Ive had a couple of turbo cars and lived in the forums for those cars and I never heard about heat being what caused more power. It was always air flow in and out causing the turbines to spin. The wrapping of things was to keep the heat away from the engine, thus the intakes so cooler air went into the intake mannifold. Heat is actually bad in turbo cars as when you get too much heat from the turbo and the engine temp gets so hot that at some point you will not net any gains from a bigger turbo cuz the heat is causing so much heat soak and reducing power. Just what Ive learned from having a couple of turbo cars but I could be wrong.
Just a side not too, would having a diverter valve that dumps the excess air back into the intake instead of venting it help with the lag of having the turbos far away?
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2010 LS3 C6 Silver coupe corvette
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