Are the stock twin turbos water or oil cooled???
06-30-05 | 12:32 AM
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ok so I often see heat shields put up around the turbos on some cars which makes sense but I also see some thermal/heat wrapping directly wrapped on the turbos themselves, mainly on race engines. I know it's to prevent heat from building up too much under the hood but wouldn't this trap excess heat inside the turbo and leading to oil coking and turbo failure sooner than not have the wrapping?
06-30-05 | 01:17 AM
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Originally Posted by RoadRaceJosh
Water cooled turbos are pretty much always below the coking point as the bearing housings don't get much over 220°F. This is why turbo timers are of little benifit with a vehicle with a water cooled bearing housing.
I wanted to say that 10 posts ago
