Care to post some pics? How well does this last against rocks and dirt etc etc.......
Also just wondering how it looks, if its too ghetto or what......

 

yeah i'd like to see how well pantyhose hides it, or if i should just paint it black to maintain the sleeper image...<evil laugh>

 

i think you can get by the sq ft the same radiator screens the truckers use,

alot tougher than pantyhose

 

Don't bother with the stockings. Give her a nice light coat of black. It looks good'n'stealth. Stocking just don't 'flow'.

 

How do stockings not flow? Have you tried blowing through stretched out stockings?

What trucking rad covers are you reffering to SOHCArchangel ?

 

i tried the stocking idea and i ended up ripping them too much so i got frustrated and quit

and maybe because my mom wouldnt go to the store to buy me anymore

<----who doesnt like buying girlie products

 

yea i'm really interested to see how some of you are hiding or just protecting your intercoolers... i cant really afford anodizing and i'd rather not paint mine so my next solution is some sort of grill.... something that doesnt stand out but hides./protects the IC.

 

Try doubling up some screen used for screen doors or windows.

 

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I have to agree. After getting 2 layers of stockings on my IC, (although it looked sexy as hell) I realized that if it ever got wet all sorts of **** would get stuclk to it and severely effect the flow. I think a light coat of paint is the way to go for the budget minded.

-Ryan

 

What is the black paint going to do? Beside give it that stealth look!

 

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Nothing

 

Or you could try this http://eastwood.com/itemdy00.a..._Key1=

 

anything before the intercooler is going to give u turbulent airflow

 

has anyone painted there intercooler and if so does it affect it in anyway

 

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I am so shooting from the hip here. But in fluids, turbulent flow actually increases the heat transfering properties of the fluid. And since air is considered as a fluid then shouldn't the same laws apply to the air? So shouldn't turbulent flow would actually be benificial?

 

No. Because turbulent flow slows down the velocity of the fluid [bad] and creates heat in the fluid [bad], not increasing the amount of heat the fluid can dissipate [if this were the case, people would be running ribbed, constricted charge pipe].

 

you can do what I did to paint the intercooler...

i just used a paint roller, got a light coat of paint on the roller, and rolled it across the surface. just tape off the end tanks so you dont get any paint in the intercooler by accident. if you use a paint roller instead of spraypaint, then it will just have a nice coat on the top surface, not inside the actual fins. then you can just tape off the fins and paint the end tanks nicely.

 

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you radiator is painted....

i think the factory knows what they are doing.

 

I'm gonna have to side with ThePro on the theory that turbulant air would be better in regards to cooling. I remember reading in post and thats supposed to be a plus to using the backdoor intercooler FR makes. Any light from anyone else . . . ?

 

I asked about the turbulent flow making more heat transfer and here is what I was told (paraphrased).

When in laminar (non-turbulent) flow only the fluid on the outsides of the pipe are in contact with the pipe so they take the most heat while the fluid on the inside is insulated from the majority of the heat by those outside layers of fluid. When in turbulent flow, the fluid doesn't have any outside layers so all the fluid is taking heat from the pipe.

Obviously we aren't working with a pipe here, but the space between the fins can be considered a pipe. I guess..

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This makes sense to me for the charge pipe itself because you want the air to move more quickly through the pipe. But the air hitting the intercooler from the outside is a different story..

 

Here are my pics of my intercooler with a stocking over it.

 

Thats what I thought, just didnt know how to word it as nicely as you.

 

Is your stocking holding up alright? Do you have any close up pics of it?

 

Seems to be holding up fine. Not sure about the cooling efficentcy even though it seems fine. I'll try and post a couple more pics that are up close.

 

Here are come quick pics I just took