Best Method to fasten Turbo Blanket?
11-17-09, 02:53 AM
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Best Method to fasten Turbo Blanket?
yes, I searched.
What are you guys using to keep your turbo blanket nice and snug?
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Blanket has 2 pegs on each side.. Looks like it is intended to be wrapped with some heavy duty wire?
Thanks!
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!
11-17-09, 08:31 PM
#7
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.
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.
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11-17-09, 08:57 PM
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^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!
11-18-09, 09:56 AM
#11
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..
11-18-09, 05:27 PM
#12
that wouldn't be a bad idea, you could even include a turblown sticker 
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.. 
I'm such a ricer 
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.. I'm such a ricer
11-19-09, 02:07 PM
#15
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.
11-19-09, 02:38 PM
#17
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.
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.
11-22-09, 09:51 PM
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