sleeping turbo - Honda Prelude Forum

SiLudeH23A · 02-17-2002, 10:02 PM

is it posible to make keep a turbo lude a sleeper? would it be posible to mount the intercooler on top of the engine and get a hood scoop like the wrx' have??

SLICK96 · 02-17-2002, 10:16 PM

Couldn't you just paint the intercooler flat black? Would this totally destroy the efficiency of the IC? Or, would annodizing be a possibility??? I'm not sure, to tell you the truth, but I'm probably going to just paint mine flat black...

Crate · 02-17-2002, 11:33 PM

guy around here has a ic painted black.. don tthink it'll hurt.. just most ppl like to advertise that they have one. =]

OutlawLude · 02-18-2002, 01:52 AM

You could get a hood like mine and mount the intercooler behind that opening!

SLICK96 · 02-18-2002, 03:01 AM

Our engine bays are pretty cramped. If you're going to mount one so that a hood scoop can ram air into it, wouldn't the scoop have to be pretty big?

Prelude2War · 02-18-2002, 06:04 AM

If you mount one over your engine, it will take the purpose of cooling the air away.. You can paint it black, or just buy a black one and paint/powder coat the piping black.

red92s · 02-18-2002, 06:47 AM

there is actually a company that will coat any of your aluminum or steel bits with a heat-reducing coating (kinda similar to ceramic coatic) that is black. This actually IMPROVES intercooler performance.

BluLuder · 02-18-2002, 11:39 AM

Im thinking about putting some grill in front of mine and paint that black.

Brady92/4WS · 02-18-2002, 02:45 PM

yeah i was gonna just say some sort of mesh grill would suffice, and before someone races you just paint your wheels blaze orange this will totally distract someone from looking/seeing through your front bumper and seeing your IC.

Prelude2War · 02-18-2002, 02:48 PM

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Originally posted by Brady92/4WS
yeah i was gonna just say some sort of mesh grill would suffice, and before someone races you just paint your wheels blaze orange this will totally distract someone from looking/seeing through your front bumper and seeing your IC.

ahahahaha True! ahaha

SLICK96 · 02-18-2002, 09:23 PM

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Originally posted by red92s
there is actually a company that will coat any of your aluminum or steel bits with a heat-reducing coating (kinda similar to ceramic coatic) that is black. This actually IMPROVES intercooler performance.

If anybody knows of this company, can you put the link up?

SiLudeH23A · 02-18-2002, 09:32 PM

what about the blow off valve? and could you keep it a front mounted intercoler sept lay it down flat and hid it behind the stock bumper??

SLICK96 · 02-18-2002, 09:38 PM

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Originally posted by SiLudeH23A
what about the blow off valve? and could you keep it a front mounted intercoler sept lay it down flat and hid it behind the stock bumper??

I think that laying it flat would defeat much of the purpose of having it exposed to the air, head-on, so to speak. The hot air, coming out of the turbo itself, needs to be cooled, and the more the IC is exposed to circulating air, the more the air in the IC is cooled ... sorry for rambling.

OutlawLude · 02-19-2002, 03:17 AM

Hey guys, you know we totally forgot about a water to air intercooler! They don't need to be mounted in the front of the car!

Man I feel stupid for not thinking about that earlier!

brendon2k · 02-19-2002, 07:10 AM

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Originally posted by OutlawLude
Hey guys, you know we totally forgot about a water to air intercooler! They don't need to be mounted in the front of the car! Man I feel stupid for not thinking about that earlier!

I thought they wernt practicle for a daily driver.

SLICK96 · 02-19-2002, 12:17 PM

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Originally posted by brendon2k

I thought they wernt practicle for a daily driver.

Technically, unless you plan VERY well, and have a lot of money, turbo isn't practical for a daily driver, either

BluLuder · 02-19-2002, 12:32 PM

if you dont stay in boost much its fine for a daily driver. You dont lose gas mileage and it only runs a tiny bit hot.

H23a · 02-19-2002, 02:07 PM

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If anybody knows of this company, can you put the link up?

http://www.finishlinecoatings.com

in oregon, at least... these guys are pretty cool, they are involved in alot of land speed racing. i liked the work that they did on my exhaust manifold. flat black ceramic coating, they also have other cool colors like titanium, silver, gold and blue...

red92s · 02-19-2002, 02:28 PM

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Originally posted by SLICK96

If anybody knows of this company, can you put the link up?

I'll try to get it for you later tonight. My firend has the Sport compact Car where they talk about it (he's not in his room right now though). It's called "blackbody coating" or something. They were doing an SR20DET swap into a G20 and they had the exhaust manifold, intercooler, and piping coated. I'll get back to you. . .

SLICK96 · 02-19-2002, 03:51 PM

Cool ... thanks!!