Removing heat shield - turbo

the trick to the hidden heater hose is this.

once you've abused it off, (cut it with a stanly, twisted the thing with slip joints, whatever)

clean up the surfaces of the fittings, wipe them and the inside of the hose with concentrated coolant. slide the clamps onto the fittings, slide the hose up onto the smaller fitting, place the clamp in position but dont tighten it, push it all the way on and then some, lever the large end onto its fitting and the wiggle it back.

put the clamps on.

well I ordered this one at lunchtime. So have I bought the correct one? :)

T3 Black Under Out Lava Turbo Blanket 5cm x 5M Black Lava Heat Wrap | eBay


I couldn't really tell the difference between them. The ones out of the US did look a bit better, but they were a whole lot more expensive. Turns out I only had about 2m of the exhaust, wrap, so I got this one with the wrap.

I'll post up some pics of it when it arrives.

dunno, im on interslow at the moment and ebay wont load.

as for the pies bouncing out.

you'd be quietly amazed at how well things stay in there.

I've never lost anything from on that heat shield yet.

its got the primary coolant hose mount up the front, the hose bend down the back the rocker cover on one side and a bend in it on the other to keep the food in place. If you happen to hit something hard enough that the delta V of the food is higher than the engine movement and vehicle movent to cause it to lift out of its position then you will have other bigger things to worry about at the time.

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Originally Posted by clintooo

well I ordered this one at lunchtime. So have I bought the correct one? :)

T3 Black Under Out Lava Turbo Blanket 5cm x 5M Black Lava Heat Wrap | eBay


I couldn't really tell the difference between them. The ones out of the US did look a bit better, but they were a whole lot more expensive. Turns out I only had about 2m of the exhaust, wrap, so I got this one with the wrap.

I'll post up some pics of it when it arrives.

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IMO you've got a good one cos when i bought mine it wasnt named "T3" just had a list of suitable turbos and GT20(like the Td5 one) was listed together with those specified in the link and as it's about small/medium size turbos you can't get any smaller shield than that only bigger....please let me know if you feel any difference after fitting it os i want to rest my mind that what i felt was not some "placebo" effect ....just be aware that any improvement in the throttle response is possible only with warmed up engine cos as long as it's not hot there's no heat to be managed
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good to hear.

If I were to plug my nanocom in and record my drives to and from work for the next few days.

then do a comparison of my drives to work following installation, would that likely give us some quantitative data to compare?


not quite an even comparison, but could be better than the seat of my pants assessment.