that thermal tape. There is the kind they put on headers, and I have heard of peeps useing the silver thermal tape that the HVAC guys use in your homes.

[snoman]

Need some advise, I have a mac cold air system that has a metal tube, and it gets HOT. My question is will a plastic tube get as hot.

 

Only concern is the air moving thru the tube heating up as it passes thru the heated area.

 

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Try rapping it in that thermal tape. There is the kind they put on headers, and I have heard of peeps useing the silver thermal tape that the HVAC guys use in your homes.

 

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You can wrap it with fiberglass and then thermal tape if you like but it is kinda futile because the air moves thru there so fast the it really does not get much of a chance to heat it much.

[Stocklook]

It would be nice to get some kind of coating on it with out it looking "geto"

I've thought about a rubber coating like what is on hand tools, anybody know of a place that does this. maybe have it diped or something

[Indy]

It would be nice to get some kind of coating on it with out it looking "geto"

I've thought about a rubber coating like what is on hand tools,  anybody know of a place that does this. maybe have it diped or something

 

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That's why K&N uses plastic, it does not heat up and conduct heat as much. It does make a small difference in the intake air temperature. Some people put a bypass on the throttle body heater tube for this same reason. Not a good idea in the winter up here in the north though.

[Maxed-Out]

It would be nice to get some kind of coating on it with out it looking "geto"

I've thought about a rubber coating like what is on hand tools,  anybody know of a place that does this. maybe have it diped or something

 

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That's why K&N uses plastic, it does not heat up and conduct heat as much. It does make a small difference in the intake air temperature. Some people put a bypass on the throttle body heater tube for this same reason. Not a good idea in the winter up here in the north though.

 

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You may try getting it Jet coated like they do exhaust. I had it done on my intake & exhaust piping on my sand rail with a 2.5 turbocharged Subaru. It really helped cool things down.

[snoman]

It would be nice to get some kind of coating on it with out it looking "geto"

I've thought about a rubber coating like what is on hand tools,  anybody know of a place that does this. maybe have it diped or something

 

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That's why K&N uses plastic, it does not heat up and conduct heat as much. It does make a small difference in the intake air temperature. Some people put a bypass on the throttle body heater tube for this same reason. Not a good idea in the winter up here in the north though.

 

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The difference in air temp is more thought than reality. Personally I would stick with metal as it does not crack with age ot weaken with heating from cooking under hood for a while when engine is shut off on a hot day.