Crossover Pipe for Turbo "heating" up oil - advice needed
 

Hey guys,

I am in the opening stages of laying out the routing of my hot side turbo piping on my '69 442 and i have a great location where I would like to run my crossover pipe but I am concerned with its proximity to the oil pan I may be causing myself some unwanted oil heating.

I will take some pics tomorrow but basically it is going off the driver's side, under the engine in front of the oil pant but behind the crossmember. Now I KNOW the factory did this before but I am concerned with the turbo set-up and upwards of 1200+ degrees that I am going to get some serious radiant heating of the surrounding metal.

There is actually at least of quarter inch of clearance all around but I am pretty sure I will have to reroute the front brake line because the crossover will parallel it for a decent stretch.

Basically I am looking for a little leveling here...am I over complicating this? I am most definitely ceramic coating all the piping and more than likely wrapping this pipe as well.

What's everyone's thoughts on this?

Thanks :lateral:
Dave

Post up some pics so we can see what your thinking.

Also you have to be concerned about the harmonic balancer as they are also not a big fan of heat from the crossover pipe. I've seen a few of them come apart.

And yes move anything that you don't want to cook and if your concerned leave room for a high temp wrap like something from DEI.

Always plan worst case scenerio when your building a turbo car.

I used the black DEI exhaust wrap on my downpipes and wastegate piping. It worked extremely well in controlling the temps. I could go drive the car to a show or event and open the hood when I arrived and touch the wrapped pipe, didn't get burned. Not sure what the long term effect is on the metal, mine was all stainless, but I would recommend it again.

I use the DEI wrap on my turbo car. Really holds in a lot of heat!