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Originally Posted by dregg100
im gonna bet burnout on that front bumper...looking good guys, this will be one clean car when its finished.
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Thanks! And, yep, its a burnout front bumper.
I tried to use this formable inferno heat shield thing on the xcessive intake manifold and got it perfectly formed and even fabbed some riveted brackets to hold it perfectly on the LIM but when I put it back on the car, I didn't have enough clearance between the wastegate & LIM. So-- I had to scrap that unfortunately. I was quite proud of how simply and securely I had it mounted too.
So instead, I bought some of this thin stick-on heatshield from Jegs comprised of a high temp adhesive, a layer of fiberglass, then aluminum foil. First I formed it tightly around the curves of the LIM -- making sure to shield all the way to the bottom edge. Then I added a second layer towards the top where I had more clearance and where the downpipe will run. The second layer I wrapped straigt & tight and left a bit of an air-gap instead of following the curves.
Its ugly now, but hopefully pretty functional. I also have one of these phenolic spacer gaskets that act as a barrier for conducted heat transfer from the block to the manifold. Not sure how well it will be as a gasket since its pretty hard and inflexible, but thats what RTV is for anyway. There definitely seems to be a lot of surface area on the LIM for heat conduction from the block that should now be blocked.
Also, I designed in CAD and mocked up my airbox for the vmount. I think it will end up working pretty well. I tried to make it match the end tanks of the intercooler both for aesthetics and because I want it to be a tight fit & seal. I'll be sending this design to an online machineshop to be cut and formed out of .062" aluminum
