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Old May 29, 2002 | 09:05 PM
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Thumbs up Thermo-tec exhaust wrap

I recently pulled my turbos to port the wastegate, and while i had everything off I decided to put some of the exhaust wrap on it. I made a little heatshield peice for the top of the turbos, and wrapped the downpipe and midpipe as well. I have to say that it made quite a difference. I can now comfortably touch (not for too long) my ABS heatsheild. It seems to have cooled the turbo area down quite a bit. It was $46 for 50 feet, and that covered the turbos, downpipe, and midpipe. It wasn't that hard to do either. Just thought I'd share.
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Old May 29, 2002 | 09:48 PM
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I don't think you want to do that on a street car. It may help with spool up and keep underhood temperatures down, but you're also subjecting the covered parts to a shitload of extra heat and something might break. If you want the same effect get a Jethot coating on the INSIDE of the parts that can be coated.
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Old May 29, 2002 | 09:57 PM
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I'm not too worried about subjecting the downpipe and midpipe to high temperatures, though. They can handle it. And the piece over my turbos is just like the stock heatsheild.
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Old May 30, 2002 | 03:40 AM
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3trickpony-you can't have that done on the INSIDE of a turbo!
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Old May 30, 2002 | 03:56 AM
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How many layers did you use? I used 8 layers on my DP and I can grab it and hold on to it after a hard run. I also made heat sheilding around my ABS to protect it from heat (used 4 layers, i stiched it together with the strands of the thermotec wrap )

BTW: Its about 35 bucks from Summit for 2inch 50 foot section
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Old May 30, 2002 | 06:38 AM
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It's hard to say if I noticed any performance difference from it, because at the same time I took the restrictor plate out of my exhaust. My main reason was for less heat.
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