My Z3 is still for sale, but I am not gonna stop working on my car, so I decided to try and finish the air intake heat box. I made the templetes and ready to put together, this isnt going to cost anything I have all the things I need at home.

As for the actuall material being used, I have enough of the following, but dont know which would be best to keep intake temps down.


ABS Plastic
Stainless Steal
Aluminum
FiberGlass


Thank guys!

 

cardboard?

 

Are you for real...? lol Come on man.

 

hahaha i jk stainless steal is a very hard material and is a pain in the ass to work with. and metal retains heat so i would think it would work well as a heat sink. and i dont know the caracturistics of fiberglass.

if i had to guess id say aluminium or abs.

 

Are you seriously forreal?

ABS plastic!?

 

Is there not three other opitions?

I am guesing abs plastic might not hold up to heat well, but its not close to the engine, it was a question.

I am thinking stainless steal, aluminum, but if fiberglass works, great, I have plenty.

 

all he is doing is making a heat shield for the intake iirc, whats wrong with abs? but i still say aluminium would work the best.

 

He's acting like I am making a heat cove for a exhaust
manifold.

 

Hell man, they make intake manifolds out of abs.. itll be fine. But I think fiberglass would be the best insulator, but also the hardest to work with..