1.4L Turbo heat shield by DDMWorks

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Any updates?

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Hoping these things ship out soon......maybe today?

 

[Dave@ddmworks]

All of the parts are getting picked up this morning, the boxes are all together and they will be off this afternoon! :banana:

 

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[sonic24740]

:banana::banana:

 

[Dave@ddmworks]

That is just Awesome.

 

[Dave@ddmworks]

The batch is here and we test fit the first piece on our test car, looks amazing. Looking forward to getting some testing done on it also :banana:

 

[sx sonic]

Very nice!

 

[slitzell]

Exciting!

 

[Macehammer]

So I put mine in today. Good part. Total pain in the ass to install.

As you can see by the little red arrow, that hose was right in front, actually touching the bolt I was supposed to remove/replace. What is that hose, btw? I hope I torqued it down enough when I tightened it back up.

I had to fenangle a torque wrench with a 13mm head down in there to be able to move that tubing. I don't know who designed these runs. Their placement is obviously an afterthought, and results straight out of the retard handbook.

In order to remove/replace that bolt on the heatshield, I needed an 8mm socket, not the 10mm that DDM claimed.

You'll not my method of delivery. Much more straightforward.

And then, of course I dropped that threaded bolt that I was to replace down into my engine 3 times, had to jack stand my car, remove the front lower cowl cover thingie, and blind ninja the sh*t out of the nut that goes in it from under in order to finish the install. Pretty uncomfortable. Here's the results.

Btw, what's that tube for again?

 

[River_Rat]

From what I can tell, that seems to be a coolant line to or from the turbo.

I've not looked under my hood or worked on any of these parts though.

Edit: I just went and had a look. If you're pointing at what I think you're pointing at, it's actually part of the a/c system. My hose is about an inch away from that bolt head though.

 

[vento]

So, does the DDM heat shield actually insulate heat any better than the stock one? Or is it purely aesthetic?

 

[Macehammer]

Well it's got to insulate better than the stock one, because it goes on over top the stock one....

 

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It's definitely a huge aesthetic upgrade in my opinion. As far as heat reduction, it likely helps a little. I stuffed insulation under the stock cover, and again between the stock cover and the DDMW cover. 4 layers of heat insulation/reflection.

I noticed a discernible drop in my intake temps. Every degree counts.

 

[ChrisJ]

Seems like it would trap heat in around the...... I guess waste gate actuator? Not sure what the proper name for that beast is. But it looks like the OEM shield trys to keep heat away from it whatever it is.

 

[cndctrdj]

I'm sure it helps keep heat inside the turbo and that's a good thing.
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[Hulty]

Installed my set this weekend, I really like the product. Powder coat with inferno orange metallic really sets it off with the blue coolant hoses!!