FEnatic Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 I want to paint a design on the front of the IC, but am wondering how much this would affect cooling. It would not cover the whole IC just some areas. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxilary Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 it does a bit. you may want to look at getting thermal conductive paint, I know it's sold at various places. You shouldn't notice THAT significant of a difference by using regular paint, however Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peej410 Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 i had considered painting my aluminum radiator.... it sticks out like a sore thumb on a flat black car, but i was concerned about this too... let me know what you come up with... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrayZee Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 I'm sure it would effect it to some degree, however I don't think it would amount to enough to worry about. Copper radiators get painted all the time. Just don't spray in so much that it looks like sombody smeared colored peanut butter on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruxGNZ Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 Theoretically, black paint transfers heat better than nothing at all. I remember there was a discussion about that some time ago on here. From that discussion, it was shown that paint, other than black, on a radiator had very little effect on its performance. !M! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Here comes trouble Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Paint does not stick to aluminum very well... I also agree flat black disapates heat..... use some exhaust flat black on the radiator and scuff the finish up a little prior to painting.......................Feenatic is your icon running or just breathing hard???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peej410 Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 wait so does that mean that black is good or no good lol. why would the color (besides sunlight) transfer heat better or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bastaad525 Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 I asked this question a long time ago. When I took my I/C to a radiator place to have it acid-bathed, they took it upon themselves to paint the I/C silver (???? it's an aluminum I/C... dumbasses...). I was pretty pissed... they never asked me. But anyways, I haven't done and scientific testing or anything, but I can say the I/C seems to be doing a great job, paint or no. I'm running 13psi every day on 91 octane and never get a ping. I'll eventually get around to removing the paint... eventually..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsquared Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 painting a logo or something like that won't really affect the efficiency notably... however if you paint the whole thing it WILL hurt efficiency. The only real way to change the IC's color without hurting efficiency is to anodize it (which actually helps increase thermoconductivity). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks280zt Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 240Hoke painted a Z on the front of his large NPR, i think on3go has that IC now, looked pretty awesome IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peej410 Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 hrm, i have a connection for anodizing.... interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mario_82_ZXT Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 I think Eastwood sells different colors of radiator paint that is supposed to conduct heat pretty good. Might want to look into that too. Mario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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