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Old 03-09-04, 06:46 PM
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not putting turbo heat shields, is it bad?

anyone has any experience with that?
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i wouldnt do it considering the amout of heat the turbos put off. With all the effort to keep the engine bay cool and fab heat shields to keep intake temps down why run with out the heat shields.
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Keep the heat shields. The engine wiring harness runs not too far above them. Heat rises...
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Why would you not want to run the heat shields?
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Use the shields.
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well the thing is that i put everything back and forgot to install them.

Should i tear everything apart or just leave it like that?

that is a lot of work to remove everything.

Oh and not my car by the way
Old 03-09-04, 09:32 PM
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Originally posted by puma

Oh and not my car by the way
LOL. Dont do a crappy job! Put it on unless he is using an aftermarket dp.
Old 03-09-04, 10:17 PM
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just wrap yoru downpipe
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I didn't use one for 5k miles running 17lbs. Didn't notice anything. I was also using BNR stage 2s and they might stay a bit cooler than stockers
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turbos less heat
engine bay more heat

your call

I like them off.
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werd, gotta be able to see the turbo. i don't have mine on either. i know i should put them back on.
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Originally posted by Sesshoumaru
turbos less heat
engine bay more heat

your call

I like them off.
The problem with that is that the the stock turbo manifolds are cast iron, and cast iron is one of the best metals for heat retention, so after a hard run all that heat from the 1700* exhaust is held in that cast iron, causing it to just bake the crap out of the wiring harness. Keep the shields!
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bah

you need to reloom the harness anyway

my FC one is holding up really well and it's been over a year.

I would keep them on for the abs and other stuff but i let the turbos run free.
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Cool

LOL. I did the same efing thing. So I modified it a bit to get it in there and do some good, that was 50Kkm ago, seems to be fine, oh I also have an HKS downpipe.
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Originally posted by puma
well the thing is that i put everything back and forgot to install them.

Should i tear everything apart or just leave it like that?

that is a lot of work to remove everything.

Oh and not my car by the way
i did the same as you, but you can easily put it on from underneith the car. will take you approximately 20 mins w/ a cigarette break to complete.
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ask the columbia space shuttle crew
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Have you ever had to buy a new harness?

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Old 03-20-04, 12:45 AM
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na I just reloom

The shitty FD I got had nasty connectors so I just bought a jspec for 150 and reloomed. Better than new with the resistor mod.
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