fitted new turbo and manifold...........lots of smoke

[varmint]

after fitting my new turbo,ss manifold and downpipe,i fired it up tonight for the first time in a coupla months.(removed king lead,primed turbo,replaced king lead and she fired first time )

i heat wrapped all three,with 2000degrees c ,reflective sheet,on letting it tick over for a coupla mins or three,a lot of smoke appeared above the heat wrapped area,is this normal with new manifolds and heat wrap ?
i bloomin blinkin well hope so
anybody any opinions

[^Trickster^]

You get smoke off heat wrap, especially when new. Heat wrap also holds moisture which will eat away your downpipe etc alot quicker than without.

Graeme

[varmint]

cheers graeme,sort of makes me feel a bit easier

[^Trickster^]

Hey man, worry about smoke when its from flames, or out of your exhaust lol

Graeme

[Owen @ Kent Car Craft]

Hey Varmint,where did you get the heatwrap from dude?

[greeny]

Also when i fitted my new turbo it seemed to burn off a coating of somesorts for the first run or two, smoking a bit.

Michael.

[varmint]

graeme,yeah,it was the thought of flames that made me stand there with a fire extinguisher pointed right into the engine bay [-o<
still,i fired e up again tonight,and the smoke appeares to be dissapearing(contradiction in terms) so .......yaaaaay for me.

elmo,i got it from ebay,for the turbo their was some adhesive backed insulation(2000 c),its only adhesive so it allows you to mould it to the contours and stay there,also held it in place with a couple of stainless steel wire ties,just to be on the safe side.....looks blingin dude.
also brought some lower temp heat sheeting to cover the firewall and ic pipes in , thats 500 c stuff.
type a search on ebay for "rpm.msport " there in ware , hertfordshire.
manifold was heat wrapped with 50mm bandage,its still warm,but you can hold the manifold with your hand without smelling roast pork lol
cheers greeny,i think thats part of it too.

[greeny]

Any pics of what uve done?

Cheers Michael.

[Ja99a]

Hey I wrapped my down pipe - It smoked like a b1tch for a day or so, now its just a little smelly some times.

You can see it wrapped, on my webby http://www.frickerm.co.uk/Projects/Proj ... ery_01.htm

Piccys are from when I have to remove my hybrid CT26A the other day and decided to wrap the DP. Back to standard CT26 power actually better than I remember, but I spent a while cleaning up the turbo and opened up the exhaust housing so it can breathe a little better; past the turbo, perhaps its helped a little, wont know till next trip to the pod....

Only partially covered the DP as the top is a bu88er and when I tried to bolt it up the nuts wouldnt fit past the wrap same sort of thing at the bottom. Oh its a genuine aussie.

My mate at 800bhp.com (ebay seller) sells the heat wrap pretty cheap, might want to give him a try way cheaper that Demon tweeks anyway.

[petbeemer]

did you have oily hands when fitting it?

[Ja99a]

Of course, every job on my car includes oily hands...

[varmint]

hi all,
i do have some pics,but untill the intake is painted(looks grotty at the mo)
and untill ive fitted the chargecooler which has arrived from the usa,(yay for pwr tubular coolers).....ill refrain from posting em.....but soon my precious.....soon.
sright,i did have oily hands,all over the wrap and on the pipes,but it seems to have burnt off now
still to do before i can test drive it are,stainless heatshield for manifold,fit pwr cooler,pipes pump and rad,downpipe bracket,turbo support bracket,and correct oil lines(just jobbed em for a test fire.)
but its beginning to sound really throaty
cheers all