anodizing FMIC

[dougyfresh]

Thinking against painting my FMIC with Eastwood's Radiator paint and anodizing my FMIC.

What type of anodizing is best for a FMIC? I'm thinking Type III (Mil-A-8625). Do I want non-dyed or dyed?

http://www.difruscia.com/MIL_A_8625_F.pdf




Why? I want my FMIC to be black. I don't want to be able to see it through the lower grilles of my bumper. I don't like the flashy look.

Thanks in advance. I'm going to post in the B5 forum too.

[dirtybrd]

I've heard that it will reduce the effectiveness for cooling, but I bet it's very, very minimal.

[sean1.8t]

just paint it. i used the eastwood rad paint and it's holding up perfectly after 2 months. IAT's are great also.

it's said that it will actually help heat disipation(and im not just talking about what it says on the can lol)

[koolade9]

I've been painting my fmics for years... logged IATs before and after and never had a problem. no special paint necessary, just enough to get the desired effect.

[Papachristou]

making a sleeper huh? i doubt it would hurt any as long as its put on light, but im sure u got it handled!

[jcg05c]

Thinking against painting my FMIC with Eastwood's Radiator paint and anodizing my FMIC.

What type of anodizing is best for a FMIC? I'm thinking Type III (Mil-A-8625). Do I want non-dyed or dyed?

http://www.difruscia.com/MIL_A_8625_F.pdf




Why? I want my FMIC to be black. I don't want to be able to see it through the lower grilles of my bumper. I don't like the flashy look.

Thanks in advance. I'm going to post in the B5 forum too.

Is the Military going to come to my house after reading this MILITARY Document:) Black would look good on your car if i remember correctly what your car looks like.

[dougyfresh]

Oh yeah. Super Sleeper Avant! That's my style.

If I do wind up painting with the Eastwood paint it'll be very thin layers. There was some talk of this in the B5 forum the other day.

Going to call around and see what the going rate is to get this anodized first.

Is the Military going to come to my house after reading this MILITARY Document:) Black would look good on your car if i remember correctly what your car looks like.

I found that through google so I presume its cleared for public use. haha. Its a spec anyway so it should be available to the public.

my car: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2187/...500853495b.jpg

[Eric @ WAR]

I found that through google so I presume its cleared for public use. haha. Its a spec anyway so it should be available to the public.

my car: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2187/...500853495b.jpg

It's a Mil Spec...nothing secret in it. They are military standards on how certain things are to be done by military requirements.

[vdubstreets]

you can paint the entire core fins and all with the eastwood paint?

[317ssayzarc]

if you anodize, go group 3 since its not just cosmetic and actually is hard enough to prevent most damage done by sand/ most little rocks... wrc cars have been using it for years for this reason and mines done that way too

[B6 Dude]

Can you even get that specific type of anodizing done? The anodizing shops I've dealt with just know "anodizing", and not specific types.

Anodizing generally does reduce the thermal conductivity, and quite a bit, but in the actual application, it may not be a problem and there may be differences between the various types of anodizing. Google for a company called "caswell plating" (or something like that). They should be able to inform you for sure. Also, I remember wikipedia has some info on anodizing.

[B6 Dude]

Interesting thermal conductivity info here too... http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=233

[dougyfresh]

As long as the paint is applied in very thin coats I don't see why the Eastwood paint would be a problem. I am still going to get some quotes to anodize my IC.

To Jake's point, anodizing Type-III will be more durable than paint. It is, effectively, a hardcoating. Anodizing is also a very thin layer (0.001 inch) so you won't really see any losses in cooling effectiveness. Same goes for paint if you put a very thin layer of paint on.

[CO AVANT]

Go with type III hard anodizing. not the dye shit or paint. The core takes a beating on the road. Hard coat anodizing will provide better corrosion resistance and high durability. I can get your core anodized in Berthoud CO for $50.

[dougyfresh]

Go with type III hard anodizing. not the dye shit or paint. The core takes a beating on the road. Hard coat anodizing will provide better corrosion resistance and high durability. I can get your core anodized in Berthoud CO for $50.

If I can't find anything by Friday I'll be calling you and shipping you my core.

[InTTruder]

Increases delta-T cross the core, cuts down on cooling enough to matter. Question: WHY?

[sean1.8t]

Increases delta-T cross the core, cuts down on cooling enough to matter.

source?

[GTMRS4]

just go and get the evo comp fmic andonized black

[dougyfresh]

Yes, but I'm keeping my ASP intercooler. Its going into the mail today and Jordan is getting is anodized for me.