Thread: Blox intake velocity stacks?

Okay, what are you talking about? Seriously, IT IS CHROMED. WTF WOULD YOU PUT WAX ON IT?

A stack Ben.... the farging stack Ben.

Ben.... Can you hear me Ben?

lol

Pits. Have you ever seen chrome up close?

Polished is one thing.. but chrome dipped is way way different.

Sentrixx you may be on to something but this is what I know about wax.

It is hydrophobic. This means water magnetically apposes it, making water molecules line up in neat rows next to the wax but rarely "touching" it eliminating a huge source of friction between wax or waxed objects and water/snow/ice.

Wax fills microscopic holes in less than smooth surfaces creating a smoother surface with less boundary layer turbulence.

We're talking about a chromed piece (chrome plating also microscopically fills holes) and we're not dealing with water so how is there to be less air friction by using wax?

Edit: I see... So we're assuming the eBay "chrome" item is not really chrome plated?
Okay, fine. You win.

I've never seen anything dipped in "chrome" so I wouldn't know. Only seen stuff dipped in copper solutions followed by nickle. Seems to come out smooth as glass.

I know I'm sounding like an ass (when I'm not trying to) so I'm going to stop now. Big misunderstanding. My bad. :o

Do you know how little air actually goes across the surface of the stack? Its insignificant compared to the air that travels down the center of the stack. I agree, there will be pits in any surface, and wax would fill these, but there would be no measurable difference in doing this.

LMAO! YAAAAAAAAAAY!

Just my personal experiences from working in a electro plating shop. Personally if I was going to go with this I would have it polished. Honestly tho Ben, I have waxed many things in my like on my cars. Rims being one of them with carnauba wax in the part. And dirt and such are less likly to stick to it.

Now I don't have numbers to back anything up what so ever. But I did take my BPi flow stack and lightly sand it down. And polished the inside. And noticed a 2 degree temp difference from my CAI.

I agree.. But then why port and polish? Same concept don't you think?

That's actually why I didn't go with the BPi flow stack. The surface looked way too rough for me. I would have done the same thing to it (sand it at least). I saved my time/energy/money and got an aluminum knock-off BLOX flow stack because it's smooth on the inside. I don't normally like to buy knock-offs, but it was a better product in my opinion.

Same concept as polishing yah (not porting). I'm with yah on that. But Dan thinks I pay way too much attention to that sort of thing.

Well...BLOX I was not to familiar with at the time. But BPi had my eye just for the fact that it was what JWT was missing from theirs. I never understood the concept that JWT had.

Honestly tho I'm with you on details. Details of a fine build is what make them stand out. Anyone can put on a intake and cat back but things like a good tuck and alan heads are what set things apart.