Painted vs un-painted intercooler testing

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Painted vs un-painted intercooler testing

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It's something that came up a bit in the past that sounded silly to me and finally there's some testing done on it.

http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/yhst-626 ... eering.pdf
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Nice, yeah I would prefer anodizing over paint IMO.
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Painting it is not a bad idea. I would put a thin coat of etch primer before applying paint.
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Mighty Car Mods did it as well.
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