Exhaust Manifold Heat Shield

[T.D]

Hey, just bolted up my ATR43G3 .82 yesterday but my compressor housing is actually touching the exhaust manifold heat shield so I was wondering if it's ok to remove the heat shield and leave it off in order to give it clearance?

Or should I just leave it on as it is and not worry about the two touching?

Cheers.

[Branelly]

Wont have any problems removing it. I mean people run way bigger turbos with no heat shield.

[T.D]

Ahh ok then, but they're using an aftermarket manifold I assume?

I'm still running the stock manifold and wasn't sure if there would be too much heat being radiated if I removed it or if it would damage the turbo itself with the direct contact of the heatshield if I left it one.

What about if I trim the part of the heatshield that is touching? So only a small section of the exhaust manifold is exposed from where I trimmed it?

[ARTZ]

yeah just trim it or, have you tried hitting it with a hammer to make clearance, worked for me

[scotty nm35]

As Arthur T3 said, just ding it in a bit if you can so its not touching.

How did the intake go, did it all line up ok? When is the tune?

[T.D]

yeah just trim it or, have you tried hitting it with a hammer to make clearance, worked for me

No dramas mate, I'll try using a hammer but if that doesn't work, I'll trim it

As Arthur T3 said, just ding it in a bit if you can so its not touching.

How did the intake go, did it all line up ok? When is the tune?

Hey Scott, the intake is going excellent so far and as far as lining it all up, it MIGHT be too long so I'm gonna cut around 10mm off the AFM end.

Why "might"? Because the guys who installed it for me were dodgy as hell and instead of making sure everything fits nicely, they instead jammed everything in place, distorting all my silicon joiners. They more or less FORCED everything to fit and as such, even my catch can which is in the vicinity doesn't even sit right anymore

So now I'm going to have to spend all day tomorrow pulling everything apart so I can have peace of mind knowing it's all fitted properly.

But anyway, the tune is on Monday so when I get the car back, I'll definetly post results up and I'll def post pics of the intake pipe up

But until then, to anyone who's reading, if you're after a custom intake pipe, hit Scott up as the work he does is EXCELLENT and if I ever needed another pipe, I'd be going to him