where to buy DEI thermal tape

[rev210]

51jay,

I wouldn't try using that foam stuff on your exhaust pipe. I bought some of that stuff from clark rubber for other pipes.

[51jay]

Rev210..... I specifically said it makes a very good cold air box.

the pipes have a 6mm thick layer of wrapping. The foil/foam from Clark rubber is by comparison pretty rubbishy. If you want the best I guess you have to pay for the best....... and , having seen my turbo glowing orange ....I want the best

[Guest robertr]

51Jay, are u really 51 yo? if u are, I just want to encourage you for driving a top MV and not listening to the "normal" 50 yo's.

Well done, keep up the good work.

[51jay]

robertr........... Thank you for your kind words,however, Imust confess....I lied about the 51.......I'll be 63 this year.

When we get this clutch thing sorted out we have high hopes of breaking into the high 12's

[Guest INASNT]

Originally posted by 51jay

robertr........... Thank you for your kind words,however, Imust confess....I lied about the 51.......I'll be 63 this year.  

When we get this clutch thing sorted out we have high hopes of breaking into the high 12's

damn good on ya, i hope i am like that when i am that age 2!!

[Jet]

I was just thinking....

if we wrap the heat sheild.

wouldnt the turbo builds up heat faster than it usually do? ie bad for the turbo?

cos all the heat got trapped near the turbo.

[Jet]

why dont we just wrap the turbo??

[Guest robertr]

trapping the heat is what u want. Heat energy drives a turbo don't forget

[51jay]

It's better to heat bag the turbo rather than wrap it....need to keep a bit of airspace around it...between it and the bag

[Guest robertr]

yeah that sheet stuff

[Guest robertr]

u can feed a lond metel tie in and out of the sheet, say 10mm in from one edge and then it will wrap up well.

[Belly_up]

or you can buy a purpose made turbo "beanie", eg this one from MazFix for $225...

[Cubes]

I think those beanies look quite good.

[Guest robertr]

For $240 you can buy a complete DEI Universal Turbo Kit and you get all this.

1 x Heat Screen Aluminised Radiant Matting (30cm x 90cm)

1 x 90mm of 6" wide exhaust wrap

1 x 24" of 2" exhaust wrap

2 x 20" s/steel ties

2 x 14" s/steel ties

[predator]

What is the whole theory behind wrapping the exhuast? After the waste air has left the turbo isn't it just fed out the back end?

Isn't it more productive to wrap your intercooler piping to keep the air cool that is being fed back into your engine?

Just posturising...

[Cubes]

Hotter air is faster air. Hence why you wrap the turbo and dump pipe and why manifolds are often HPC Coated to help reduce lag.

It also keeps the engine bay cooler which is good for everything else

[Belly_up]

and it gets the cat up to operating temp quicker. no that many car enthusiasts care, but if you wanted to get you car emissions tested etc, then it's beneficial. But as Joel pointed out, the main reason to wrap the dump pipe is to keep excess heat out of the engine bay. As Corky Bell points out, the biggest issue with maintaining reliability in turbocharged engines is thermal management, ie, keeping the heat where it's needed, and nowhere else.

[Zensoku]

you've hit the nail on the head.:uh-huh:

I have nothing to add.

[51jay]

Both you wrap the inlet pipe to stop it from adsorbing heat from the engine compartment

you wrap the dump pipe back to the cat to contain the heat in the exhaust 1) hotter exhaust stream means higher velocity airstream past the exhaust wheel of the turbo. 2) helps to stop radiated heat from the dump pipe heating up the engine bay

edit: oops ! Joel has allready said it:D

[Guest robertr]

funny how u see some people wrapping the inlet all the way, or nearly all the way down under the fender where the airflow would cool it down. now they are keeping the heat IN