CRan's EFR 8374iwg REW RX-8
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Not the best pic but you get the idea.
Manifold heat shield done. It's in two pieces and covers about 90% of the manifold.
I left about a 1/2" air gap between the heat shield and manifold.
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Manifold heat shield done. It's in two pieces and covers about 90% of the manifold.
I left about a 1/2" air gap between the heat shield and manifold.
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Last edited by firecran; Dec 20, 2015 at 07:21 PM.
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Also i've completely change my REW setup(turbo, manifold, downpipe, 5spd trans, clutch, ECU, piping, wiring, ect...) so I figured it's time for a title update
How it currently sits, been to busy to work on her.
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One more pic(not the best)of the heat shielding that I did.
Hoping that it'll keep the temps under control since going to a top mount.
And I polished/cleaned up the coolant pressure and overflow tanks.
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Hoping that it'll keep the temps under control since going to a top mount.
And I polished/cleaned up the coolant pressure and overflow tanks.
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Again, beautiful work. My RHD steering column forces me to mount my turbo (EFR 7670 IWG) in the same top mount location as yours so I'm going through the same processes as you on heat shielding, albeit I'm a month or so off building it. I got some military aircraft heat shielding/fire protection fairly cheaply so will be using that. That said, I may have to use a ceramic coating instead/too to cope with the small clearances at the turbine exit; did you consider ceramic coating?
BTW where are you looking to connect the turbo water cooling hoses?
BTW where are you looking to connect the turbo water cooling hoses?
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Again, beautiful work. My RHD steering column forces me to mount my turbo (EFR 7670 IWG) in the same top mount location as yours so I'm going through the same processes as you on heat shielding, albeit I'm a month or so off building it. I got some military aircraft heat shielding/fire protection fairly cheaply so will be using that. That said, I may have to use a ceramic coating instead/too to cope with the small clearances at the turbine exit; did you consider ceramic coating?
BTW where are you looking to connect the turbo water cooling hoses?
BTW where are you looking to connect the turbo water cooling hoses?
I'd do the ceramic coat and heat shielding... best of both worlds.
Make sure you have a air gap between the sheilding and manifold.
Coolant lines are attached to the FD water pump in the stock locations.
I removed the stock fittings and tapped in some 6an fittings.
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Last edited by firecran; Jan 8, 2016 at 07:04 PM.
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it's alive.... started up with no delay.
breakin miles then tune
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k87/firecran/20160112_140819.mp4
And yes the battery is staying put for now
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breakin miles then tune
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k87/firecran/20160112_140819.mp4
And yes the battery is staying put for now
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Last edited by firecran; Jan 13, 2016 at 07:30 AM.
