Is wrapping the air intake worth it? My dad has some stuff I could use laying around, and I was wondering if it would help any.

 

it would keep it cooler... if hes not using it go for it.

 

I would actually think it would keep the intake hot. You wrap the exhaust so the heat doesnt dissapate through the exhaust and heat up your engine compartment, also a cooler exhaust flows slower than a hot exhaust. So wrapping your exhaust produces less back pressure. You should do that, not your intake.

 

The idea is to keep the under hood heat from warming up your intake pipes so in this case wraping is doing the reverse of what it does for headers.

 

They actually make a kit for that.

http://www.hrpworld.com/index.cfm?fo...action=product

 

I know I have seen it done before. It may keep it cool. But have you ever touched your plastic intake after your motor has been running? Its atleast 120 degrees. the heat is going to transfer to the intake tube, then the isolation may retain that heat instead of wiking away.... But who knows

It would be cool if someone made a thermal intake. Like a thermis, mug. have a cylinder inside of a cylinder with a vacume of gas inside. That would keep the heat out... Or have it water cooled... http://home.howstuffworks.com/thermos2.htm

 

Isn't that the water-to-air intercooler?[&:]