Leave the turbo shield on? Or take it off?

["Turbo-T"]

What's better....leaving on the turbo shield? or taking it off?

For what it's worth mine is a chrome one with the little vents cut in it.

Thanks!

 

[ckmm]

i know i took mine off for one day to get powder coated it burned my hood liner

 

[bison]

I melted one of the plugs that hold up the liner but nothing ever happened to the liner. I think its fiberglass. It doesnt burn very easy. I havent run a shield on any of my cars in over 12 years.

 

[chasmat2316]

I melted one of the plugs that hold up the liner but nothing ever happened to the liner. I think its fiberglass. It doesnt burn very easy. I havent run a shield on any of my cars in over 12 years.

Same here!

 

[t-typex1]

Mine burned the hood liner as well. I keep a shield on it now

 

[GNBRETT]

Off

 

[BlackMetal]

Pretty sure it's there for a reason. Frankly I think it looks better too. Really depends on how you drive the car, I doubt daily driving with a few taps on the gas would really harm anything but if you're really working the turbo with racing it can get hot enough to really burn some stuff.

 

[phillyturbosix]

I have a chrome one on mine. I go to car shows with a friend that don't run one on his GN. The turbo is bigger on his car then mine and everyone walks up and points to my car and says.. Look how much bigger his turbo is! Just because of the shield

 

[1chance]

I keep mine on, figure it will burn the hood mat.

 

["Turbo-T"]

Pretty sure it's there for a reason. Frankly I think it looks better too. Really depends on how you drive the car, I doubt daily driving with a few taps on the gas would really harm anything but if you're really working the turbo with racing it can get hot enough to really burn some stuff.

I thought I read somewhere it was supposed to keep the turbo cool, but someone else told me the turbo will dissipate heat better with it off. Also because mine happens to be a chrome jobby I think someone stuck on there.

 

[FORREST]

turbo shield

My stock one I took off because it cracks in the corners.Someone told me
that the cracks vibrate and can give false knock to your ECM, I don't know
about all that. What your thoughts on the false knock ? Anyway I
bought a nice chrome one from BW Jones !

 

["Turbo-T"]

What your thoughts on the false knock ?

Good question!

I've been having an issue with what I believe may be a false knock reading. It seems sometimes just trying to go up a hill the LED's on the knock gauge will climb into the yellow and the Scanmaster will start reading 0.7, 1.2, 2.3....and this all happens at cruise, with no boost being made.

In talking with another member here on board (while at a car show this past weekend) he informs me if there's something rattling or vibrating under the hood, the knock sensor can detect it and introduce it as spark knock because the sensor cannot differentiate between true spark knock and if something underhood is loose or vibrating.

 

[turbo nasty]

Ive had mine off on both cars for years but leav the bracket in place. I feel the bracket gives the stock headers extra strength.

 

[86 got boost]

took mine off, was chrome, was told will not dissipate heat been off since 2001, had wrapped downpipe w/ the header wrap, have not had any issues w/ burning liner but did cut down heat underhood after wrapping pipe, also keeps heat off the upper control arm bushings...

 

[Project TNX]

Name one other car that used the turbo as an aesthetic item.........exactly, mine stays on.

 

[tyroneveee6]

i bought a brand new 320 buck liner left off my sheild and burnt it up talk about being sick

 

[Turbo1dr]

Looks much cleaner under the hood with it mounted. All I see is a rusted turbine housing on cars that don't have them. The rust just jumps right out at ya when the hood is raised

 

[rmar]

Not on mine....

 

[GNTIM]

No cover for 10 years. As posted above, one of the pad retainers melted a bit, just a little distorted.