McGoo 69

Right im about to buy a turbo for my engine build. Being second hand im going to send it to get rebuilt to save any problems.

But before i do this id like to know how they can be painted/anodised etc as ive noticed some people have done this

Like one the Turbonetics-GT-K turbo

what limitations are there to turbo styling?

Matty

rapidcossie

never seen a painted turbo?

McGoo 69

well it could possibly have been anodised one sec ill get a pic

McGoo 69

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Turbo...Z33742QQihZ002

Miller 3

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McGoo 69

thats the one just got to it before ya

how is it painted does anyone know? is it a special paint to cope with the heat etc?

is it wise to paint one or will it seriously effect the cooling of the turbo?

Miller 3

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Your link dont work

NEEDFORSPEED

maybe ceramic coated judgeing by the look of the exhaust housing?

McGoo 69

hmm true

how would any finish's effect heat dispersion? (dunno if thats the right word lol)

i wouldnt have thought it would prevent the turbo cooling ?

what do you guys recon?

all turbos look the same i want to do something different

NEEDFORSPEED

i think the best thing to do is ceramic coating defo, keeps the heat of the exhaust gasses where they should be and the inlet air temp where it should be too! (inside the pipes!!) think il be using camcoat to do my stuff seem very professional. looks much better than heat wrap

rapidcossie

It looks pretty cool but bet its looks different once its done a few hundred miles.


Not much can last with the heat from a turbo

McGoo 69

true but its worth a try while its off. doesnt take much to take of the turbo and send it to get polished if it doesnt work out

NEEDFORSPEED

get some pics up once its done

McGoo 69

will do. might not be for a while as im collecting all my parts for my engine build but youll all be updated on my thread anyways

R5FORD

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got my turbo done red

looks the dogs bolloxzzz

McGoo 69

yeh just noticed it on the engine bay thread how did you do it and how well as the finish lasted?

R5FORD

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yhep thats it mate..

not to be big headed but how cool does that look

R5FORD

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finish has lasted good, still looks as good as when it was painted

a guy i know sprayed it..i just gave it to him and he did it, didnt ask questions

xr4x4rs

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that bit doesnt get as hot as the exhaust

so you could have it painted, anodised, polished etc

and should last

McGoo 69

yeh it does look cool much better than std

looks like it can be done then

just got to design the rest of my engine bay so i can get it all to match

RobS

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painted my old mine myself to match inlet-camcover

came out ok and never flaked or distorted

McGoo 69

good stuff

might do mine in a gun metal colour and have the garrett logo highlighted in the same color as my silicone

Big Will_

Compressor housings can be anodized as normally they're aluminium.

Exhaust housings would need to be ceramic coated. Zircotec can do them.

I've seen a GTK turbo looking quite tired after 5000miles

McGoo 69

i suppose its also down to the quality of the finish

im always up for trying things once so ill give it a go

at least i know it can be done

R5FORD

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just get the inlet side polished mate and then a very thin layer of paint and walllaaaa

smitsturbo

im going for a gt=k turbo & they are ceramic coated but not all of them have the red turbonetics writing on them

andrew galagher has the gt-k 650 on his focus

foreigneRS

if you cermaic coat the turbine housing you may have problems from the extra retained heat with the bearing