06-01-2011, 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by TBOX
What about heat melting the bumper?
What protects the turbo from objects or water in the road? I would think hitting a small puddle would be pretty detrimental to hot ceramic material.
It's a unique solution, Ill give it that, but your information doesn't sell the big red flags I'm seeing. Perhaps a little more information on this area would be helpful for anyone that is immediately taken back seeing it.
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If water hits the hot turbo, will it crack?
Seems like it might when you first think about it, however, when I asked the Garrett engineers this questions they just laughed. There is a big difference in water splashing on a hot turbo and submerging it in enough water and fast enough to really cool it down fast. Both the new turbocharged Vette systems and the new Porsche systems sit the turbo down low and exposed to water and anything else that goes under a car.
Plus, our turbos just don't get that hot and when weather conditions are such that there is a lot of water around, you can't push enough boost to get the turbo hot anyway because you'd just spin the tires.
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