SetH
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Registered: 15th Jul 01
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Right, There is no heat shield on my turbo, previous owner removed it to allow clearance for the FMIC piping. This in itself has created another problem, the piping passes right over the turbo so im guessing there could be a lot of heat soak here right?
The downpipe is wrapped nicely, however the turbo itself is bare.
Take a look at the pics and you can see how close the piping passes to the turbo:
Now i cant see how you could successfuly heat wrap the turbo, just isnt the right shape to be done properly? do u agree?
I have thought about wrapping the IC piping with exhaust wrap (have some left over), or maybe get some kind of heatretardent material and wrap with that?
Failing that is there such thing as a turbo blanket?
would rather try and contain the heat at source (turbo), as have induction kit also and want to keep under bonnet temps down.
my inlet temps so far are usually just a little above atmospheric, ie today has been 19/20 degrees, rising to 40 in heavy stop start traffic.
suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
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