Turbo Blanket?

[MattGE]

Has anyone ever put one of these on our trucks. It seems like it would be an obvious mod to lower the intake/ic temps. Could a turbo blanket damage the turbo over time? Just curious.

 

[MattGE]

That's all I needed to know. Thanks

 

[Pittman]

Damn, sorry I didnt see this post sooner. I have one and it works great! It might take two tries to make it look really good. Your IC will be noticeably cooler. you can drive it and put your hand on the under side and notice a difference. On my new build I have the turbo blanket and the downpipe wrapped....works even better. But went air to air, still worth it.

 

[Typhoon #1133]

how mutch does this turbo blanket cost? do you just get one of those heat mats from jeg or summit and wrap it around?

 

[Pittman]

Thermotech in JEGS has a turbo wrap kit. It has enough materail to do four or five turbos.

 

[Loeryder]

Summit sells what we call a "turbo blanket"
It is not a wrap like the safety wire kind.
It is a pliable foil covered blanket that you mold onto the turbo.
Kind of holds itself on there.

made by Taylor part # 002544, the part # is on my page www.sytyauthority.net

 

[MattGE]

Great info! Thanks guys

 

[stariy]

Don’t want to sound like idiot, but what is”Summit”? Store? Website? How would I reach them? I want one of these blankest.
The only summit I know here, in California it is the one I ski down from.

 

[Typhoon #1133]

http://www.summitracing.com/
TAY-2544 that is the part number

 

[jwaller]

withstands 1100. thats not nearly enough. the EGT's go up to 1500 or so when blasting. it mught last a while but not long.

 

[stariy]

Thanks guys :bday:

 

[MattGE]

Yeah, thanks jwaller. Maybe we can get with NASA and find some quality turbo wraps/blankets.

 

[TheObiJuan]

hmmm, houston is only a hop, skip, and a jump from here....

i will be taking orders for space ship heat wrap now.

 

[MattGE]

Sounds good ObiJuan. Just stay away from anything named "Challenger"

 

[Motokal]

FYI.... Conley's Perf. has a Turbo blanket for $129.00, but I don't know if its worth its hefty price or not. Looks like a simple installation though. http://www.conleyracing.com/

 

[Pittman]

The stuff I have is rated at over 2000*. If I remmeber the instructions. You would start melting valves before you hurt it.