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Does any1 know how hot the turbo casing gets at its hottest point?

or what is the maximum amount of heat you are likely to get from the turbo?

and what sort of tems is the carb exposed to if no heat sheild is present?

the reason i would like to know this is because i am working on some light weight heat shields to direct the heat through the bonnet rather than around the carb etc.

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Get a carb cooler fan of a uno turbo

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or not worry about it!


alex

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turbo gets fcuking hot!

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you could make a stainless steel tray with a lip all the way round the edge, and mount it above the turbo

that way if you are peckish you can knock up some bacon and eggs or maybe a few burgers.....

LOL

sod that a rare t bone steak

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the cooking ideas are great, although trying to fry an egg in it would be a little difficult. Do any of you protect the carb or do you just leave it? No point in wasting my time if i don't have to

cheers

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We have a heat shield on ours, but it is next to usless. It really needs air movement to remove the heat. As suggested a fan or some such device works best. We just have some holes on the bonnet above the carb to let the heat out, this makes a supprisingly massive difference.

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a few 100 degrees! I measures mine once and the car was at tickover and NOT glowing and it was nearly 300 degrees.

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Jimster has one of those infa-red temp readers - he's the man to ask!

i think they start to glow at about 550 deg whether thats f or c i cant remember, we had pyros on are tubo on the boat i used to work on and they always glowed and this was the running temp.

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on the rolling road my turbo saw temps of around 280 degrees, but my turbo is water cooled.

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with that jim is it hard to keep the engine cool as well. what rads are you using.

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minspares 2 core rad, and an oil cooler used as a water rad

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I'm also running a water cooled Turbo, 88deg stat and Minispares 2 core rad. No overheating trouble at all, infact i noticed very little difference in water temp changing from the T3 to the water cooled T2. Currently running 12psi, though i suspect it would have some effect on water temp if the boost was increased somewhat.

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I fitted 3 EGTs and logged the data - had 925°C max temp in the runners to the turbo (at full load!)

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jeeeeeez!

That's some temperature!

slightly ot, but as cooling systems have been mentioned...
my over heating problems have gone at the mo

im using watercooler t2 plumbed in at the heater take off and top hose

mini spares 2 core rad

rover 214 fan with the shroud cut down to completely cover the radiator, sucking air through


no mechanical fan

std type water pump

ran at 190F round 5 thrashing laps of castle combe and around 170F on the 74mile journey back including getting stuck in traffic

edit: i once measured the temp of my manifold, i think it was something like 320deg after a good drive, might be wrong though

my bonnet is tilted at the back so there are filter will fit in, it will lose some heat through there

Edited by Nic on 8th Oct, 2005.