Who sells a quality turbo blanket?

[RSchwarzli]

Looking for a turbo and maybe even an e manifold cover to help prevent the melting of things under my hood. Seems when I am running 1300 F when running up hill I seem to be melting plastic under my hood.



Well that just not good! :-laf



I need some form of insulation to keep the heat in. I have header wrap around the down pipe already, but the snail is radiating too much now.



Who makes a quality piece that would fit an HX35?



Also is there anything I should know about these things when shopping?



Thanks!



Robert

 

[AH64ID]

Levi at Turbo Performance Products is all you need to know. Great guy and a better product!



Turbo Performance Products



My underhood temps are MUCH lower!



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[RSchwarzli]

Oh thats sweet! Thanks! I will give them a shout!

 

[BarryG]

also check out

DodgeRam

 

[The patriot]

I used to run a piece of industrial high heat manifold wrap out of the junk pile at work.

Wasnt pretty, but worked fine.

 

[ENafziger]

I'll second Levi's products...

--Eric

 

[HHhuntitall]

Now let me ask, does this help keep the stock manifold from busting all to pieces? What about shrinkage? Does it slow that down, too? Just some thoughts.



FWIW, I used a fire blanket that came out of an old school that was getting demo'd on a truck to see if it really helped any. We never noticed many performance improvements, but the underhood and intake temps were noticebly different..... worked pretty good, but you wanted to be careful... . asbestos and all..... This looks much better, too... . I've been thinking about trying to wrap one of mine with the exhaust strips you see at the parts house... . this still looks MUCH better...

 

[CKelley1]

the exhaust strips are to hard to do. this product works very well and very easy to install. we were experimenting with things for better mileage on the truck in my sig. we used a htt ss manifold and 62 65 13 with ss exhaust housing and the blankets. the theory was that by keeping the exhaust expanded it would spool like a 12. we could not tell if if worked and seen no improvement in mpg but two very nice things came out of it. one it is a lot quieter and the g56 temp drooped. we did use exhaust strip on the exhaust pipe by the g56 to cool it even further

 

[RSchwarzli]

Well, I now have one of levi's manifold, turbo, and downpipe (all the way to the online e brake) covers on order. Not really caring if it gives a Performance increase (although Levi says 2 psi on top end). All I need is assurance I am not going to continue melting underhood airlines and plastic looms and zip ties. :-laf

Will keep you all ip to date on what I find. For the $200 it is, if it works I am as happy as a engine with fresh oil.

 

[morbius]

If I look at the pictures correctly (AH64ID pics), the turbo blanket is in one the compressor side, that's is not right. The blankets on the turbo go on the turbine side (exhaust).



I have been running blankets on turbos for a very long time (in the days when you had to make them yourself) and they do help a lot. They do help control the expansion/contraction of the metal by allowing the heat to gradually dissipate, they help force the heat out the exhaust side instead of radiating from everywhere, help turbo spooling and so on. If done right, will last a long time and help out, done wrong and you have a mess on your hands. Performance increase is a combination of things, the blanket on the turbine side is one of several things. On some high performance gas engines on a dyno, there was a difference in performance with/without. Never dyno'd a diesel with/without.



On the 6. 7 engines, it also helps to force the heat down the exhaust pipe and help the dpf work better (6. 7, you want hotter exhaust hitting the DPF for less forced regens). Less heat is lost to external cooling the down pipe and turbo housing (more than 200 degree F difference at time). On 6. 7's, helps to wrap the exhaust all the way down to the dpf also.



There are a ton of companies out making kits for this, they vary in prices big time and this is one area you get exactly what you pay for. Cheap last very little time and are messy, good high quality last a long time and easy to remove for servicing. Beware of the high priced one that re-labeled cheap junk.

 

[CKelley1]

morbis i missed that on ah64id's pix. 64 you need to move it to the exhaust side. bschwarzli it will do exactly what you want,

 

[HHhuntitall]

morbis i missed that on ah64id's pix. 64 you need to move it to the exhaust side. bschwarzli it will do exactly what you want,

I think what you're seeing is the turndown elbow..... if you look closer, as I had to take a double-take myself, you can see the oil line elbow is in front(lower, right) to the black turbo cover, so it's gotta be on the exhaust side. I think it's just the angle the picture was taken... ...

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Anyone running these on the 6. 7s, how many less regen's does it cycle through? Or does it help? I think that's a fair price to keep my wire loom safe! That's gotta help the A/C, too, keeping that radiant heat off the dryer and lines!!

 

[AH64ID]

If I look at the pictures correctly (AH64ID pics), the turbo blanket is in one the compressor side, that's is not right. The blankets on the turbo go on the turbine side (exhaust).

Your not looking at the photos correctly, only the turbine is wrapped... which is evidenced by no turbine behind the wrap and the wrap being located at the collector!

 

[morbius]

Oops, that is the elbow I see exposed ... ... So sorry !

 

[CKelley1]

me to, i need to slow down and look closer

 

[AH64ID]

Not really caring if it gives a Performance increase (although Levi says 2 psi on top end).

While I changed turbo's and manifolds at the time of the install what I think they will do is provide quicker response once warmed up, and better efficiency when hot. On a non-WG turbo this means peak boost could go up, on a WG turbo your boost won't go up, but your DP will go down.

 

[RSchwarzli]

Yes, it will help dpf efficiency too. Would actually be great to have it wrapped all the way to the end ofthe dpf. Should really help in cold climates.

 

[AH64ID]

Yes, it will help dpf efficiency too. Would actually be great to have it wrapped all the way to the end ofthe dpf. Should really help in cold climates.

I agree, on a 6. 7 I could see it actually helping mileage a little due to more passive regeneration. Probably not enough to ever cover the cost, but certainly a great byproduct.

 

[RSchwarzli]

DPFs do not have an easy life in cold climates. If it is 30 below, and it needs to be 1200 f to do a good burn, and you are boogying at 70 mph, you are not getting a clean out. Insulated dpfs should do well.

 

[HHhuntitall]

While I changed turbo's and manifolds at the time of the install what I think they will do is provide quicker response once warmed up, and better efficiency when hot. On a non-WG turbo this means peak boost could go up, on a WG turbo your boost won't go up, but your DP will go down.

..... presuming, of course, your wasetgate is connected... .



I was wondering if anyone had any first hand experience on the 6. 7. I see the theory, but it's hard to sell to a customer. Anyone makeing an exhaust tubing sock going all the way down to the DPF? Fully enclosed? Curious as that would really help some of these local farmers who have bought trucks, only to find out they're gonna set their farms on fire, and they don't want to spend $1500 to make them illegal for road use.