RegSpec Cruise Control 1,417 Member For: 18y 4m 2d Gender: Male Location: Macksville NSW. Posted 12/02/08 02:05 PM Share Posted 12/02/08 02:05 PM Has anyone thought about rigging up some form of air duct to send cooling air over a turbo before?I saw for the first time last week, after a hard run, my turbo glowing red and wondered why this has not been suggested before....Is it a practical thing to do?...if so, what is the best way to do it? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/42603-cooling-turbos/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltd351t Member 21 Member For: 17y 2m 19d Posted 12/02/08 03:06 PM Share Posted 12/02/08 03:06 PM not practical to do. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/42603-cooling-turbos/#findComment-633551 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETM Member 1,194 Member For: 18y 1m 17d Gender: Male Location: syd south Posted 12/02/08 08:02 PM Share Posted 12/02/08 08:02 PM did you also notice improved performance when the turbo was red hot? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/42603-cooling-turbos/#findComment-633562 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,332 Member For: 19y 7m 7d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 12/02/08 09:51 PM Share Posted 12/02/08 09:51 PM But how can that be? How can a red hot turbo work better than a cool one??? Maybe we could run really big coolant hoses to the turbo to cool down the charge air?:banghead2: Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/42603-cooling-turbos/#findComment-633570 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFHOON Donating Members 1,932 Member For: 19y 1m 6d Gender: Male Location: nsw Posted 12/02/08 10:07 PM Share Posted 12/02/08 10:07 PM the turbo uses heat energy to spool. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/42603-cooling-turbos/#findComment-633573 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAP No boost, no bottle, just my foot on the throttle! Lifetime Members 7,935 Member For: 21y 2m 16d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 12/02/08 10:13 PM Share Posted 12/02/08 10:13 PM Heat is not always a bad thing.Turbos are designed to be HOT, putting cooling air over them could warp the housing as it would be blowing air on one side of the housing.Garrett and Ford spend a lot of time and money on ensuring the longevity of their products, messing with this could cause more problems than it saves. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/42603-cooling-turbos/#findComment-633575 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillz Three pedals are better then two.. Donating Members 15,637 Member For: 17y 11m 4d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 12/02/08 10:25 PM Share Posted 12/02/08 10:25 PM Turbo's go through a hell of a lot of pain in the testing phase before being released to use. The Garrett on the T has it easy on stock power so I don't see it having any problems as long as it's well maintained. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/42603-cooling-turbos/#findComment-633576 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobrav8 Member 1,969 Member For: 20y 1m 6d Gender: Male Location: New Zealand Posted 12/02/08 10:33 PM Share Posted 12/02/08 10:33 PM Heat is not always a bad thing.Turbos are designed to be HOT, putting cooling air over them could warp the housing as it would be blowing air on one side of the housing.Garrett and Ford spend a lot of time and money on ensuring the longevity of their products, messing with this could cause more problems than it saves.Best you put the bung back in your exhaust then, and as for edits etc!The best way to cool a turbo is an intercooler - keeps the air cooler - turbo cooler. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/42603-cooling-turbos/#findComment-633577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegSpec Cruise Control 1,417 Member For: 18y 4m 2d Gender: Male Location: Macksville NSW. Posted 12/02/08 10:35 PM Author Share Posted 12/02/08 10:35 PM Thanks guys...I wasnt sure about it so I had to put the question out there..... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/42603-cooling-turbos/#findComment-633578 Share on other sites More sharing options...
our06t Mmmmm......BOOST Member 3,135 Member For: 18y 2d Gender: Male Location: central coast Posted 13/02/08 12:30 AM Share Posted 13/02/08 12:30 AM The best way to cool a turbo is an intercooler - keeps the air cooler - turbo cooler.intercooler keeps intake temps down ,doesn't help cool your turboan engine oil cooler might help though Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/42603-cooling-turbos/#findComment-633603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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