turbo blanket

[PowerstrokeJunkie]

FWIW you dont need the little ties/springs to hold it on there. i just had the Y out of the way and stuffed it in there, it fit snug enough to not need to go through the hassle of getting to the ties. the CHRA would have to be off to get to them, then you wouldnt be able to tighten the 4 bolts around the housing to the chra tabs :doh:

 

[OSCS]

FWIW you dont need the little ties/springs to hold it on there. i just had the Y out of the way and stuffed it in there, it fit snug enough to not need to go through the hassle of getting to the ties. the CHRA would have to be off to get to them, then you wouldnt be able to tighten the 4 bolts around the housing to the chra tabs :doh:

yeah if all that is neccesary then no thanks on the ties.. if it fits snug and holds the heat in im fine with just stuffing it on.. so you've had that thing on there for quite awhile now, any thoughts?

 

[SDstroker]

I concur with psj. Mine is just sitting on there. 15k later and thats what it still looks like and doing its job. FWIW I went with the blanket over ceramic coating. Blanket transfers quite nicely from housing to housing........

 

[JDub]

All the testing we did at WOP showed enough positive results that we ran them on just about everything that came through the shop. We used blankets from Levi at Turbo Performance Products in Idaho. Great fit and finish, he can make them to fit any turbo...

 

[Powerstroked162]

Levi is awesome. Great product t

 

[OSCS]

Well that's good to hear. I'm glad I went with one. Hopefully the combination of the blanket and het wrapped DP can yield some efficency

 

[MadDiesel73]

Yup i have all my exhaust pipes coated and wraped. Now with blankets too. I may contact livi about manifold blankets.

 

[OSCS]

I'd like to do my up pipes but I'm not pulling them off just for heat wrap. What does a set of manifold blankets run for?

 

[Charles]

The turbine housings are generally tougher than nails and will stand up to the abuse of being smothered to death, but if you start wrapping up your poor up-pipes and manifolds too then I would fully expect cracking, warping and leaking from multiple places in relatively short order if the truck actually gets pushed on.

As if the exhaust system didn't lead a hard enough life already, lol.

 

[OSCS]

The turbine housings are generally tougher than nails and will stand up to the abuse of being smothered to death, but if you start wrapping up your poor up-pipes and manifolds too then I would fully expect cracking, warping and leaking from multiple places in relatively short order if the truck actually gets pushed on.

As if the exhaust system didn't lead a hard enough life already, lol.

Charles I was under the impression that cracking/warping was caused by rapid heating and cooling off? Wouldn't keeping them blanketed help with rapid heat reduction IE warping/cracking?

 

[Charles]

Charles I was under the impression that cracking/warping was caused by rapid heating and cooling off? Wouldn't keeping them blanketed help with rapid heat reduction IE warping/cracking?

If you wrap the manifolds and up-pipes, they will likely expand so much when super-heated that sheered bolts and crumpled pipes would be expected at far lower engine loads and power outputs than would happen if they were left free to radiate that heat away.

I know of not one major header manufacturer that will warrant their product if you wrap or blanket them. This is because the failure rate goes through the roof once you super-heat the metals by trapping all that energy that would otherwise radiate away, and simultaneously cut off all cooling airflow from convecting any heat away.

 

[OSCS]

If you wrap the manifolds and up-pipes, they will likely expand so much when super-heated that sheered bolts and crumpled pipes would be expected at far lower engine loads and power outputs than would happen if they were left free to radiate that heat away.

I know of not one major header manufacturer that will warrant their product if you wrap or blanket them. This is because the failure rate goes through the roof once you super-heat the metals by trapping all that energy that would otherwise radiate away, and simultaneously cut off all cooling airflow from convecting any heat away.

Makes since

 

[OSCS]

Random and possibly stupid question but has anyone heard or seen the cold side IC pipe wrapped with heat wrap to try and keep the colder air in and combat heat soaking the pipe?

 

[PowerstrokeJunkie]

I would only want to use a wrap in an area where I would want to keep heat away from convecting to areas that you don't particularly want alot of heat

 

[littleredstroker]

Random and possibly stupid question but has anyone heard or seen the cold side IC pipe wrapped with heat wrap to try and keep the colder air in and combat heat soaking the pipe?

My ic pipes have some kinda tin foil wraping insulation lookin stuff on them. But idk

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[PSDEng]

My ic pipes have some kinda tin foil wraping insulation lookin stuff on them. But idk

That stuff comes stock on the pipes....and is a pita to get off might I add :fustrate:

 

[OSCS]

That stuff comes stock on the pipes....and is a pita to get off might I add :fustrate:

My question is this, would the heat wrap do the same as the stock "foil" wrap? I don't see why not

 

[Big Calo]

My question is this, would the heat wrap do the same as the stock "foil" wrap? I don't see why not

I was under the impression that the foil wrap was for noise control? Seems like ambiant air temps at highway speeds would be nearly the same in/out of the engine compartment? J/W

 

[littleredstroker]

I was under the impression that the foil wrap was for noise control? Seems like ambiant air temps at highway speeds would be nearly the same in/out of the engine compartment? J/W

what noise??

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[OSCS]

what noise??

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That's what I was wondering? I thought it was there to block heat?