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Turbo Blanket
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:09 pm
by Hammer
Has anyone fitted one of these into their turbos? What are the pros and cons of fitting one?
I'd like to contain/lower the temperature in the engine bay and this might be the solution.
Currently I've got an ACL Ceramic Heatshield fitted (as manufactured by the guys from ACT). Great product and does wonders at reducing the heat, but I seem to be getting some metalic vibration from the bracket (or the ceramic shield) at higher revs - I don't know how to fix it. So I'm considering removing it and replacing it with the turbo blanket.
Any comments?
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:42 pm
by Juffa
I just did a seatch on 'blanket' in the miataturbo forum.
See the results here ==>>
http://forums.miataturbo.net/search.php?searchid=189341J
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 10:07 pm
by Garry
The instructions on the one I was looking at suggested removing it at the end of each drive to stop the retained heat cooking the turbo bearings. Sounded to hard to me so I went with Russell's heat shield. The bottom heatshield bracket that attaches to the dump pipe broke on my car which was causing a few rattles. I manufactured a new one and it's been fine ever since.
It's easy to bend Hammer, though be careful, the edges are sharp. You might be able to loosen the attaching bolts and bend/move it around a bit to stop any rattles, assuming all the brackets are still in tact.
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 10:51 pm
by Hammer
Thanks Garry, I might have to fiddle around a bit more to source the rattle. It's just annoying - the rattle. I hate things that rattle in the car.
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:49 pm
by NMX516
As Garry eluded to, they can trap the heat in around the turbo and cause more harm than good if you're not careful.
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:59 am
by Benny
Garry wrote:The instructions on the one I was looking at suggested removing it at the end of each drive to stop the retained heat cooking the turbo bearings.
Maybe you should ad a cooling system to the blanket so you won't have to take it off all the time.
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:50 am
by green_comet
You could always get the lot HPC coated, with Hipercoat Extreme. Its meant to work wonders on lowering engine bays temps on turbo cars..
http://www.hpcoatings.com.au/pages/hiperext.htmI have my extractors in the car HPC coated, it is the best investment I have made..
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:11 pm
by Garry
The SP's came with their hot bits ceramic coated but it still gets toasty warm under the bonnet.