this car is only driven 2 times a week, and i wanted to see should i get my piping on my fmic powder coated, or should i just wrap it?, if i wrap it or will it catch on fire?

my list of mods:
+ecutek
+Perrin Front Mount Intercooler
+TXS MBC
+TOPSPEED ported/polished,clipped wheel, coated TD06H-20g
+PE 850cc
+Perrin Short Ram Intake System
+helix oilcathcan
+Hks Ti-Carbon Catback
+Godspeed Downpipe
+Walbro 255lph Fuel pump
+HKS SSQV BOV
+1 Step colder spark plugs

 

FMIC piping, as far as I know, gets nowhere near as hot as exaust piping and they wrap that all the time. So I'm sure wrapping IC tubes is fine...I have no idea about the pros/cons of powder coating them would be though.

 

I also have the front mount Perrin with FP RED turbo. I have my FMIC pipes powdercoated red to match the intake manifold. Looks sick with no problems. By wrap, I assume you mean header/insulative wrap? Or just decorative wrap? If its header type wrap, you may get a performance gain by insulating your pipes from the rather warm air in the engine compartment - prevent heat soak situation maybe? It would look like crap though.

 

look mean nothing to me

 

Well, powder coating your pipes will no nothing for you. It would be an asthetic upgrade only with no performance gain. You may wan't to ceramic coat your pipes to better insulate them but my jaw would hit the floor if you got more than 1 whp out of it.

 

Ive not heard of any significant gains from wraping FMIC piping as of yet, though if you intend to do so, only wrap the pipe from the intercooler to the throttle body(cold pipe) the hot pipe from the turbo is more often than not hotter than the ambient air temp in the engine bay, so insulating it to keep more heat inside would be a bit counter productive.