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Originally Posted by sho928
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That's just sick...
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Originally Posted by 8cd03gro
Do you have all your hot-side piping wrapped and/or coated? How about turbo blanket(s)? I spent a lot of time wrapping and coating hot-side components and with my turbo blanket and phenolic spacers on the intake manifold I can touch my intercooler (mounted on top of the engine, right above the turbo) and intake manifold bare-handed after spirited driving. Before all the heat managing stuff I could press the intercooler sprayer and the first bit of water would turn to steam. Not something anyone would want to touch. Proper heat management makes a WORLD of difference on forced induction cars.
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Interesting information for sure, and will lead me to doing some research...
My turbos are bottom mounted, and get quite a bit of fresh air pouring over them at speed. There are no blankets on them.We have everything in the area wrapped to protect it from exhaust heat, and the inlet and boost pipes are coated.
Hmmm, you have me thinking though...
Part of the problem that we are going to address before I run the mile is that most of the face of the intercooler is behind the metal bumper. There is a little shroud but I dont think it's particularly effective, as it services more the radiator...
I am looking at cutting the bumper and rebuilding it with slats rather than a flat face... I am also going to vent the hood to remove air and under hood heat...
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