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which materiel would be better for a heatsheild?
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never-ending battle between the two...people have both. Better? I'm not sure. A few people that do have auminum put some sort of an insulator in it so it doesn't "bake" the filter. I say "bake" because some of the plastic guys say this happens...part of the arguement between the two. Personally, I had a plastic one, but I'm now making an aluminum one for visual reasons. Then I'll compare the 2 temp wise and see if one outperforms the other. (I assume they will be pretty close.
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The downside to aluminum is that it is a good conductor of heat. Although if its insulated, it would be fine. I'm not sure if it would make much difference, probably a few degrees...
FWIW, i'm using a home-made plexi-glass heatshield... It works well...
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Originally posted by 99Mystique ATX:
The downside to aluminum is that it is a good conductor of heat. Although if its insulated, it would be fine. I'm not sure if it would make much difference, probably a few degrees...
FWIW, i'm using a home-made plexi-glass heatshield... It works well...
Would spraying the aluminum heatshield with some sort of ceramic paint help?
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I don't know if thats been tried....
I was going to use aluminum, and put a layer of Dynamat (or similar) on the inside walls.
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basically use whatever you can get your hands on and make the best shield out of. if thats plastic great, if its aluminum...great. just get one.
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Aluminum is a conductor. Plastic is an insulator. An aluminum heatshield on its own will do little to actually insulate your air intake because it heats up rather quickly. If you insulate the aluminum with something though, then that's ideal because it will both look better and perform as well as a plastic heatshield.
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so the vibe i am getting here is that plastic is better unless you insulate your aluminum?
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Originally posted by racerm515:
so the vibe i am getting here is that plastic is better unless you insulate your aluminum?
yes
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and remember, you can always insulate your plastic too...
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