PorscheDoc

We do on the 996TT stuff on occasion, it works good. I was trying to find a picture of a set of turbos I had done, but can't seem to locate it.

I for one am not a fan of wraps, unless like ST said, you are in there inspecting and replacing it all the time.

gcb951

I like that one that SFR had up there. Too bad they don't make them anymore.

Jeremy Himsel

I have two hot sides that I'm getting ready to swain-tech. We just did a set of 951 headers on Got Me A Porsha's car and they look great as well.

I used HPC coatings on my Vette for the Long-tubes and x-pipe and it does a great job of insulating and reducing underhood temps. It's pretty much the same stuff as jet-hot (which I've used on other headers as well).

My 951 is currently wrapped but as Tool stated it does get brittle and absorbs dirt and oil easily. It's nice when I get under the car hot and don't burn myself.

Kool

I assume that Swain Coating or Jet Hot coating is not something that I could do myself.

George D

Some of the newer coatings work very well. Wrapping is probably best, but another maintenance item for my clean hands would be more than I care to deal with. I've attached a picture.

George

gcb951

Gotta love the V-band set up.

87944turbo

Caswell sells some stuff here if you have your own powder coating system (Tech-Line Coatings). Claims that it is good up to 2KF, but who knows until you try it. Lots of other cool stuff on their site too.

bscpanther

I would not recommend trying to do it yourself. I think I have still $100 bucks of tech line coating in the fridge that I ordered in my ignorance a year ago. It's highly sensitive to temperature, you need to have powder coating equipment as stated and you have to also know what you're doing because the stuff has to be sprayed on in a very thin layer or it wont adhere. The directions always say that media blast is essential IIRC. All very possible to do yourself but why go through all the pain.

Kool

I also suppose that in order to install a V-band fitting on a turbo you need a special hotside. That does look slick though.

87944turbo

Thanks for sharing your personal experience. I'm all about DIY most of the time, but some things are just better left to the Pros. Particularly things like exhaust which would be a PITA to correct later on if there was a problem.

George D

I also suppose that in order to install a V-band fitting on a turbo you need a special hotside. That does look slick though.

Can you say, "Change a turbo in under 2 hours!"

G

theedge

You do need a different hotside yes but much the same thing can be done with a stock style downpipe that has a V-Band where it connects to the cat pipe. Undo that V-Band and you can just pull the turbo out with the downpipe attached.

sayporsha

I fabricated a shield out of aluminum that hovers over the hotside. I didn't want to wrap the hotside for fear it would get too hot, and I want to pipe some cool air under the intake manifold to keep it cool without cooling the hotside of the turbo. I plan to line the underside of the shield with some of that stuff lining the trans tunnel to increase the insulating value. No science/statistics to back up the results, but I figure it helps...

azmi951

nice!!!

reno808

clean