Question about heat wrap for a turbo...
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Question about heat wrap for a turbo... So I have fixed almost all my turbo clearance issues, however there is still one I haven't figured out yet. There are metal (I think factory aluminum) coolant lines on the passenger side of the engine bay that my passenger side primary is touching. I plan on heat wrapping the primaries with titanium lava heat wrap (rated at 3000 degrees Fahrenheit), but I still don't like that it hits the unprotected coolant line. I don't want to go through the PITA of moving and refabricating the metal coolant line, so I had planned on shielding it instead.
My question is, which would be better? Using the titanium lava heat wrap (same wrap I used on the primaries) rated at 3000 degrees? Or should I use the standard high temperature Aluminized heat blanket rated at 2000 degrees instead? Numbers to numbers it is obvious, but I don't know enough about the difference in design to know if the heat blanket is more of a reflective material meant to block the temp more than the heat wrap would be or not.
My question is, which would be better? Using the titanium lava heat wrap (same wrap I used on the primaries) rated at 3000 degrees? Or should I use the standard high temperature Aluminized heat blanket rated at 2000 degrees instead? Numbers to numbers it is obvious, but I don't know enough about the difference in design to know if the heat blanket is more of a reflective material meant to block the temp more than the heat wrap would be or not.
So I have fixed almost all my turbo clearance issues, however there is still one I haven't figured out yet. There are metal (I think factory aluminum) coolant lines on the passenger side of the engine bay that my passenger side primary is touching. I plan on heat wrapping the primaries with titanium lava heat wrap (rated at 3000 degrees Fahrenheit), but I still don't like that it hits the unprotected coolant line. I don't want to go through the PITA of moving and refabricating the metal coolant line, so I had planned on shielding it instead.
My question is, which would be better? Using the titanium lava heat wrap (same wrap I used on the primaries) rated at 3000 degrees? Or should I use the standard high temperature Aluminized heat blanket rated at 2000 degrees instead? Numbers to numbers it is obvious, but I don't know enough about the difference in design to know if the heat blanket is more of a reflective material meant to block the temp more than the heat wrap would be or not.
My question is, which would be better? Using the titanium lava heat wrap (same wrap I used on the primaries) rated at 3000 degrees? Or should I use the standard high temperature Aluminized heat blanket rated at 2000 degrees instead? Numbers to numbers it is obvious, but I don't know enough about the difference in design to know if the heat blanket is more of a reflective material meant to block the temp more than the heat wrap would be or not.
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