Turbo Beanies

[tricstar]

I'm having trouble with getting a beanie that can handle the heat... engine 2.8L with 272jun cams and a TO4Z, had an old beanie off old turbo that I put on first and it kept smoldering when I turned car off, so the other day I got a new one from a turbo shop, drove for about 20 minutes, turned car off and same thing, it had burnt all the stitching..? both were soft cover beanies... obviously the turbo runs hotter because of the cams but what does everyone else use ??

[tricstar]

do other people use beanies without issue ( even with cams )

or could there be another problem causing turbo to get to hot ???

[Guilt-Toy]

i thought its normal for them to smoke when they are hot, especially when new! its when they catch fire when you need to worry.

[juggernaut1]

I use the ones with the steel mesh inside and soft outer so far no problems - see my avatar. My ex housing is also ceramic coated inside and out. My beanie doesn't smoke......only the tyres

Got the beanie from from HPinabox.

Edited September 1, 2010 by juggernaut1

[STATUS]

I use the ones with the steel mesh inside and soft outer so far no problems - see my avatar. My ex housing is also ceramic coated inside and out. My beanie doesn't smoke......only the tyres

Got the beanie from from HPinabox.

yeah the mesh is the trick, i love those ones, just wish they came without the ass branding on them.

There was talk of a plain one soon so i may check out their site 0

[tricstar]

I use the ones with the steel mesh inside and soft outer so far no problems - see my avatar. My ex housing is also ceramic coated inside and out. My beanie doesn't smoke......only the tyres

Got the beanie from from HPinabox.

yep I have ceramic coated dump and manifold and thats the exact same beanie I just roasted, cooked the stitching and was almost falling apart within 20 minutes,?

[STATUS]

yep I have ceramic coated dump and manifold and thats the exact same beanie I just roasted, cooked the stitching and was almost falling apart within 20 minutes,?

wow, its not lean or retarded is it? ive not burnt one even without the ceramic coating.

[Dobz]

If the stitching is burning it's definatley an issue with quality and any reputable company selling them should refund or replace it.

[tricstar]

If the stitching is burning it's definatley an issue with quality and any reputable company selling them should refund or replace it.

the place I brought it off did refund my money ..

[tricstar]

wow, its not lean or retarded is it? ive not burnt one even without the ceramic coating.

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could the turbos heat be the byproduct of a conservative tune, when it was tuned they said it very conservative, timing and fuel wise because it has no knock sensors ???

[l0WRB]

I thought they burn a lil when there new then after that they are right, must be gettin really hot under that beanie!