[Matt D.]

He was talking about the I/C piping post-intercooler. No shit the piping right off the turbo will be hot.

Your thoughts about air traveling further and being given more time to cool off are pointless. The air is contained in a metal pipe, which not only is getting constantly heated by the heat under the hood but by the air in the pipe itself. It is also traveling so fast that the few feet it travels is negilgent in it actually having time to cool off during its journey. Once air leaves the intercooler it will heat up again before it cools off. Like I said, engine heat will always keep the piping and manifold hot, nothing we have will ever be perfectly insulated against heat.

The head does in fact give the intake manifold the majority of its heat. Direct contact with the engine will do that to anything.

Trust us. With the phenolic spacer in place you can touch the intake manifold where as you can not without it.