?Que? That statement doesn't not make sense...didjital| said:
Aluminum heats up and cools down faster than steel, so it does heat up like steel does--it just doesn't stay as hot as long as steel does. That's part of being an excellent conductor...The point was not that the intake tube would get hot--it was that the air is not in the intake tube long enough to pick up a significant amount of heat.didjital| said:
I didn't say anything about steel, but his statement about aluminum not being a good conductor of heat was factually incorrect; it's an excellent conductor of heat. The prevailing opinion seems to be that the ability to conduct heat is not really relevant to this discussion, as the air charge is moving through the intake at too high of a velocity for it to absorb much heat from the intake, regardless of the material of construction. (I'm sure someone could measure and/or calculate it, but I don't particulalrly care enough to do either...)didjital| said:
The aluminum intake inlet as sold by Ken will have flow-rate advantages over the stock inlet, thanks to its smoother walls and lack of sound-dampening baffling, but the stock inlet tube will have the thermal insulation advantage. As I stated above, I'm guessing that the flow of the new tube will offset any thermal disadvantage, but I'm not going to put any numbers to it--particularly since it won't fit my '04 V8.
I said "heat sinks", not "heat sinks for processors." Heat sinks are used in applications other than on processors...didjital| said:
It is a quality piece and none of these posts should influence someone on whether they buy one or not. I have a V6, which the stock tubing is straight vs. the curved of the V8. It wouldnt make a difference on the V6 but the V8 could see better airflow. If the underhood temp. is say 195 degrees then the tubing would also most likely be 195 degrees.. As far as the air velocity picking up heat, look at a hairdryer, not the same application but the air moves very fast and it still picks up the heat from the heating element. So it is very possible that there would be a slight increase in intake temp, but the affect on performance would be very hard to calculate. If i had a V8 i'd probably buy one.
Agreed. Nobody has said anything bad about the piece itself; even if it's not adding much performance, it's still a big aesthetic improvement over the stock unit.Fla02LS said:
A hair dryer isn't a valid analogy; it is designed to impart heat into the air flow, and the air passes though heating coils--there's heat imparted across the complete cross-section of flow. In the intake tube, the heating would only be imparted by radiation from the walls of the tube, which is a far less efficient means of transfer.Fla02LS said:
Either way, the CAI has a very good reputation, so if you can afford it and it'll fit your car, it's a very good buy. If you'r anal retentive, you can have it JetHot ceramic-coated, then you won't need to worry about thermal tranfer.
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SolacE
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got my kkm ken thanks just waiting on the rest....
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I've been down and out this week with the flu bug or whatever it is. We are working the logisitics on these tubes so hang in there. We'll get them out ASAP.
Flu or no flu, get them out here . Just joking, I'm being patient. Get better man, I've been down w/ something aswell for the last month or so, but I always got something wrong.
I saw the angel eyes are sold out, any idea when those well be back?
. Just joking, I'm being patient. Get better man, I've been down w/ something aswell for the last month or so, but I always got something wrong. I saw the angel eyes are sold out, any idea when those well be back?
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Its all good Ken....just anxious...too bad I dont have the time to install it anyway.