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Rev210..... I specifically said it makes a very good cold air box.

the pipes have a 6mm thick layer of wrapping. The foil/foam from Clark rubber is by comparison pretty rubbishy. If you want the best I guess you have to pay for the best....... and , having seen my turbo glowing orange ....I want the best

robertr........... Thank you for your kind words,however, Imust confess....I lied about the 51.......I'll be 63 this year. :P

When we get this clutch thing sorted out we have high hopes of breaking into the high 12's

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Originally posted by 51jay

robertr........... Thank you for your kind words,however, Imust confess....I lied about the 51.......I'll be 63 this year.   :P

When we get this clutch thing sorted out we have high hopes of breaking into the high 12's

damn good on ya, i hope i am like that when i am that age 2!!

What is the whole theory behind wrapping the exhuast? After the waste air has left the turbo isn't it just fed out the back end?

Isn't it more productive to wrap your intercooler piping to keep the air cool that is being fed back into your engine?

Just posturising...

and it gets the cat up to operating temp quicker. no that many car enthusiasts care, but if you wanted to get you car emissions tested etc, then it's beneficial. But as Joel pointed out, the main reason to wrap the dump pipe is to keep excess heat out of the engine bay. As Corky Bell points out, the biggest issue with maintaining reliability in turbocharged engines is thermal management, ie, keeping the heat where it's needed, and nowhere else.

Both you wrap the inlet pipe to stop it from adsorbing heat from the engine compartment

you wrap the dump pipe back to the cat to contain the heat in the exhaust 1) hotter exhaust stream means higher velocity airstream past the exhaust wheel of the turbo. 2) helps to stop radiated heat from the dump pipe heating up the engine bay

edit: oops ! Joel has allready said it:D

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