Turbo Blanket

[Guest]

Just been looking into these and wondering what people's thoughts on them were? Are they worth getting or just a waste of money? Is anyone on the forum currently using one and if so where did you get it/how much?

Cheers

[mbjunior99]

I'm pretty sure that Mr Turbo uses one.

[rapidute]

I have a blanket on my turbo and it reduces underbonnet temps by heaps,but I am running external

wastegate so not sure if you can get one for internally gated turbos,call gcg turbos in sydney.

cost about $165.

cheers geoff

[CSV_LS1]

I've got one on my phoon with the heat shield still surrounding the manifold. I noticed the under bonnet to be cooler after a good run

[Meggs_83]

is there any side affects of holding all that heat under there

[CSV_LS1]

It should actually help the turbine work more efficiently with the extra heat trapped inside.

[SCRIBR]

can you run it how mr. turbo runs it without the alum heat shield?

or will the engine bay be about the same temp with the blanket?

[CSV_LS1]

I can only imagine it will be hotter without the heat shield. Might as well cover the most you can while having the blanket on.

[RAP1D]

They hold the heat in the exhaust housing thus speeding up air flow, resulting in reduced lag ( apparently ). Some say they can cause the housing to crack due to the extra heat, but Ive never seen any real proof of this

[Evil F6]

It should actually help the turbine work more efficiently with the extra heat trapped inside.

I'd rather get a hitec ceramic coating on the turbine housing from HPC or jet hot. It's like exhaust wrap. It works but stuffs the exhaust after a few years. I've heard negatives to the trubo blankets too.