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Thread: Heat Wrapping
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Old 07-22-2006, 07:28 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Fodera04
Whats good fellas,
In the past couple of weeks i have been upgrading, bigger top mount and a new down pipe. the new down pipe will cause some boost creep so i am trying to keep the temperature down in the engine compartment to compensate for it. i was wondering what you guys though about wrapping the down pipe, i have heard that it does good things but i was concerned about the heat not dissipating and being trapped in the wrap and potently cracking ether the DP flanges or the exhaust housing on the turbo.
If you have the stock turbo you are not getting boost creep,you are overboosting.Most of it is from the new TMIC because it has less of a pressure drop than the stock one.Why don't you try using some engine management instead of your off the wall compensation fix before something bad happens.


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