mongrull006

aluminum conducts heat much better than plastic. BUT there is enough air flow through the intake and through the engine bay i wouldnt think the C&L will have any significant problems or HP losses caused by high intake temps.

Ty

kenthicken

The concern I would have is in stop and go traffic on a hot day. Not much air movement, idling, heating up, etc. Or, on a long trip to Vegas thru the desert (110 degrees + for 3.5 hours from LA.). I would think that if the aluminum got heat soaked, would that start to cause problems? Doesn't plastic dissapate the heat a little better?

28HopUp

When I was at the track, I would check the C&L after each run, and it was not hot to the touch. I like the look of the C&L better.

mongrull006

if your sitting in traffic then you have no need to worry about power, and its not going to get hot enough to do any damage to your engine.

as for going to vegas, once again, 110 degrees really isnt that hot compared to your engine temps, you will loose power but i would find it highly unlikely that it would cause any damage to the engine. remember, you are still going to be running only about 300hp to the wheels, theres guys putting down 450+ @ 9lbs on a turbo setup and all of the intake piping is alluminum.

plastic doesnt absorb and conduct heat like aluminum, its not a matter of dissapation.

i seriously wouldnt worry about engine damage, only loosing some power under high temp scenarios

ty

Sn00ganS1337

thanks for the replies guys. Just wondering, is Evoperf's tune still competing with the Brenspeed one? I remember a bit ago people were choosing evo over brenspeed