Turbo Heat Shield

[Jack8745]

Car has been down for a few days,

upgrading to new oil pan, fixing some oil leaks, and adding an R manifold.

any drawbacks on not putting on the heat shields back on?

also does anyone have a picture of how the r manifold lower support connects to the r engine. I have seen what Hussein has done with the 240 auto bracket, but im curious how it originally looks like

[JVC]

I took it off, I also don't have the hood blanket. No problems with the paint or anything else.

[Che'_Moderator]

And what happened to your IATs?

[JVC]

And what happened to your IATs?

when driving has not changed... when sitting still it heats up faster but there seems no change when moving. (using a ScanGaugeII to check temperatures).

[crazykn]

^^^The hood blanket serves as a safety function. The blanket is held up by plastic clips that are designed to melt under heat from a fire so the blanket falls down onto the engine bay hopefully smothering the fire.

[Che'_Moderator]

when driving has not changed... when sitting still it heats up faster but there seems no change when moving. (using a ScanGaugeII to check temperatures).

So more bog. Got it.

[Kevin.]

If you're running a stock turbo you will be fine

[lookforjoe]

Having had an engine bay fire, I would NEVER run without the heat shields - all you need is a little oil spray out the filler cap on to the turbine exhaust housing & you're done. At the very least install the vertical shield. The horizontal is easy enough to pop on & off for access.