Best Method to fasten Turbo Blanket?
 

yes, I searched.

What are you guys using to keep your turbo blanket nice and snug?

Info:
GT35r
Blanket has 2 pegs on each side.. Looks like it is intended to be wrapped with some heavy duty wire?


Thanks!

That's it. Its bailing wire or something similar that is tough enough to not fall apart from your bending and winding.

honestly... I tried to fit some wiring in there but it was kind of hard to do, so I just left it chillin on the hotside and have had zero problems. This a T4 P trim 1.00 A/R hotside, similar to what a lot of people run

I went to my local hobby lobby and picked up some floral wire. It works great :)

It does suck putting it on, but I've used needle nose to get it on.

Safety wire.

Ditto.

Has anyone else seen this happen from using a turbo blanket? I have used a few, but this is the only one I have pulled off a car. The turbine housing has obviously been over-heated. It happened in only 4,xxx hard miles. Peak egts were 1800deg F pre-turbine. Car was driven before this, in the same manor, with the same egts without the blanket and it was just fine..


There was no coating on this turbine housing either, that is the housing flaking.

^Seems like an erosion problem. Moisture could have become between the blanket and the turbine housing allowing for the decay. Did the car run a splash shield? Another RARE possibility is that an electrical component found a better grounding path... AGAIN RARE!

oh hey elliot, I got the lower intake manifold blanket in and it looks great! One question though, how would you suggest fastening the bottom using those two holes? I'm assuming just using a bit longer bolt in the lower intake manifold?

You've got it. I should start including new bolts...

This is an Arizona car, none of those are a possibility. I was told by a engineering that those turbine blankets don't allow the turbine housing to properly expand and contract and basically kill the turbos over time. This was coming from someone with over 25 years in the business..

that wouldn't be a bad idea, you could even include a turblown sticker :icon_tup: for the price it would be a plus and I'd even sport the sticker on my toolbox right next to companies like microtech, borla, zeitronix, hawk, gotham racing, world wide racing, etc.. etc.. etc.. :D I'm such a ricer :lol:

anyone else have issues with the turbine housing flaking from having a turbo blanket on it?

really?
could this be the possible cause?
b/c i just picked up a new turbo w/blanket & don't want to see this happen to me

I just spoke with a friend who experienced the same thing. He sent the turbine housing off to a lab, which cut it in half and tested it. The turbine housing was deteriorated .050" down into the housing. Basically just overheated.

Would a steel, reflecting type shield be a better solution, maybe combined with ceramic coating?

i wouldn't make such a big deal about turbo blanket's effect on turbo life. What percentage of people here drive their single turbo car more than about 5-7k miles a year excluding road trips?

The best heat shielding is OEM heat shielding you'll find on any car with a factory single turbo. The factory heat shields you'll see on 2nd gen Rx-7's or on STi's all strike a balance between how much heat is kept in and how much heat is allowed to radiate out. We are all running aftermarket setups, so you're going to have to make compromises. Either you install a turbo blanket and have some reduction in turbo life (which cannot really be quantified), or you expose everything in the engine bay to that big heat sink of a turbo and decrease the life of wiring, hoses, etc.

Also, you MUST remember that water cooled turbos continue to cool when the engine is shut off.