should my upper ic pipe always stay cold?
10-06-2004, 02:04 PM
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should my upper ic pipe always stay cold?
i was wondering if the upper ic pipe coming off the ic to the throttle body stay cold? mine seems to warm up a bit but its away from everything that would possibly make it warm xcept for the engine its self... my engine does seem to heat up a bit but i thought the upper ic should stay some what cold cuz the ic on the left side stays cold...
10-06-2004, 02:11 PM
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Re:should my upper ic pipe always stay cold?
God damn it, I typed a whole speech for you, but the ------- topic was moved by the time I replied. 
I'll try again.
If it's hot to the touch, you have a problem. it's going to be a bit hotter than "room temperature" because you're forcing compressed air through a pipe that is connected to the exhaust. :P Since you live in California and it's a bit warm there right now, it's probably normal and nothing to worry about.
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I'll try again.
If it's hot to the touch, you have a problem. it's going to be a bit hotter than "room temperature" because you're forcing compressed air through a pipe that is connected to the exhaust. :P Since you live in California and it's a bit warm there right now, it's probably normal and nothing to worry about.
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10-06-2004, 02:16 PM
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Re:should my upper ic pipe always stay cold?
Jesus christ, I typed 2 paragraphs and some ****** moved it!!!
Well I'll try again.
It will never be "cool" to the touch unless your running some monster IC, with a fatty snail and your engine bay has incredible circulation. The (passenger side) throttle body ic pipe should always be cooler than the driverside pipe. What I always do to help out the temps is wire my cooling fan to key on, this helps circulate the air in the engine bay, easy drop of 10-15 degrees.
Whats funny on my girlfriends car, we were tuning it doing 10-15 pulls on the freeway from 35-130mph (at night) and after I felt the charge pipes and they were cold! and the intake mani was luke warm. I couldnt beleive it. However last weekend at the track she made 1 pass down the 1/4 mile and she came back to the pits and I could hardly even touch the charge pipes. Heat soak sucks dude, just try to circulate some air in the engine bay.
Jeff
Well I'll try again.
It will never be "cool" to the touch unless your running some monster IC, with a fatty snail and your engine bay has incredible circulation. The (passenger side) throttle body ic pipe should always be cooler than the driverside pipe. What I always do to help out the temps is wire my cooling fan to key on, this helps circulate the air in the engine bay, easy drop of 10-15 degrees.
Whats funny on my girlfriends car, we were tuning it doing 10-15 pulls on the freeway from 35-130mph (at night) and after I felt the charge pipes and they were cold! and the intake mani was luke warm. I couldnt beleive it. However last weekend at the track she made 1 pass down the 1/4 mile and she came back to the pits and I could hardly even touch the charge pipes. Heat soak sucks dude, just try to circulate some air in the engine bay.
Jeff
10-06-2004, 02:16 PM
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Re:should my upper ic pipe always stay cold?
Your past couple of pictures didn't work for me. :P
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10-06-2004, 02:19 PM
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Re:should my upper ic pipe always stay cold?
Originally Posted by AbaZ
Jesus christ, I typed 2 paragraphs and some ****** moved it!!!
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10-06-2004, 02:21 PM
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Re:should my upper ic pipe always stay cold?
Glad to see you got a picture to work. :P
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