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Originally Posted by Daox
Yeah, that would work. But, getting heat doesn't seem to be the problem. One could simply wrap some copper around the exhaust pipe and be done. However, its now dumping a lot of heat into the coolant once up to temperature and the radiator how has to dissipate all that heat. More heat to the radiator means more airflow to it, which means worse aero. There are a lot of ways of disconnecting that heat, but this is the simplest I've been able to come up with.
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I see your dilemma. For me I only flow water through the center cartridge during the winter months. Right now the lines are disconnected and run a bi-pass loop around the turbos center cartridge.
During the winter months I will hook it back up and run full grill block with a Lexan adjustable plate for air flow. I also will by pass the inter-cooler all together.
On my engine at idle after a long day of testing my hottest inner exhaust runners only get around 380*F to 420*F. The outside exhaust runners run around 280*F to 325*F. The turbos center cartridge runs around 350*F.
All readings are taking with a infra red gun.