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I saw many ppl put stainless steel as air intake. I have to disagree with this idea.
This is because steel will absorb heat very fast and eliminate the point of taking in Cool Air intake altogether. Imagine when u idle at traffic light, all heat goto ur air intake pipe.. then when want to accelerate, sure some power loss there. if at high speed already, perhaps its same since air is cold...
I also saw a lot of ppl use those carbon fibre/plastic type of air intake... this is much better. But expensive. Thats why i go for hardware pipe.. cheap and not absorb heat easily.
My 2 sen: if u use a stainless steel as air intake, better find a heatshield to cover it up... then it will be good.
I saw many ppl put stainless steel as air intake. I have to disagree with this idea.
This is because steel will absorb heat very fast and eliminate the point of taking in Cool Air intake altogether. Imagine when u idle at traffic light, all heat goto ur air intake pipe.. then when want to accelerate, sure some power loss there. if at high speed already, perhaps its same since air is cold...
I also saw a lot of ppl use those carbon fibre/plastic type of air intake... this is much better. But expensive. Thats why i go for hardware pipe.. cheap and not absorb heat easily.
My 2 sen: if u use a stainless steel as air intake, better find a heatshield to cover it up... then it will be good.