I have a 20 Redeye and for some reason I decided I wanted to try the 1'' blower spacers on a "stock" Redeye.
They are a limited production run and by adding it on a stock vehicle it should help determine if they will make a difference or not.
I had regular spacers on my 16 manual car and it seemed to help. 1" Hellcat Trackhawk Blower Spacer Plates – Fi Interchillers Online Store
Hope you're able to shut the hood. My blower rubs the hood insulation with just the regular spacers. 1" would cause clearance issues for sure.
Note they call them TRACKHAWK spacers for a reason.
I call 100% BS...notice in their photos they claim it to be 91* ambient, however the I/C coolant temp is only 30*, and in the other photo its 84* ambient, and the I/C coolant temp is 15*...I don't believe the hype
No. I really don’t think they will clear the hood.
I tried to exchange them for regular ones and he declined to help me exchange them.
they are still sealed in shipping package.
No. I really don’t think they will clear the hood.
I tried to exchange them for regular ones and he declined to help me exchange them.
they are still sealed in shipping package.
I’ve used the red/pink cometic gaskets (for hellcat), the grey cometic gaskets (for hellcat), the stock metal/rubber gaskets, and the fi spacers with o rings.
Whether they cool or not, stock gaskets introduce oil. These are mine after pulling and I have a catch can. I used to have occasional start up smoke and under WOT and after finding this and it going away after the blower spacers I think they are likely worth it for this alone.
the real problem is this shouldn’t happen if you’re not pressuring your crankcase. I think a breather would prevent this oil bleed over as well, because it’s being pushed up out of the oil fill port in the heads Due to the cranks case being pressurized
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.
I just put spacers on mine yesterday. Here is the oil that was on the top of the heads when k pulled the gaskets. They do allow leaks and I would much rather trust to the Spacers than the crappy stock gaskets.
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