Combating radiant heat

[Snakebitten]

A member went to a race where there a few Boss's. He noticed that all of them had their intakes wrapped in heat blocking material. I figured they must know something.

It's been super hot in San Diego lately and each summer will get a little worse. I've already cut the hood blanket away from the vents to allow more heat to escape.

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I first wrapped the C&L air box in the HS mat.

Adhesive side of mat:

After.

I then used the tape to try and seal up the box a little.

I then used the tape and wrapped the intake tube. Here is the final product. I know it's ugly and won't win any car shows, but hopefully it will help with heat soak and reducing IAT's. I still need to test it.

Next, I'm going to try and seal the filter off more with some kind of shield on the open side.

 

[CCS86]

I've done the same thing to my stock air box, intake tube and fuel lines. I picked up a roll of hot water heater insulation, which is 1/4" thick foam, adhesive on one side, metal foil on the other. I used metallic tape to assist it in staying put.

With the 100*+ days we were having, the cat felt really muddy and lost its edge. Between my insulation and fog light removal, I got a lot of the crisp feeling back. A very noticeable improvement.