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Painting your intercooler black mythbusted

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Old 06-17-2014, 07:32 AM
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I'd be interested to know what results would be seen with a stripped and powder-coated intercooler. But that is pretty damn awesome.
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Any coating would somewhat slow the heat transfer. Even an anodized coating would though it would probably be the best for color and the least to affect heat transfer.




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