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I'm having trouble with getting a beanie that can handle the heat... engine 2.8L with 272jun cams and a TO4Z, had an old beanie off old turbo that I put on first and it kept smoldering when I turned car off, so the other day I got a new one from a turbo shop, drove for about 20 minutes, turned car off and same thing, it had burnt all the stitching..? both were soft cover beanies... obviously the turbo runs hotter because of the cams but what does everyone else use ??

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I use the ones with the steel mesh inside and soft outer so far no problems - see my avatar. My ex housing is also ceramic coated inside and out. My beanie doesn't smoke......only the tyres :)

Got the beanie from from HPinabox.

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I use the ones with the steel mesh inside and soft outer so far no problems - see my avatar. My ex housing is also ceramic coated inside and out. My beanie doesn't smoke......only the tyres :)

Got the beanie from from HPinabox.

yeah the mesh is the trick, i love those ones, just wish they came without the ass branding on them.

There was talk of a plain one soon so i may check out their site 0

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I use the ones with the steel mesh inside and soft outer so far no problems - see my avatar. My ex housing is also ceramic coated inside and out. My beanie doesn't smoke......only the tyres :)

Got the beanie from from HPinabox.

yep I have ceramic coated dump and manifold and thats the exact same beanie I just roasted, cooked the stitching and was almost falling apart within 20 minutes,?

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yep I have ceramic coated dump and manifold and thats the exact same beanie I just roasted, cooked the stitching and was almost falling apart within 20 minutes,?

wow, its not lean or retarded is it? ive not burnt one even without the ceramic coating.

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wow, its not lean or retarded is it? ive not burnt one even without the ceramic coating.

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could the turbos heat be the byproduct of a conservative tune, when it was tuned they said it very conservative, timing and fuel wise because it has no knock sensors ???

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