got my turbo mani made of cast iron with a cover over it. however, my intake is just behind the radiator. running a FMIC, so was wondering if a thermal wrap around my intake pipe to the turbo inlet, mani, and stainless steel piping to my tb be beneficial. any1 running ram air to the filter as well?

 

Thermal header wrap can always help, and is an inexpensive source for holding heat. Check out http://www.jegs.com, and the 1"x25' will be $25, and more than plenty to cover your manifold. Yes it will help keep the heat way from the intake piping and there is a reason why race cars have been using exhaust wrap for decades. I don't care what others say, the more heat you keep in your exhaust the more efficient your exhaust will flow, and the cooler your engine bay will be.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mugencrxsir1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Thermal header wrap can always help, and is an inexpensive source for holding heat. Yes it will help keep the heat way from the intake piping and there is a reason why race cars have been using exhaust wrap for decades. I don't care what others say, the more heat you keep in your exhaust the more efficient your exhaust will flow, and the cooler your engine bay will be.</TD></TR></TABLE>

He wanted to know if he should wrap the charge pipe to his throttle body, not the manifold - and the answer is absolutely. It will help isolate it from the exhaust mani/turbo heat. You can, as was said, wrap your manifold as well in order to increase thermal efficiency - it is exhaust volume in addition to heat energy that spools the turbo - so wrapping will making your turbo spool faster in theory.

One concern with wrapping the manifold that I have heard, however, is that the wrap holds in moisture. It will cause parts to rust and disintegrate prematurely. I am sure someone has some experience with this.

 

acutally i think he asking if he should wrap the turbo intake pipe along with the mani and charge pipes

 

ha. i guess its just gd to wrap all things. right?

 

thermal wrap retains water, fuel, etc
may cause fires if fuel is soaked in and heats up!!
so if you thermal wrap buy a REAL GOOD fire extinguisher not those cheapos from pepboys!!

pepboys fire extinguisher - water gun
http://www.fireadesource.com - nyfd fire hose!

best is to coat them with thermal coat.

 

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best is to coat them with thermal coat.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Coat the wrap? Obviously a Swain-type thermal coat is ideal, but budget is always a concern here. What about rattlec-can heat-resistant paint over top of the wrap? That sounds like a decent solution. Would the paint help the wrap resist moisture and whatnot as well?