Check out pics of time attacks engine bay. I don't think the reflective film looks all that bad.

 

Just wondering if anyone who wrapped their intake, could post IAT results?

I'm usually 10F above ambient.

 

I will be testing this as soon as UlWiz sends my intake out and I get my hands on it

 

 

wish i could find a way to quick disconnect that lip for the track lol id tear it up on the streets lol

 

I didn't see it on John's site but if you google it you'll find a few places for it.

hrp Part Number: 1501-26 - Google Search

 

I had a friend with a Honda that decided to header wrap his intake and it actually raised his iats by like 30 degrees if I remember correctly. Header wrap is ment to hold heat in, so my guess is that the intake wasn't able to disapate any heat because the header wrap was holding it in.

 

I have my turbo piping wrapped.

 

My budy actually switched to a reflective type tape and that ended up lowering his iats instead of raising them when he used the header wrap

 

I wonder if the gold is any better?

Reflect-A-GOLD 010391 | Purchase DEI, CryO2, Ny-Trex, Boom Mat & SPA Turbo Products | Design Engineering, Inc. - Thermal Performance Products

 

I beleive gold is the best, the mclaren f1 had a gold plated engine bay

 

What are you iat1's? Remember every 10*F there's about a 1hp change. So if your iat1's are only 10*F above ambient then at most you'll gain 1hp.

 

This might be worth while to test on a bigger scale, I say wrap the coolant tank,lines and intake pipe and opt B tank with the gold and see what ia2's are like

heres a test vid of the gold there was a 110* difference vs shielded/unshielded
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xes...heat-ther_auto