I don’t have any experience with these parts (yet) but saw someone mentioning the thermal conductivity of aluminum vs various other materials.
Yes, aluminum conducts more heat than something like iron, and yes it can actually hold more heat than something like iron. However, that’s just looking at a max stored energy at the same temp which isn’t very relevant here.
The engine runs at temp X with or without the spacer, it has a max temperature it’ll reach due to the cooling system considered equilibrium. Higher conductivity also means that material will shed heat faster so after the engine reaches max temp and that heat soaks into all of the engine bay, the gasket/spacer would theoretically still reach temp X. However, if something such as air flow or coolant flow is able to draw heat away from the area and allow the spacers to go below temp X, a sensor/thermocouple mounted in a metal housing will read lower than something with lower thermal conductivity (better insulated) because it can shed that heat towards an area of lower thermal energy.
Disclaimer: this is all theoretical, real world stuff does real world stuff sometimes and I know math and physics not grammar.
I want to buy these I just have a hard time believing 1” will clear without some trimming on my car specifically which is why I’m just watching threads for now.
Yes, aluminum conducts more heat than something like iron, and yes it can actually hold more heat than something like iron. However, that’s just looking at a max stored energy at the same temp which isn’t very relevant here.
The engine runs at temp X with or without the spacer, it has a max temperature it’ll reach due to the cooling system considered equilibrium. Higher conductivity also means that material will shed heat faster so after the engine reaches max temp and that heat soaks into all of the engine bay, the gasket/spacer would theoretically still reach temp X. However, if something such as air flow or coolant flow is able to draw heat away from the area and allow the spacers to go below temp X, a sensor/thermocouple mounted in a metal housing will read lower than something with lower thermal conductivity (better insulated) because it can shed that heat towards an area of lower thermal energy.
Disclaimer: this is all theoretical, real world stuff does real world stuff sometimes and I know math and physics not grammar.
I want to buy these I just have a hard time believing 1” will clear without some trimming on my car specifically which is why I’m just watching threads for now.
