Air Box & Ducting

[jafo]

i was just looking at an engines air box and ducting and thaught one they are black so absorb heat so what would happen if you wrapped it all up in a specially designed material to deflect heat.(i have access to this stuff)
so now the point of this is as the air would be cooler and cars like cool air you would get better performance and better fuel economy so once i do this and see what it looks like as in good bad ok or just plain stupid i could make some cash on the side by installing it for ppl out there no matter what car they have but looks really easy to do on the commodore as everything seems exposed and easy to get to i'll post some pics of before and after once i have done it might be a week away as i have to get the gear from work to do it

i'll keep you posted on how this idea goes.

 

[natsvr]

Sounds pretty interesting mate, make sure u keep us informed.

 

[Cashy]

I think I know the stuff your talking about. It has a foil layer on the top side, and black foam with a sticky back on the other. My father use to use it on the engine bay of his kenworth. Also good for blocking sound.

 

[jafo]

QUOTE (Cashy @ Apr 16 2004, 10:56 PM) I think I know the stuff your talking about. It has a foil layer on the top side, and black foam with a sticky back on the other. My father use to use it on the engine bay of his kenworth. Also good for blocking sound.
thats the stuff but not sticky on the back

 

[Gobbles]

yeah i know the stuff you are talking about jafo i think it would work.....but im not sure about any power increases though..it would also make the engine bay look a bit better

 

[The1985divo]

Sounds very interesting.... a good concept spose it would work dont see why not, but wouldnt it perish pretty quickly?

 

[scozz]

QUOTE (Gobbles @ Apr 17 2004, 12:41 AM) .....but im not sure about any power increases though..it would also make the engine bay look a bit better
I'd question if it would make the engine bay look better. Why go to the trouble for very little increase? Trying to picture what it would look like - all I can see is 'too busy' - cheap and nasty lookin'. Give it a go anyway, I'd be very interested in seeing the outcome.

 

[The1985divo]

if i only keeps the temp down of the air it should only increase a little bit.... little increase for nothing is still good i guess

 

[boss]

Dark colours only draw heat from direct sunlight.... Make sure your not just insulating the heat inside the air box. Just a thought.

 

[jafo]

ok the intake pipe is done dont look to bad but could be better i suppose as in neatness but you will get the general idea from the pics
pic1 http://members.dodo.net.au/~fclayton/pipe.JPG
pic2 http://members.dodo.net.au/~fclayton/pipe2.JPG
pic3 http://members.dodo.net.au/~fclayton/pipe3.JPG


tell me what you think be honest everyone has their own opinions