external wastegate users - trying to decide on a colour

[mattyD]

as above lads, im stuck as to what colour wastegate to get and i was after some inpiration from you wonderful people

pictures of your engine bays would be muchly appreciated

[Jamie1st]

Here's mine dude

[nazzurro19]

Wouldnt thermal wrap be better on ya fmic

Pipes u want to keep cold in heat out but that wrap surly keeps heat in?

[Blitz]

like a thermal flask keeps cold cold and hot hot makes sense

ps where did you get your gaskets?

[WallaceGlanza]

Big decision here.

Depends where it is though if you're that fussy - you can't see mine normally:

[lew777]

i know its not in a engine bay but hey

[Jamie1st]

Wouldnt thermal wrap be better on ya fmic

Pipes u want to keep cold in heat out but that wrap surly keeps heat in?

The engine bay is hotter than inside the IC piping, therefore it would stop the heat from the engine getting absorbed by the IC piping

like a thermal flask keeps cold cold and hot hot makes sense

ps where did you get your gaskets?

You talking to me? Cuz I haven't a clue what gaskets you're on about lol

J

[mattyD]

^{looking good so far lads im liking a purple one to be honest and as of yet, i havent even seen the manifold yet so i have no idea where abouts the takeoff for it is}

^{Keep the pictures coming though}

[Jozinobi]

Silver tends to corrode a little, so best bet is to go for anything but base silver as the rest are anodised

I had no choice as mine came with the kit. Had the choice I'd go red or gold

Joz

[Blitz]

You talking to me? Cuz I haven't a clue what gaskets you're on about lol

J

no sorry was talking to naz

[grum-glanza]

whats the story with wastegates because my turbo packed up so im decideing to go with an external wastegate setup but when i was looking at them some are realy cheap like 84 quid on ebay and then i seen tial ones up around 800 quid i know there is different models of them but whats the difference from one to another

[nazzurro19]

Heatwrap keeps heat in so you get higher temps etc though

And ben its a td04 , td04s come off scoobys so i went dingles suburu for gaskets ;)

[Blitz]

And ben its a td04 , td04s come off scoobys so i went dingles suburu for gaskets ;)

cheers dude seems a shame i got that turbo and never even fitted it "/

[Liam_D]

Mines black, have no pics though as you cant see it anyway haha

[mattyD]

hmmmmmmmmmmm im still leaning towards purple me thinks but i was told that as they get quite hot, the anodising sometimes doesnt last as long??????

[Liam_D]

Ive seen anodised ones fade in the past!

[mattyD]

so what do you think? black? silver? lol, tooooooo many choices

Edited February 14, 2012 by mattyD

[CLARKYTRD]

I've a lovely brand new one here in purple ;)

[james@cjperformance]

^^ how much you wanting for it dude I will be needin a wastegate in,tje next few weeks:)

[BoGlE]

Heres mine:

Purple Tial

[mattyD]

I've a lovely brand new one here in purple ;)

the one i need bud has to be a tial mvs mate as the flanges have been welded to my manifold

[mattyD]

Heres mine:

Purple Tial

i like where is your air filter though bud? as im running an hks filter at the front where your wastegate seems to be

[BoGlE]

Mine is also a hks mushroom filter. It sits just behind the front mount..

Abit of a tight fit like but im just gona run some ducting from the drivers fog light to the inlet of the tubby. Will make it look abit neater aswell