New mani, heat sheild !!

[ClutchTSI/AWD]

Check out my new heat sheild . I made it out of a sheet of stainless steel . It took me a couple of weeks to make this bad boy. I just spent the last 5 hrs. polishing it to a mirror finish. Let me know what you think.

 

[ClutchTSI/AWD]

Finished

 

[cucumber]

Looks good.

 

[gstspyder1998]

Looks nice!!!

 

[greyforestgst]

Cool

where did that bracket thing that goes up over it to the right side go?

acutally what the fuck even is that thing?

 

[stangtt]

That is sweet! Too bad its a one off piece.. I'd like one of those.

greyforestgst: that bracket is the attachment point when you remove your engine. Most of us give it the heve-ho at the first chance.

 

[mike9146]

Wow, I never thought I'd see any DIY stuff on this site that was as nice as that. Great work!

Mike C.

 

[TRBOTSI]

That looks really good.. I'll buy it from you...

 

[larryd]

yeah that looks great man.. you should sell them

 

[blackvr4]

I think i paid $250au dollars for one of those from ralliart few years back to stop my cooler pipe from blowing off.

 

[Turbo Guru]

 

[Faded]

SWEET! - Let us know when you start taking orders - I'm first

 

[Phacade GSX]

Since you aren't running the O2 sensor wire over the top of the heat shield did you have to lengthen the wires to relocate them?

 

[BatmanGSX]

I'm not sure I would have used SS. Aluminum would work a lot better.

 

[ClutchTSI/AWD]

Yeah , I didn't have any aluminum layin around .





Phacade GSX ; Ijust moved the wires forword and ziptied them to the fan housing , I had just enough slack to make it .

 

[GSX_RCR]

So........when can you get those in production? I guess we can do the polishing ourselves...

 

[ClutchTSI/AWD]

I still have the sheet metal template i made . I'm going to try and find some thin gage aluminum and play around with that . The S.S. is so hard to work with. I'll let you guys know if they go into production , .

 

[Faded]

This may be a retarded question, but to make the heat shield is it simply a matter of folding the edges down? I have never worked with aluminum or SS so I honestly don't know if its as simple as measure lengths, mark bends, bend metal, mark hole, drill hole, screw in. OR is it a whole lot harder than that? The reason I ask is that I could use a custom heat shield. My lower had to be taken off because of my wastegate on my O2 housing and if it is simple its worth a try.

 

[greathuskie]

what exactly is the point of a heat shield?

 

[PHANTOM TSi]

looks sweet man

 

[NDgsx]

Originally posted by stangtt
greyforestgst: that bracket is the attachment point when you remove your engine. Most of us give it the heve-ho at the first chance.

Make sure you never get an exhaust manifold leak then. That piece also helps keep heat away from the timing belt cover. I once saw the top cover melt after someone took that bracket off.

If you really want to keep heat out of the engine bay look at thermal coatings. On my friend Scott's car we had the ex manifold, turbine housing, and o2 housing coated on the inside and outside with a 2k flat black coating. The heatshields were both coated with a cermachrome polished look coating. After doing pulls on the freeway for an hour the exhaust manifold heat shield is cool enough that you actually touch it with your hand
This comes at a price though, I think all his parts were around $300.

 

[ClutchTSI/AWD]

Faded; Its not that hard , just measure it , mark it and remember (if you want to be exact) to add about 3/16s to an 1/8 Inch where your bends are (90 degrees), because the metal will kinda shrink a bit at the bends. The less the angle the less material used to make the bend. S.S is real hard to work with , and aluminum can crack if its too thick , or bent too fast. Take your time , think it out ,and be patiant.

 

[Faded]

Lets say you were giving advise to a person who had no clue what they were doing (hypothetically of course ) What width aluminum should they buy? What do they use to cut the straight edges? And how do they bend it (use a straight edge and push)?

 

[ClutchTSI/AWD]

Well, I dont have a heavy duty break , (machine used to bend) so I used a paded vise, a peace of angle iron , some C-clamps , a strong work bench , and a rawhide malet (it wont scratch the metal). The aluminum , I would probably use 20 gage , about 1/16 - 3/32 of an inch. 1/8 will work too . I used a matobo (a disc grinder with a cut off wheel) to cut the metal . You'll need a file to clean up or straighten the edges. You might want to practice with a peace of scap before you start with the good stuff.

 

[Faded]

Would 1/16 - 3/32 thick aluminum actually shield the heat? I noticed that the stock heat shield had some stuff crammed in between the aluminum sheets. It looked like they sandwiched some stuff in the middle.