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So here is the temperature results of driving with the full intake system wrapped. Outside air temp was 84, humidity was 54. Total drive time was about 30 minutes give or take. Everything was done on highway unless otherwise specified. From top to bottom it goes like this -
1.) Immediately after random 70-90 driving and WOT pulls (did two, one to 120 and one to 90)
2.) 5 minute semi cool down drive (average speed of 80)
3.) Coming off highway after cool down sitting in stop and go traffic for 3 minutes with AC on 75% power
It surely hasn't gotten any worse. No way. If anything it's better. I'm leaving it wrapped.
what about wrapping the precats and exhaust? Wouldn't that be the biggest heat source? keep the heat in there and out of the engine bay in the first place.
What material are you using? I was going to wrap my headers this summer if I had time and monitor IAT, but haven't had time yet.
what about wrapping the precats and exhaust? Wouldn't that be the biggest heat source? keep the heat in there and out of the engine bay in the first place.
What material are you using? I was going to wrap my headers this summer if I had time and monitor IAT, but haven't had time yet.
im using basically air duct insulated wrap. Adhesive sticky styrofoam on one side and foil on the other
Thanks but I've been done most of that outside of seats and battery lol
Weight Saved:
Hood Insulation (2lbs)
Stock Airbox Replaced w/ CAI (8lbs)
Weather Strip (above hood) (2lbs)
Engine Bay Covers (6lbs)
Spare Tire (36lbs)
Rear Floor Mats (6lbs)
Rear Seat (46lbs)
Interior Carpeting + Insulation (25lbs)
Door and Center Console Trim (10lbs)
Front Floor Mats (5lbs)
Glove Box (9lbs)
Trunk Insulation (23lbs)
Lighter Exhaust Parts (30lbs)
Lighter Intake Manifold (8lbs)
Side Air Bags (10lbs)
Air Bag Trim Pieces (4lbs)
UR Lightweight Underdrive Crank Pulley (7lbs)
Headliner and Plastic Bracket (6lbs)
Rear Door Panels (14lbs)
Center Console (13lbs)
Rear Speaker + Rear Sub (8lbs)
Rear Seat Belts (6lbs)
Rear Speaker Cover (5lbs)
Foot Rest Plate (1.2lbs)
Partial Firewall Insulation (6lbs)
Radio Delete (6.5lbs)
Metal Front/Rear Door Accent Trim (2lbs)
Front Door Panels and Front Speakers (22.5lbs)
DVD Drive + Touch Sensor + Buttons (5.5lbs)
Rear Wheel Well Insulation (3lbs)
Sun Visors (2.5lbs)
XM Antenna (.5lb)
Front bumper/vibration damper and support (26lbs)
Motegi TrakLite V2 Wheels (55lbs static, 220lbs dynamic)
Official scale weight: 3113lbs static, 2948lbs dynamic/rolling weight due to lighter wheels
Ok, but how much weight did you personally lose, chubby? Kidding!
13's are impressive!
i would remove it completely but it causes problems with the wipers when they are being used without the cowl in place
hope you didnt start!
I would do the hood vents instead of the cowl!
hood vents LOOK cool, especially a heavily modded car....and it serves its function, letting out all the hot air!!
pick up some M3 hood vents, or some MB AMG vents, or even the Jaguar "supercharged" vents
I would do the hood vents instead of the cowl!
hood vents LOOK cool, especially a heavily modded car....and it serves its function, letting out all the hot air!!
pick up some M3 hood vents, or some MB AMG vents, or even the Jaguar "supercharged" vents
its my time to leave the office, but a friend did it on his black TL with M3 hood vents...
if I remember tonight, I'll post pics of it...
if I dont remember tonight, there's always tomorrow
its my time to leave the office, but a friend did it on his black TL with M3 hood vents...
if I remember tonight, I'll post pics of it...
if I dont remember tonight, there's always tomorrow
I just wonder how much of a difference that would really make for me to justify buying it
Manny Fresh's TL.
No wonder it wasn't seaworthy, y'all put holes in it!
I'd just remove the cowl and call it a day. You're all about that bass (and et's) no treble (form) anyway...that's not that crazy for a drag queen.
Cant remove cowl entirely. Causes problems with wiper blade movement/seating when idle. Will just cut cowl and also install the hood vents when I'm not broke
Well I hit a milestone in the heatsoak experiment. Made some minor changes to the setup, including a full wrap of my IAT sensor since that's the main thing that needed to be cooler/removing the middle layer of wrap from the intake mani and now after almost an hour of mixed driving (4 full throttle pulls, light stop and go traffic, AC used on and off for a total of 10 minutes), air temp going into engine was less than a 10 degree variant of what the outside was. Outside air was 77, inlet slightly heated air was 84. And I damn sure felt the difference. Car was hauling ass like no other today. Also on a side note I forgot my coolant overflow bottle cap was cracked and leaking out hot coolant vapor into the engine bay. Between all the new stuff I did, I made more than a 10 degree cooler improvement even after heavy driving.
Throttle response is lightning quick now and when I pop the hood, my intake manifold no longer feels hot to the touch at all, it's now on the higher end of warm but not quite hot but way cooler than it was. I think the main things that helped this time were the full IAT wrap and fixing my coolant overflow bottle cap which I recommend everyone fix theirs if they need to. This is the performance I wanted out of the car. On another side note I had a 2015 Benz E350 Coupe playing with me on the highway. We were not racing per say just taking turns chasing each other and I kept tailing him the whole way. He couldn't keep up when I mashed it when I was in front though. Nothing wrong with a little playtime here and there. This car runs amazing for 162k on the original trans and motor. I'll never buy anything but Honda/Acura.
You should wrap your "headers" and your exhaust system. Add some stiffer mounts too. Lighter battery and loose the battery tie down adds too much weight.
You should wrap your "headers" and your exhaust system. Add some stiffer mounts too. Lighter battery and loose the battery tie down adds too much weight.
08-29-2016, 10:44 AM
Kidding!
Manny Fresh's TL. 
Grab some high temp clear/black silicone as it is much more effective.
