Who needs heat shileds?

[focusedrage]

Are they importent, i woudl like to see, by exhaust manifold, especily if i port it, i want to be proud of it, the heat shild mcuk it up? if i remove them will there be problems? will thinks melt?

Enlighten me

 

[MustGoFaster020]

on 1G's nothing melts. The only posible side effect that I could see would be higher under hood temps

 

[focusedrage]

what about 2gs?

 

[rick]

i want to remove all my heat sheild , but i am curious, will my damn carpet melt or catch fire? whent he car is finished with a new motor and tranny, i will be traveling in it. for long distances, for prolonged periods of time. any suggestions?

 

[GRNDSM]

>on 1G's nothing melts.

I have seen several timing belt covers on 1g's which melted due to missing heat shields...

I highly recommend retaining stock heat shields. If you do not like the look, new 2g shield is only $30 (from the right vendor).

Leon
RR

 

[BatmanGSX]

Originally posted by focusedrage
Are they importent, i woudl like to see, by exhaust manifold, especily if i port it, i want to be proud of it, the heat shild mcuk it up? if i remove them will there be problems? will thinks melt?

Enlighten me

Dude, your post is barely readable. LEARN ABOUT COMMAS, PLEASE.

If you port you exhaust manifold, um, how will that effect how it looks?

 

[Z1500]

Josh,
He's gonna port the outside of course. Oh, my side hurts from laughing. Maybe you need to sell him that mad powa T4.

Kevin
www.agpturbo.com

 

[NDgsx]

Originally posted by Z1500
Josh,
He's gonna port the outside of course. Oh, my side hurts from laughing. Maybe you need to sell him that mad powa T4.

Kevin
www.agpturbo.com

No it's "da tracta mutt, yo"

Josh what crack were you smoking when you were struck with that bright idea?

 

[BatmanGSX]

Originally posted by Z1500
Maybe you need to sell him that mad powa T4.

I'll port the outside of the turbine housing for him as an added bonus.

BTW, they arrived today, look good. Thanks.

 

[BatmanGSX]

Originally posted by NDgsx
Josh what crack were you smoking when you were struck with that bright idea?

I was more interested in the other stuff. I thought the thing would at least be good for a turbine housing core too. Of course it was made before they stamped the A/R into the housing so... The rest of it is a decent setup, gate dumps back into the DP and everything. Eventually I'll replace the Delta with TiAL.

 

[NDgsx]

Oh ok so you got EVERYTHING in the picture. I thought you just bought the turbo and I was going WTF? I'd definetly replace the deltagate, it's not a question of IF it will fail, just when. I hate those things with a passion.

 

[GST4U2NV]

keep the shield on, it looks like a$$ with it off

 

[CarpeDSM]

In two years of being on DSM message boards, I have NEVER heard of anything bad happening due to the removal of the heat shields. Except today, from GRNDSM.

Heat shields don't keep temps down, they keep you from burning up anything that may come into contact with something extremely hot.
Do whatever you want with them.

 

[marksae]

I'd keep it on just to reduce under hood temps. Even if I added ceramic coating to all exhaust parts, i'd still keep the shields on there. I've melted my lower ic pipe coupling that's closest to my exhaust. When taking off the coupling, chunks of it were melted onto my lower ic pipe.

 

[Black95GSX]

I love my exhaust wrap (although Z1500 hates it)..... I notice a difference in intake / underhood temps with it on.

Kevin, when you want to work on a cold air intake?

 

[focusedrage]

dudes, sorry about the spelling, yeah the later it gets the worse i spell. and if i port it(on the inside) i also might smoth out the outside, and put a coating on it, so i want to see it

 

[GRNDSM]

>In two years of being on DSM message boards, I have NEVER
>heard of anything bad happening due to the removal of the
>heat shields. Except today, from GRNDSM.

2 years? You must be a newbie .

>Heat shields don't keep temps down, they keep you from burning
>up anything that may come into contact with something extremely hot.
>Do whatever you want with them.

You could not be more wrong… They greatly reduce underhood temps especially around the exhaust manifold. Removing the heat shield and engine lifting bracket (in the right upper corner of the manifold) can cause a melted timing belt cover. I have done it a couple of time and have seen many others do it as well.

This is even bigger problem on 2g’s, which have plastic AC fans. Those tend to melt pretty easy.

This does not happen on every car, it depends of several other factors (like EGT of your particular car). But when it happens to your it really sucks…

Leon
RR

 

[focusedrage]

damn i guess i ll leve those on

hmm too bad i like the look of expsed headers,

 

[nvmygsx]

You can get a brand new heat sheild from the dealer, and it can look, almost respectable.

you could always paint a racing stripe on the heat sheild hehe.. that would look tits..... j/k

 

[focusedrage]

tits? i dont get it

 

[Tallen]

my car came without a heat shield. i have no trouble, but i do really need to get one....why....less heat = more HP
leave the shield on

 

[BoostinAWD]

Use header wrap if you don't want heat shields.
A wrapped manifold would probably look like ass.

 

[NosLaser]

Not only do heat shields keep underhood temps down, but they also help retain heat in the exhaust where it belongs. Keeping the exhaust system hot helps maintain velocity. The heat shield keeps it hot where you want it hot, and keeps its surroundings cooler. Just sand them down and re-paint them if you want looks. Very few paints will hold, so you are better off getting new ones if you are that worried about appearance.

Regards,

 

[nined2tsi]

Originally posted by GRNDSM
This is even bigger problem on 2g’s, which have plastic AC fans. Those tend to melt pretty easy.

And the 1g fans arent plastic? hmmm

 

[BatmanGSX]

The main fan is plastic, the A/C fan is not.