Turbo People?

GEMGEM · tinkerer Joined: 09 Oct 2001 Posts: 74

Does ne one know about ways of keeping the heat in with turbos, ie whether theres some type of heat shielding tape that can be wrapped around the exaust menifold! IF so where can I get them from??
Also has ne one heard of little heat proof jumpers for turbos!
Has ne one had problems with heat effecting the paint on the bonnet??
Have heater hoses running close to the exaust dump pipe from the turboproned to splitting from the high heat, if so whats the best solution!

Gene FJ20DET · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 10:47 am Post subject: Re: Turbo People?

yeah u can buy "jumpers" for them.there expencive. look in hot4s mags, alot of cars have them.
auto barn and hardcore etc.. have em
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Gene FJ20DET · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 10:48 am Post subject: Re: Turbo People?

u can also buy heat wrap. its like a fire/heat proof fabric tape that u wrap around ya exhaust manifold and other high temp hoses
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hypaTG · backyard mechanic Joined: 15 Oct 2002 Posts: 524

dyson rotary in geelong sell turbo beanies. i think they are about $140.
go rotors!!!!

GasGem · backyard mechanic Joined: 05 Nov 2001 Posts: 755

Also if you have the early hash pre TF, then you can fit a TX heater unit and the heater hoses then go in and out on each side of the head and you can fill in the holes near your dump pipe. Also a heat sheld can be fabricated to avoid heat near the bonnet, also consider the left hand front brake line, you should protect that as well as once you boil brake fluid it makes stopping in a straight line difficult.

you can buy thin pipe shielding at most performance shops.

cheer
Eggy

GEMGEM · tinkerer Joined: 09 Oct 2001 Posts: 74

What would u expect the going price for the heat proof tape would be? If using it on manifolds etc, would the metal need to be cleaned ie sand blasted for better adhesion!

Gene FJ20DET · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 1:16 pm Post subject: Re: Turbo People?

im not sure. i know a guy who just wraped it up thast it. no prep. im not sure how much it costs.
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GasGem · backyard mechanic Joined: 05 Nov 2001 Posts: 755

it does not stick to the manifolds, it is like a thick canvas type material you have to wrap it and then clamp it with stainless steel ties.

GEM4PLAY · tinkerer Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Posts: 252

have you considered having the manifold HPC coated. it will cost a bit more but will look and work better then wrap. also depending what your manifold is made from wraping it could cause the welds to weakin. thats the advice i got when i was going to wrap my stainless manifold.

-Andrew

Gene FJ20DET · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 4:05 pm Post subject: Re: Turbo People?

only cos stainless is alot more britle
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GasGem · backyard mechanic Joined: 05 Nov 2001 Posts: 755

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GEM4PLAY · tinkerer Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Posts: 252

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rust3 · backyard mechanic Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Posts: 971

theres 2 types... the canvas stuff which dont stick, then there is the silvery one which does stick. some brands aslo recommend not wraping the ehaust manifold, so watch out for that