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when i first looked at the pic of the beanie on my phone i thought it was just a really bad mould of tne heatshield so i just checked.

Purchased some of the acl heatshield and gonna make up new heatshields during the week

Aggroman Grand Master

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There isn't and advantage it's just the way Nissan designed the throttle arrangement.

Every R34 NA RB25 I've ever seen has been that way.....

I wouldnt say there is no advantage.. quite the opposite.

Having a working twin runner setup with the right lowmount turbo gives me almost 1000rpm faster spool on my highflow and thats without VCT atm as well..

anywho back on topic.. get the ACL stuff, take ur time and it will be great

TiTAN Grand Master

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I wouldnt say there is no advantage.. quite the opposite.

Having a working twin runner setup with the right lowmount turbo gives me almost 1000rpm faster spool on my highflow and thats without VCT atm as well..

that would be more to do with the increased compression, but thats a topic for an entirely different thread.

Aggroman Grand Master

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that would be more to do with the increased compression, but thats a topic for an entirely different thread.

nope, this was back to back having it full open all the time or working as designed..

MBS206 Grand Master

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nope, this was back to back having it full open all the time or working as designed..

Have you compared it with a properly R&D manifold that doesn't have the dual openings at all?

Your comparison is of that inlet being full open VS closed. That doesn't tell us if it is any better then a normal single inlet manifold.

Aggroman Grand Master

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well yavuz thinks its awesome and alot better than the standard one and thats good enough for me.. It might start to cause an issue above the 300-330kw mark though, then again if you were to start trying for more power than that u would need a highmount and thus this cant be used..

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34GeeTeeTee Grand Master

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This took me 2 hrs with beer breaks, my expensive turbo beanie fell apart in 3 months, material cost $56 at super cheap, so far so good.

Oh sh*t i was just about to purchase one of those Beanies.... Assume its GCG? :O

Have you got any pics of how you supported the heat shield? What has the difference been between the temps with the beanie and with just the heat shield??? :huh:

The Bogan Grand Master

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To tell you the truth I have removed the heat shield, worked fine but was to shiny for my black engine bay, Im looking at getting one of the benies in the link from Revolution Race Gear, the quality is 100% better than the one I got from "torque in a shoebox", I spoke to them about my old one falling apart due to it not being engineered correctly, the R R G ones are constructed to take high heat, they make them for race cars.

http://www.revolutionracegear.com.au/index.php?PCID=10314&PSO=245&PSID=3389010144&PSV=Primary&CDO=

As for fitting, I used the 2 rear power steering bracket bolts which held it fine.

W0rp3D Grand Master

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To tell you the truth I have removed the heat shield, worked fine but was to shiny for my black engine bay, Im looking at getting one of the benies in the link from Revolution Race Gear, the quality is 100% better than the one I got from "torque in a shoebox", I spoke to them about my old one falling apart due to it not being engineered correctly, the R R G ones are constructed to take high heat, they make them for race cars.

http://www.revolutio...PSV=Primary=

As for fitting, I used the 2 rear power steering bracket bolts which held it fine.

what about some high temp exhaust paint on the heat shield, thats what i did with my acl heat shield, did the job perfectly.

W0rp3D Grand Master

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Pics ?

ill have to find some, i used the heat shield to cover the shiny stainless manifold i was using, that cracked and i have gone back to the factory manifold, im going to use the old heat shield and make a new one but have not gotten around to it yet.

34GeeTeeTee Grand Master

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Yeah pics would be good... Very interesting... Would be good to hear more about temps with beanies vs heat shields and also with or without HPC coated housings? :D

The Bogan Grand Master

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Even with the housing coated there is a lot of radiant heat, beanie was the best then the heat shield.

Only problem with the beanie was my last one was rubbish and fell apart in a couple of months, I'm looking at a better one now, you get whether you pay for.

Heat shielding on the top mount didn't look good as it was to shiny, and no matter how much time I put into it it still didn't make me happy aesthetics wise.

Finding a quality beanie that will withstand the heat without falling apart is the most efficient and aesthetically pleasing option in my opinion.

34GeeTeeTee Grand Master

34GeeTeeTee

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Even with the housing coated there is a lot of radiant heat, beanie was the best then the heat shield.

Only problem with the beanie was my last one was rubbish and fell apart in a couple of months, I'm looking at a better one now, you get whether you pay for.

Heat shielding on the top mount didn't look good as it was to shiny, and no matter how much time I put into it it still didn't make me happy aesthetics wise.

Finding a quality beanie that will withstand the heat without falling apart is the most efficient and aesthetically pleasing option in my opinion.

Yeah, i wanted to run the beanie on mine, i want a black one without bright red writing on it.... The ones from Rev Racegear look the goods but will stand out pretty badly in the engine bay >_<

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34GeeTeeTee Grand Master

34GeeTeeTee

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There is a new style of Beanie type thing out made from the heat sheild material but shaped like a Beanie, Rotormaster sent me pics of it -

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I ordered one of these from PTP Turbo blankets in the US for less than half the price of the locally supplied items -

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Will see how it goes...

Apparently its not the blanket itself that fails, its the stitching that burns as its not rated to the high temps... If they are fitted correctly they are meant to be fine... We will see i guess!

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