I have important stuff that sits in the passenger side of the engine compartment and am looking to protect them a little better from heat. (Fuse block, EBC, Wiring, GAS TANK!OMG) Would it be a better idea to create a heat-sheild to cover the turbo, or better to invest in a turbo blanket. In addition to those questions does anyone have a picture of a good heatsheild setup? Are there any recommended turbo blankets?

Thankyou.

 

you have a gas tank in your engine compartment? i sure hope your joking

 

Thats what I thought.

 

I'd advise moving the fuse box out of the engine compartment to protect it from corrosion, moisture and heat.

That said, both a heat shield and blanket will do the job. A blanket tries to keep the heat inside the turbine, a heat shield just keeps it from effecting what is shielded. Why not both?

Make sure to get a QUALITY blanket. The DEI universal sucks. It will not hold the heat of the rotary for more then a few days.

 

The Thermotec universal sucks too. I burned off the aluminized stuff in just a few hours. Now all that is left is the exhaust wrap type material.

 

gotham racing makes a great blanket (or at least they used to), its about $150 or so IIRC

 

Yea I am really leaning towards a heat sheild but have not really ever seen one on an rx7.

 

Mazda designed the factory heatsheild's to work! IF you use a blanket it could cause cracks.

IF you have the money you can have it coated with some some kind of spray. I forget what it's called maybe someone could chime in.

 

I never had any of the turbo heat-shielding in my car (the turbo engine didnt come with it when I swapped it in) so I used one of the gotham racing turbo blankets and that side of the engine bay is quite a bit cooler than it had been unless I'm driving for very long periods of time (but then again, anything you have there will heatsoak given enough time). It seems to have held up well, its a bit crispy now but i've had the turbo glowing pretty intensely with it on, so it seems to have done a good job.

 

I had no idea there was a factory heat sheild because I have never seen one on an fc

 

i bought this heat blanket, ihave heard from two rotary owners that it works and they can place there hand on it.
should be reciving mine tomorrow and comes in 4 colors:black, red ,grey, chrome.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Unive...mZ300241641161

 

let me know how that works I was looking at those.

 

we were talking this weekend about wrapping downpipes, these people were saying how wrapping the WHOLE DP resulted in a huge difference in the car as far as heat goes, as well as the shifter assembly.

Im going to do mine to keep the car from cooking itself.
If I was you I would do the turbo, AND the dp

 

The s4 and s5 heatsheilds are diffrent. You could find some in the F/S section. Wrapping the downpipe will cause it crack sooner or later.

Here is a pic of my s5 heatsheild and wrap.

 

then I will just buy another downpipe when that happens, well worth the comfort of not being roasted in the car

 

wow the heatshield looks plenty effective. I am going to look for one

 

correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that the stock heat shield?...or at least it looks like it bolts to the stock locations.

 

Pac Performance in Oz has one of these...very nice product.

 

Yea it is, I was asking what it looked like because I have never seen one.

 

I have a set of s4 turbo heatsheilds I will sale for $35+ shipping. They are like new. You could then wrap your downpipe. I used some stuff off ebay. I also bought some kind of spray that was applied to the heatwrap.

 

Now are you suppose to spray that stuff on before you wrap the pipe or after? and what exactly is its purpose? to keep out moister ?

 

I've never seen nor heard of any blanket causing cracks.

I have a blanket on my turbo, and then the downpipe and manifold is wrapped with a layer of heat wrap. Should have done two layers, which I will get around to doing eventually....

 

aaron- did you do a before and after with the wrap or have you always had it like that?

mine is wrapped just near the intake, but thats it- im going to wrap all the way down to the pre-silencer now and double wrap it

 

I have the Gotham Racing blanket and I am happy with it.

 

I used DEi Hi-Temp silicon coating. It says it seals and protects exhaust wraps.