Heard about a cool evo build?

[b00stcreep21]

There's a few pics of the manifold and turbo setup in the blog ;)

http://www.maperformance.com/blog/

[Forced Fed]

Is that thermal dispersant on the inlet side of the turbo and the intercooler piping? Or is the thermal dispersant only on the intake manifold and a thermal barrier on the piping and turbo?

[v8klla]

The intercooler piping and compressor cover are just powder coated I believe.

[Forced Fed]

Would the inlet side and intercooler piping benefit from the thermal dispersant coating though like the intake manifold does? Would seem to make sense, since its suppose to pull heat out of something where powder coat traps it in.

Or does that thermal coating mainly work on heat exchanging things like a FMIC, Radiator, Oil Cooler, Intake Manifold, etc.

[asshanson]

The intake manifold touches the head, IC piping doesn't really get that hot. I doubt there would be noticeable gains.

[FFPerformance]

The intercooler piping and compressor cover are just powder coated I believe.

Correct. IC piping is powdercoated, as is the comp cover, and the rest of the exhaust components and turbine housing are ceramic coated.

[Forced Fed]

The intake manifold touches the head, IC piping doesn't really get that hot. I doubt there would be noticeable gains.

Makes sense and now after visiting MAP's website I have learned more about the coatings.

Thermal Dispersant is something you put on an Intake Manifold to help dissipate heat, where a Thermal Barrier is something you put on the Intake Manifold flange to prevent heat transfer from the head.

[FFPerformance]

Would the inlet side and intercooler piping benefit from the thermal dispersant coating though like the intake manifold does? Would seem to make sense, since its suppose to pull heat out of something where powder coat traps it in.

Or does that thermal coating mainly work on heat exchanging things like a FMIC, Radiator, Oil Cooler, Intake Manifold, etc.

The thermal dispersant works best when there is any kind of airflow moving over it so whether or not we choose to use that coating, is pretty much application specific. In general though, we see +20-24% increase in cooling from the coating.

Actually the dispersant was originally designed for the military application of gun barrel cooling and was extremely effective. This technology eventually found its way into the automotive market as an aid for heat exchangers like oil coolers, radiators, and transmission coolers. Good stuff for sure.

-Bob

[Forced Fed]

Thanks Bob, answered everything I need to know! Thermal sprayed intercooler and piping would be worth it than on the application I have. I will be stopping by MAP over the summer once the snowmobile season is over to get lots of cold parts coated for my turbo snowmobile. :)

[FFPerformance]

Thanks Bob, answered everything I need to know! Thermal sprayed intercooler and piping would be worth it than on the application I have. I will be stopping by MAP over the summer once the snowmobile season is over to get lots of cold parts coated for my turbo snowmobile. :)

You bet man, we'll be here to help ya out! :spin: