Heat wrap and ceramic coating
I recently purchased the 500r hp from a-spec, i got the hotside of the turbo and the downpipe ceramic coated, and I was wondering if heat wrapping the downpipe will yield any positive, or negative results. I wanna keep under hood temps down, but I have heard of premature wear when these two items are combined. Also, the car never drives in the rain so the heat wrap moisture thing is a non issue. Thnx
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it will for a while but the heat wrap is useless, as within a week it burned off! only think i see worth it is wrapping your wires around the turbo (and the a/c line) with a coated heat wrap to prevent any wires or hoses from burning.
Oh and the turbo blanket is the best item i have under the hood (besides the motor :D ) |
Definitely invest in a turbo heat blanket in addition to the ceramic coating :icon_tup:
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turbo blanket
Are their any turbo blankets that you guys have better luck with than others. Which one is the best ?
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There's no disadvantage to having ceramic coating and a turbo blanket besides the cost.
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Originally Posted by 1ROTOR2NV
(Post 8956333)
I recently purchased the 500r hp from a-spec, i got the hotside of the turbo and the downpipe ceramic coated, and I was wondering if heat wrapping the downpipe will yield any positive, or negative results. I wanna keep under hood temps down, but I have heard of premature wear when these two items are combined. Also, the car never drives in the rain so the heat wrap moisture thing is a non issue. Thnx
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disregard.
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Hey! I was limited to the pieces I was able to rummage up. That's a Special Ed 5 year old to you buddy. :P
Anyways I'm redoing it. |
gotham racing turbo blanket fit over my t78 pretty good. 2 years & its a little dirty but still works
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Originally Posted by darkside7
(Post 8971560)
I'm thinking about wrapping both my downpipe and the manifold as well. Will this hurt it in any ways?
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Unless the ceramic coating was done at Swaintech there will be a definite improvement by wrapping it, same with a turbo blanket on the hotside. Wrapping or coating the header is a must do if you are concerned about under hood temps.
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You mean like this? I had to modify the downpipe a little so I lost the wastegate shields but 85% of it is there. It is worth every penny.
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That's interesting. What is that exactly and where does one acquire such a thing? Looks great!
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+1 thats pretty cool.. looks like the turbo blanket material fabbed up for other parts? how much does taht stuff run for? more details......
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So whats the census on the actual wrapping or covering of the lim, with specific reference to the gold wrap. I have seen other insualting products that could be manipulated to form fit the lim.
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