I've always been in love with thermodynamics. Good little video talking about turbo blankets.
Does anyone have any data on twins? I know a company or two makes a set of blankys for the n54...
Discuss.. I'm not for not against just want to discuss
I already gave that merit bit to use a product designed to hold in heat not from a budget prospective would be interesting.Not worth the trouble on stock frame. The stock manifolds are double walled for insulation already.
It isnt about budget. But rather the potential headache vs the potential benefits.I already gave that merit bit to use a product designed to hold in heat not from a budget prospective would be interesting.
Watch the video. No added hp, but better transient and hp shifted left.I want to see numbers. Lets just say it does drop temps, IDK, 80 degrees under the hood. Would this not increase air temps in the manifold and add a little HP to the mix?
Edit: cloud9, your post came while I was making this one. Those are some good points, especially not being able to do maintenance without a ton of work.
It isnt about budget. But rather the potential headache vs the potential benefits.
Twins use a short log style manifold and two tiny turbos (even the upgraded ones are still tiny). You are not going to see much benefit in spoiling and response by wrapping these up when the stock manifold is already designed to trap good amount of heat. On top of that having something that can soak up oil and stuff down there is a pretty big potential hazard when you have no good way to examine them without taking the undertray off. Plus do you really want to trap that much heat in the turbine housing when we know the internal wastegates on these things are shit?
If you really want, get proper inconel shielding. They are $$$ and you have to take the turbos off and send them off to shops to have them fitted.