quick D.I.Y. heat shield

[SLde_Show_Enthusiast]

Hey guys, I use to get worried about my brake fluid boiling because my turbo/downpipe was 1/2 an inch away from my break hardlines that go into the master cylinder. Today I sovled that problem....I think and hope this should work. Pics...enjoy...up to a 1000degree heat resistant foil that i bought off of ebay for 25 bucks...more than enough.some heating and a/c ducts that i bought from lowes for like a buck or 2...

basically, i bent the folds (that's hold the mesh) back and then got enough room to stuff the foil stuff in there....then rebent the folds and just stuffed it inbetween the turbo/downpipe and master cylinder...

let me know what ya think...

gone

[1WheelWonder]

Looks good man, the vents on that ac/heater grill look like ultra custom cooling channels, good stuff.

[thekawaii]

where did you buy those?

I went to lowes, home depot, ace hardware but nobody sell it.

I used stock heat shield from Z31.

[Florida240sx]

Go to the roofing department. I work at a local lumber yard and those are louvers. Very cheap. I have a sheet of aluminum that I cut from a roll and then bent it over mine as a heat shield. Works great.

[thekawaii]

hey so you can cut aluminum whatever shape you want? cuz i'm tyring to make custom air duct, dash gauge pods etc

[fabio420]

THANK YOU! I'm doing this tommorrow.

[SLde_Show_Enthusiast]

man, this is great...i think it really works, because after i drove the car to my friend's house....I popped the hood and checked the master cylinder and it wasnt burning hot at all, a bit warm but i think that's normal....i could touch it with out burning my hand...

[240DRFT]

man, this is great...i think it really works, because after i drove the car to my friend's house....I popped the hood and checked the master cylinder and it wasnt burning hot at all, a bit warm but i think that's normal....i could touch it with out burning my hand...

i dont think its a very good thing if your m/c is burning hot. good thing u fixed the prob.

[Craving4Boost]

with heat wrap i can put my hand ON the turbine and it doesnt burn. just pretty warm..but obviously if left for a long time it will get hot. this idea looks like a good and cheap way though.

[pr240sx]

Good ideaBUTtry to prevent that tha heatshield touches the brake lines.Also, you can "wrap" the turbo with your custom heatshield covering the top too.

[thekawaii]

hey do you think it's worth to put small electric fan on side of brake mastercylinder?

[mirra32]

HERE IS HOW I SOLVED MY FUTURE HEAT PROBLEM....!!!!!lol.....this is one of the excuses for doing my rhd swap....tubo going in next month....yay

[MarkEmark]

Nice, I have been using one that looks exactly like that for over 2 years...works amazingly well, despite not looking that good haha...after a hard drive, putting your hand over the turbo versus over the master cylinder, there's a HUGE temp difference...

nice stuff

http://www.angelfire.com/thefo....html

(toward the bottom of the page)

[SLde_Show_Enthusiast]

Good ideaBUTtry to prevent that tha heatshield touches the brake lines.Also, you can "wrap" the turbo with your custom heatshield covering the top too.

it's touching but there's nothing i can do because it's wedged in there that's how it's just mounted...but i dont think the areas that touch wouldnt effect the brake parts at all...

i dont think I should wrap this stuff because it's not made to completely wrap a turbo or downpipe...

[Florida240sx]

I'll have a pic up tomorrow of my heat shield. Took a before pic of me taking out my motor and made sure to snap a shot of it.Just a 24"x36" piece of aluminum that i bent over the turbo/downpipe

[Florida240sx]

Cost me less than $2