I am ceramic coating my headers and buying a hot side silicon insulation for the turbo. Try Jet Hot or PolyDyn both are .com web sites.
KRron ----- Original Message ----- From: <jump...@aol.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 12:41 AM Subject: KR> Re: KRnet Digest, Vol 346, Issue 95 > In a message dated 8/29/2004 3:54:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > krnet-requ...@mylist.net writes: > "cooling the turbo reduces its efficiency." > > > Orma > > Yes, you want to keep to turbo and the exhaust pipes hot as you will > lose > velocity in the moving exhaust gas as it cools. Remember hot air is big > and > will shrink as it cools (not the thing you want when using exhaust > pressure > spin a turbo) A trick it to use header wrap on the housing and pipes this > will > reduce the temps out side the wrap while keeping the exhaust gas hot. > I have used this wrap many times in auto applications and it is amazing > how > much heat it reflects back in to the exhaust. On one Honda civic B16 > conversion > I did the header is 1/2 inch from the radiator fan and after wrapping the > header you can touch it without burning your hand. Tip soak the wrap first > before > you wrap your pipes it conforms much better wet. > Then hose clamp the ends and soak with hi temp paint and you will have a > nice > insulated pipe that will hold up to the elements better. > > "People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing > it." George Bernard Shaw, (1856-1950) Irish playwight and winner of the > Nobel > Prize for Literature 1925 Yours Bill White Alexandria VA > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > >
