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Jmans GTS-T

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Luciano Veteran

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Is there any cons to not having a heat shield over your turbo on a R33 Skyline? as I am thinking of leaving it off...

My cousin runs his without it, doesn't seem to have any problems. Just be careful there isn't any obstructing items/bits around the exhaust side of the turbo though, you don't want anything to burn.

The other small nuisance is everything around the turbo gets a lot hotter - when we were working under the bonnet (particularly on that side of the engine) after taking the car for a test drive, we'd just have to wait for things to cool down.

Munkyb0y Grand Master

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Basically you will just increase engine bay temperatures, which is a downside. Leave it on if you can.

Or if you really hate the look of it make one yourself that looks better - I did.

can we see the one you made? :)

what material did you use?

Jmans GTS-T Enthusiast

Jmans GTS-T

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I used fairly thick stainless steel to try and isolate the heat. I also made it go down as far as possible down the side of the turbo.

Not the best picture but you get the idea.

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That whole engine bay looks awsome!!! good work man!!! and cheers for the heat shield idea, that looks great!

turael Enthusiast

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Nice heatshield!

If the car sees hard work (track days, drift, burnouts), you really want to consider leaving the heatshield on or making a baller heatshield like Phil

Mate of mine had his car catch fire under the bonnet due to no heatshield after ripping a burnout at Powercruise.

Also in the drift cars with no shield you can sometimes see issues with the paint on the bonnet over the turbs

Munkyb0y Grand Master

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i'm thinking, as good as it looks, is stainless good as a heat shield though? doesnt it get crazy hot itself?

what about aluminium?

or this stuff? its very shapeable. ceramic sandwiched between aluminised steel sheets?

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PM-R33 Grand Master

PM-R33

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Yep that stuff above is a lot better as an insulator.

As regards to aluminium I don't think it would insulate heat any better and may start to melt or burn if fairly thin (from memory aluminium has a much, much lower melting point).

My setup is definetely not the best heatshield you can make, but easily noticable difference of under bonnet temps with it on or off (have had it on and off heaps of times in the past).

Like I said, mine was mainly for looks and to atleast have some sort of shielding in that area.

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