Ic Piping - Stainless Steel vs Mild Steel vs Aluminium

[CONSIGLIERI]

Hello friends.

Can someone explain me if there is any significant/noticiable proven difference between Stainless Steel, Mild Steel or Aluminium in IC Piping, specially in hot/lower

I have a Dejon UICP and am about to buy J-Pipes for the lower.

Oh, I know that aluminium is lighter and dissipates heat better and Stainless Steel is harder and last "forever", but does it really make a difference in heatsoak or hp gain/loss ?

Thanks !!!

 

[Pwrtrip75]

Aluminum will soak/dissipate heat a lot faster. The only time it would probably matter is if you had your car off, the hood closed, and everything was allowed to heat soak, it would just take longer for the pipes to cool off being steel or SS..... so if you were in the staging lanes and only had minimal time between runs, steel or SS would take longer to cool. Daily driver/cruiser.... probably wouldnt make much difference. Pipe routing makes a difference also..... wrapping them helps too depending on where they are routed.

 

[agentorange313]

Hello friends.

Can someone explain me if there is any significant/noticiable proven difference between Stainless Steel, Mild Steel or Aluminium in IC Piping, specially in hot/lower

I have a Dejon UICP and am about to buy J-Pipes for the lower.

Oh, I know that aluminium is lighter and dissipates heat better and Stainless Steel is harder and last "forever", but does it really make a difference in heatsoak or hp gain/loss ?

Thanks !!!

SS piping doesn't have a chance of bending or denting if you tighten the coupler too tight. I have seen this so many times with aluminum, in fact I have seen over tightening cause boost leaks. I think this would should be considered, there can be huge HP losses form leaks.

If you are worried about heat soaking the metal, there are alternatives, wrapping the piping in the heated areas, heatshield for exhaust components.

I am using ETS piping and no complaint, I know aluminum is considerably lighter, but the SS has its benefits.

 

[brian9397gsx]

I always use stainless or mild steel any more. Ive used aluminum in the past and do not like it, it scratches to easy cant weld it with my welder and bends to easy, to easy to oval and get a good seal.

 

[92AWDHX40]

My aluminum scratches easy too dont like it either but the op has some ideas now of what he wants to use.