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Originally Posted by visuelz
I've been reading up a lot on this and I'm not buying it. The gasket was replaced from metal to this new material. That means it doesn't transfer heat anymore to the manifold. That also means the engine doesn't cool as fast anymore. Any ideas?
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I understand what your theory is; the IM is acting like a big passive radiator for the motor.
Well, if our engines were air cooled then I can surely understand how doing this may not be as beneficial but since we have an internally liquid cooled engine the issue should be non existent. The cooling system will keep the engine at it's operating temperature and with the IM gasket keeping the IM cooler that makes less trapped heat to dissipate.
Someone would more likely notice gains on a boosted application where the intake temperatures are much higher but there is absolutely no harm in doing it otherwise.