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Turbo Blankets
Hi All,
Has anyone used a turbo blanket? PTP Turbo Blankets has a product that "seems" great but I am wondering if any of you have had any experiences with these? PTP Turbo Blankets Seems like if you combined one of those with a coated header/crossover-pipe/ down pipe you could really decrease engine bay temps? Thoughts? TIA
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02-04-2013, 01:58 PM
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I have bought one myself, haven't tried it yet though as I am currently rebuilding my engine. Am gonna put wrapping on the manifolds and x-over also. reducing underhood temps is a good thing. Also it gives the added effect of hotter exhaust gas, which promotes spoolup/reduces lag.
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I wrapped a portion of my exhaust... the point at which it passes close to oil pan gasket. I cooked the crap out of my last gasket, although it was probably time to change it anyway. So I just wanted to keep a little of the heat away from it.
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Jaxturbo,
I took my oil pan off this past week. The gasket looked new @ 109K mi. Do you have all the heat shields installed? Pax side under the headers and drivers side under the turbo oil line?
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anyone install a turbo blanket on 951 ? Can i get it around the hot side by removing the TB and hard pipes ?
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I have had a blanket on for 3+ years. I believe it was a PTP t3/t4 model. Need to remove intake to get access to install. I also wrapped my crossover pipe at the same time. Engine bay still gets incredibly hot. Not sure the blanket made any noticeable difference in underhood temps.
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Yup, you pretty much have to take off the intake-manifold to get to the turbine. You're 80% there once you've got the charge-pipe off. Leave the throttle-body and fuel-rail attached to intake-manifold. Flip it over towards the passenger side, tie to cruise-control bracket and you've got full access to turbo.
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