Turbo heat issue, aluminum timing belt cover?
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Has anyone seen a dress-up timing belt shield/cover? I figure, if I can't fine one already made, I'll have to try to find a used timing belt cover, and I'll machine an aluminum cover.
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As you can obviously see, I'm having some heat issues. I'd love to ceramic coat the manifold, and wrap everything, but that's pretty pricey, and being unemployed and a full time student, it's a little out of my budget too. I have both a lathe and a mill, not to mention access to CNC lathes and mills at school.
Any ideas?
Nate/SteyrTMP
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As you can obviously see, I'm having some heat issues. I'd love to ceramic coat the manifold, and wrap everything, but that's pretty pricey, and being unemployed and a full time student, it's a little out of my budget too. I have both a lathe and a mill, not to mention access to CNC lathes and mills at school.
Any ideas?
Nate/SteyrTMP
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Not to call him cheap or poor, but when he thought he blew up his 5spd transmission, he was worried about the sub $100 junk yard replacement price, I doubt he's going to sink double that into a product that may or may not fix his issue.
OP, bolt a piece of angle iron onto those two front VC bolts, and drop a sheet of aluminum straight down.
OP, bolt a piece of angle iron onto those two front VC bolts, and drop a sheet of aluminum straight down.
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