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Old 06-26-2014   #7
Halon
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Re: Intercooler black paint experiment

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Originally Posted by cmspaz View Post
I'm with Scheides on this.

If there were any substantial performance or efficiency gain at all from this, all of our OE units would be black, radiators too. It isn't like this is brand-new technology that is just being implemented.
Geez not trying to start a debate or argument here, just thought I'd share the vid as I thought it was interesting, that's all. Never said it was some kinda new technology, just sharing stuff I found interesting.


FWIW, the two heat exchangers that came OEM on my car are black.
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