Is it worth wrapping cold air intake shrouds in insulation blanket?

[Jason Corradi]

Thoughts and experiences, guys,
I plan to install a K&N Typhoon cold air intake onto my GT for both looks and the potential performance increase.
The shrouds around the filters are metal and not fully enclosed. Would it be worth the hassle to stick insulation around the outside of the shrouds to better insulate the air filters?
Currently, I'm noting the outside air temperatures and the intake temperature with the OEM setup. Intake temp seems to sit around 30 degrees (Celsius) regardless of whether the outside temperatures are slightly higher or lower than that.

What opinions do you guys have?

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[robvas]

No. The air isn't in the tube long enough to be heated up.

 

[bountifulgoose]

My air temps stay within 1-2 degrees of ambient if not ambient air temps.

 

[robvas]

My air temps stay within 1-2 degrees of ambient if not ambient air temps.

Helps to say what intake you have

and is this at idle? Cruise? Highway speed?

 

[bountifulgoose]

Helps to say what intake you have

and is this at idle? Cruise? Highway speed?

Stock, at cruise, highway it stays ambient, idle can get 20-30 degrees above ambient.

 

[Zig]

Stock, at cruise, highway it stays ambient, idle can get 20-30 degrees above ambient.

Which would seem to imply yes it might be worth it?

 

[Zig]

Thoughts and experiences, guys,
I plan to install a K&N Typhoon cold air intake onto my GT for both looks and the potential performance increase.
The shrouds around the filters are metal and not fully enclosed. Would it be worth the hassle to stick insulation around the outside of the shrouds to better insulate the air filters?
Currently, I'm noting the outside air temperatures and the intake temperature with the OEM setup. Intake temp seems to sit around 30 degrees (Celsius) regardless of whether the outside temperatures are slightly higher or lower than that.

What opinions do you guys have?

Sure would hate for the wrap to flap and find it’s way into the fan or hot exhaust

 

[robvas]

Which would seem to imply yes it might be worth it?

You're not getting fresh air when you're stopped. You're getting hot air from the pavement/engine bay

wrap it watch your air temps remain the same. It's not heating up in a plastic tube when it's going through there at 100mph

 

[Zig]

You're not getting fresh air when you're stopped. You're getting hot air from the pavement/engine bay

wrap it watch your air temps remain the same. It's not heating up in a plastic tube when it's going through there at 100mph

Which means sitting it’s being heated? isn’t the engine behind / after the intake, hoover is first unless he’s sitting behind a bus? (Pavement heat has that much of an impact?)

 

[robvas]

Which means sitting it’s being heated? isn’t the engine behind / after the intake, hoover is first unless he’s sitting behind a bus? (Pavement heat has that much of an impact?)

It's hot before it ever gets to the car

You never been on the pavement on a sunny day? Way hotter than regular

 

[Zig]

It's hot before it ever gets to the car

You never been on the pavement on a sunny day? Way hotter than regular

So motion cools the stagnant air to ambient but faster doesn’t create cooler?

there is some heat soak but with the algo in use not as much of a problem as it once was.

 

[Zig]

You never been on the pavement on a sunny day? Way hotter than regular

Which makes those ‘feels like’ weather forecasts relative. Either the average obese or the statistically morbidly obese would seem to ‘feel’ differently.

 

[bountifulgoose]

Which would seem to imply yes it might be worth it?

That heat wrap works both ways, it reflects heat from the engine bay yes and is useful while moving especially on boosted applications, however sitting still idling the heat that is inside the intake gets trapped inside. If you had metal intake tubes it would be worse.
All I know is I can play with my mustang on a 120 degree day and my temps are fine. But if you want to wrap it and spend the money be my guest.

 

[Zig]

… the heat that is inside the intake gets trapped inside.

If it’s insulated how’d it get there, vacuum from external?

 

[bountifulgoose]

If it’s insulated how’d it get there, vacuum from external?

Exactly, its why on on turbo cars in the past I avoided wrapping the hot pipe and only put. wrap on the cold pipe.

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