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Re: GZE interheater?	Sun, 22 June 2003 23:04

I didn't have the funds available for a roll of heat tape, so I just grabbed a chunk of galvanised sheet steel and wedged that above the extractors, and bent it over the top of the radiator. This effectively has stopped hot air from exiting the radiator, hitting the extractors, and travelling up towards the intercooler (it's also stopped the heat from rising off the extractors, which was my first aim) I went for a hard fang on Friday night and I couldn't get it to ping at all, so my assumption was correct, I was getting way too much hot air into the cooler. I think a thermal heat wrap on the extractors is definately a way to go, and I also think it would not be a bad idea to make a heat sheild from the radiator to underneath the cooler, to even stop hot radiator air from flowing up the side of the block into the cooler. I like SupraGT's idea of thermal wrapping the intercooler piping as well, it would definately help with heat soak into those pipes also. On the same note, I had a look at a 3SGTE water to air intercooler on the weekend, and it has some thermal insulation from the top of the block to the intercooler, and I think this is a really good idea to put ontop of the cam covers as well. I think the aim of the game is to stop all that nasty hot air from getting anywhere near the intercooler and it's piping. To answer St3ve_AE92, the extractors didn't seem to make a huge difference, for bang for your buck comparison, I'd rather just get a bigger pulley The only drawback with a bigger pulley is the excess heat it creates. If you can't keep the intercooler insulated good enough, it retards the timing very quickly, and in extreeme cases (like mine) it will actually get too hot and bring on detonation. Front mounting the intercooler is the ultimate answer, but I'd like to do a comparison of how the car feels after doing this to also see if it's worth the money, or whether just some time spent detailing some insulation around all the hot stuff would pay off better value for money or not. [Updated on: Sun, 22 June 2003 23:05] [Report message to a moderator]

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