heating intake air which reduces turbo efficiency a lot.interesting pics, be good to hear the full write up of the install and the results.
tweake, care to explain the problem with the turbo intake touching the IC?
tweak'e said:its not that the turbo is hot, you want to avoid heating the ingoing air as much as possible.
turbo's really hate hot air.
theres a few on here that have the intake pipes lagged so the turbo outlet pipes do not heat up the intake pipes.
i have talked to someone who had the prefilter off and the intake right next to turbo to intercooler pipe. they where chewing fuel like crazy.
btw just a bit from another forum, they had some improvements with lagging the whole intercooler. i assume it stops the engine bay from heating up the water going through it.
....... with the pump, it is rigged up on the 'coldside' of the exchanger, the water flows in a clockwise motion, if viewed from the front of the car, water goes through the exchanger, through the pump, into the front of the intercooler (part closest to the radiator) out the back into the remote filler and then back along the side of the engine bay to the exchanger again.
What material do you use to lag intercooler pipes?
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