At 06:33 PM 8/28/2004 +, you wrote:
>Orma,
>I just had a "brain fart" on your turbo cooling issues. While an
>insulating sheild of some sort will protect the imediate area, there is
>still the issue of trapped heat in the rest of the cowling. A better
>solution IMHO is a simple "trap door"
>
"cooling the turbo reduces its efficiency."
I have read about that before. My main concern is to not let the heat sit
and cook the cowling. AS&S sells several types of heat blanket material,
some of which is adhesive backed, rated up to 2000 degrees and seem like it
would work to keep the cowlin
Orma wrote:
> would work to keep the cowling cool. No one has suggested any thing else
> that seems practical and simple.
I'd buy some 1/8" Fiberfrax and the thinnest stainless you can find (it's
terrible at conducting heat) and epoxy the stuff to the cowling in the
vicinity of the turbo. You'l
"If I didn't have plenums"
I saw the pictures on your site of the Plenums. It is a very good idea. I
noted that they are similar at least in concept to the original equipment
Plenums that came on the type 2 that I robbed the 71 mm crank from. That
might make a nice winter project. As for the t
Orma,
I just had a "brain fart" on your turbo cooling issues. While an insulating
sheild of some sort will protect the imediate area, there is still the issue of
trapped heat in the rest of the cowling. A better solution IMHO is a simple
"trap door"
that is held closed by the flow of cooling air
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