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I'm looking for a place to be able to purchase or construct a heat shield for my aftermarket intake? Can someone point me in the right direction?
Probably get some good results from a search.I'm looking for a place to be able to purchase or construct a heat shield for my aftermarket intake? Can someone point me in the right direction?
Make your own with a garbage can if you don't care about looks
I'd jump on that. You don't want to be stuck using a garbage can... those absorb (and radiate) alot of heat (much more than Pud's shield).
As did I... the little Rubbermaid cans don't handle heat well... though they do shield the airfilter from blasts of heat.I think they meant a small plastic garbage can :blackeye:
I'd jump on that. You don't want to be stuck using a garbage can... those absorb (and radiate) alot of heat (much more than Pud's shield).
That does make sense, but in comparing the two heat shields I've had (aluminum & rubber)... I can't completely agree that aluminum is less than ideal. I think thick plastic may do ok, but the rubber Rubbermaid trashcans don't handle heat well. They become flexable, and from my IAT and "by hand" comparisons... the Rubbermaid transfers much more heat than the thick aluminum sheilds that Pudmunkie used to make.
Does this make any sense?
Yup, that's what I learned in Thermodynamics class. An insulator (e.g. plastic) would keep the engine bay heat away from the filter; whereas a conductor (e.g. metal) would not do much to keep the heat away. That's why I always found it curious that people were building intake heat shields out of metal. I figured they were doing it more for aesthetics than performance.
That does make sense, but in comparing the two heat shields I've had (aluminum & rubber)... I can't completely agree that aluminum is less than ideal. I think thick plastic may do ok, but the rubber Rubbermaid trashcans don't handle heat well. They become flexable, and from my IAT and "by hand" comparisons... the Rubbermaid transfers much more heat than the thick aluminum sheilds that Pudmunkie used to make.
I swapped shields during winter (Nov 2006)... I think summer would have been more interesting. There was only a slight difference during sustained driving (~2-4*) but in traffic the aluminum one was about 10* lower. Now... it is totally possible that this is due to the Rubbermaid can being flexible and not sealing as well as the rigid aluminum. On both of them I did have pipe insulation on the shield, but on the aluminum one, I also put 1/2" insulation strips on the hood to mate with the pipe insulation... as the shield wasn't tall enough to make the pipe insulation seal to the hood.I was hoping to use my SCT X3 and take some readings from my IAT sometime...could you provide some more detailed insight as to what you saw?