turbo heat shield and THDP

[Cleaner13]

ok I want to put on my THDP with the dump/test pipe

however I dont have one of the remade heat shields to fit on top of the turbo after I put the THDP on

is it ok for me to drive with the heat shield off until I get the ones that fit it??

thanks

Carl

 

[xtremexnyc]

You should be fine with the heat shield off. I did the same thing when I installed my THDP. Had it like that for about 2 months until I found a shield that was already cut. Alot of guys have their shields off.

 

[strikeeagle]

Then how will you heat your pizza???

 

[1QuikV6]

I believe the heat shield serves two purposes.

1- To keep you from burning yourself (yea right) on the turbo.
2-To protect your hood liner.

On occasion, I'll run with mine off and I've noticed no visible damage to my liner.

 

[UNGN]

Turbo shields are still only $27 new from GM so I just used a BFH to bash my old rusting original enough to clear the THDP and have the new one in a bag on the shelf.

 

[1970gsx]

No shield here for 3 years, and no problems either.

 

[JToups386]

I've run the THDP without the heat shield for numerous years too. No noticeable problems thereof. The only damage to my hood liner is from the ill fated air blasts when it's blown the pipe off from the intercooler that feeds the throttle body.

I think half the cars in Houston are now without the heatshield. However, it does look nice if you can get someone to nicely cut your original for the THDP. It's fairly simple to do, per my findings.

 

[Kid with a toy]

Same goes for me. No problems when I put my Mease DP on and ran without the cover for a couple of months. But like J said, get some T-clamps for those hoses...my up pipe hose blew off too. And sure enough, it boogered the hood liner.

Erik

 

[TurboDave]

Heat shield actually serves two purposes.

1. Protection/safety. The engineers assume all car owners are idiots an must be protected from themselves.

2. More importantly, it holds heat in and around the turbine housing. Sorta like a poor man's turbo blanket. In turbo charging applications, heat is energy. the more heat you can keep in and around the turbine housing, the more energy it can extract from the heat within. Take a look at racing applications, the turbine housings are usually always covered in an asbestos blanket.