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08-28-2005 #1
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I STILL think you may be keeping it in. at 17 psi boost, you're looking at discharge temps of about 100C even with 100% efficiency (which you know you don't have), and at part throttle you don't really care if you're heating it or not. Just becuase you can now touch the pipe doesn't mean you've improved the situation. I'd reconsider, or at least take some measurements if i were you. I think you would find that you would be better off employing heat shields (if necessary, it doesn't look like the intake has a line-of-sight to the exhaust) and controlling underhood air than using thermal wrap, imo.
They make two grades of corrugated loom, by the way. The high temp stuff usually has a gray stripe and is good to 150C, the other stuff melts at 90.
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08-28-2005 #2
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You may well be right, a thermocouple would tell the tale. It probably doesn't matter that much one way or the other, it's not like boost is in the pipe very long. I just figured I'd rather have a cooler pipe to start with and this seems to do it.
Anthony
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