Pics of my intercooler piping and clocked turbo Options

[jgreening]

Some people had asked for this before and since I was taking pictures of the axels, I took a couple more of the engine bay for you guys. Notice the silver soldered hard water lines. You can see I have a minor coolant leak somewhere that I need to track down. Enjoy.





This post has been edited by jgreening: Jan 15, 2006 - 11:54 PM

[lagos]

if its barely warm, then i guess its not a big issue for your car, but just knowing how much heat comes off the valve cover and exhaust manifold, im surprised it dosnt get hotter. check it again in the summer, cause i bet it will get really hot once the weather heats up

i plan to redo my piping at some point to follow a similar path as yours does and i know for sure ill be wraping mine.

This post has been edited by lagos: Jan 16, 2006 - 2:42 AM

[jgreening]

if its barely warm, then i guess its not a big issue for your car, but just knowing how much heat comes off the valve cover and exhaust manifold, im surprised it dosnt get hotter. check it again in the summer, cause i bet it will get really hot once the weather heats up

i plan to redo my piping at some point to follow a similar path as yours does and i know for sure ill be wraping mine.

Will do. The heat shield cannot be touched and does radiate alot of heat but the pipe has stayed cool. I think having the hood vented helps too but you have the ST205 hood too so that can't account for the difference.

Also, I am very suspect about the notion that the air would be warmed up all that much between the intercooler and the intake manifold simply by warm piping. That air has been cooled to near ambient through the intercooler and is traveling very fast. I question how much it could be warmed in a blink of an eye.