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Minimize Heat Soak with the GrimmSpeed Turbo Heat Shield!
The turbocharger is one of the hottest components in your engine bay and can have some really negative effects on its surroundings. As it gets red-hot, it also heats your intercooler and the charge air going through it into your engine, resulting in a loss of power. In stock form, the turbo is covered by an OEM heat shield, however this heat shield will not fit with most aftermarket downpipes or turbos. The GrimmSpeed V2 Turbo Heat Shield solves this problem as it’s designed to fit a variety of aftermarket downpipes and turbos with one job in mind: to decrease the heat in your engine bay and keep that TMIC as cool as possible!
To us, both form and function are priorities when it comes to modifying cars and that's why we’ve raised the bar with the Version 2 of our extremely popular heat shield. We’ve taken things to the next level with an all new bold design that not only covers more of the turbo to reduce heat, but is also a beautiful aesthetic piece that compliments the rest of your GrimmSpeed parts. This new design is even easier to install, avoiding the poor fitment issues of competitors and is resistant to the cracking problem that other heat shields are afflicted with. The GrimmSpeed Turbo Heat Shield is constructed out of 304 Stainless Steel featuring a gorgeous brushed finish, complimented by a laser-etched GrimmSpeed logo. The heat shield is also available with a functional black ceramic coating (sans laser etched logo) that provides additional benefits against the heat. On top of that, because of YOUR requests, we’ve gone a step further and added an optional pre-cut DEI Reflect-A-GOLDTM foil that can be utilized to further reduce radiant heat from your turbo.
QUICK SPECS:
- Proven to Keep Performance-Robbing Heat Away From Your Intercooler
- CNC-Cut and Bent for the Perfect Fit
- Fits all Factory and Most Aftermarket Downpipes and Turbos on USDM LHD Subarus
- Durable 304 Stainless Steel Construction
- Grade 10.9 Zinc-Plated Replacement Hardware Included
- Designed, Manufactured and Assembled in the USA
TESTING:
To test the effectiveness of the heat shield in reducing temperature on the surface of the intercooler near the turbo, a test vehicle was driven in a predetermined loop and measured in the same location for each heat shield configuration. The drive loop consisted of 6 miles of low speed driving, followed by 10 miles of highway driving. The vehicle was then returned to the shop, where a FLIR C2 Thermal Imaging Camera was used to measure the temperature of the surface on the side of a GrimmSpeed STI TMIC. The measured location used was just above the passenger side bracket (for consistency) and is of interest due to its proximity to the turbocharger. All of the testing was performed on the same day, driving the same path with the same amount of WOT, in 20 degree F ambient temperature. The temperature measurement for each heat shield configuration is as follows:
As you can see, The GrimmSpeed V2 Turbo Heat Shield offers an impressive improvement of over 20% heat reduction as measured at the surface of the TMIC when compared to an exposed turbocharger. The addition of the DEI Reflect-A-GOLDTM foil increased that improvement an additional 10%. The black ceramic coated heat shield offered an even greater improvement with a heat reduction of over 32%. When coupled with our pre-cut gold foil, the overall heat reduction reaches a staggering 36%.
FITMENT:
This heat shield is designed to fit all factory and most aftermarket downpipes and turbos on LHD Subarus with the EJ-series turbo engine
NOTE: You will reuse both of your OEM heat shield brackets to install this unit, if you need to replace those for whatever reason, we offer replacement brackets.
INSTALLATION:
Written - GrimmSpeed Turbo Heat Shield Install
Overall rating: 4.6666665 / 5 from 18 reviews.
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GS Turbo Heat Shield (black)
"I love, love, LOVE my GS turbo heat shield! It looks so much better than the factory tin one! Paired with the gold heat resistant tape for it reduced my intake air temp by about 5 degrees! Well worth the money in my book! Thanks GS team!"
Heat shield cracked metal x2, no hlp from support
"Purchased for 2021 STI limited, paired with Grimmspeed divorced waste gate downpipe. Metal cracked completely through a bolt slot about one year after installation. The broken metal grinding and making a god awful sound under the hood for months, like my engine was destroying itself. Grimmspeed support provided a free replacement. About 1 year later the second replacement heat shield CRACKED AGAIN! In the exact same spot through the bolt slot. Grimmspeed support originally responsive via email, but when the pro tuner partner I purchased both items through couldn’t find the original invoice number, Eric G. and Tony W. with Grimmspeed support went completely unresponsive - not returning any emails. My only option was to purchase a third replacement at full price, as I’m stuck with the Grimmspeed downpipe. This car is my daily driver - to and from work, 3x car seats to pick up kiddos from daycare. It has never seen a track since I’ve owned it - 30k miles on odometer, and stays in “intelligent” mode 98% of the time with 8 psi boost limit. This shield is made with flimsy thin steel. It is not well designed, and frankly I’m extremely disappointed in Grimmspeed support after installing what I think is a very high quality downpipe."
Very Impressed!
"Very well made product. The thermal coating is flawless!"
Fantastic fitment
"As long as you read the notes prior to install using your stock brackets it fits and looks perfect. Installed over a gesi Cobb DP no problem. The gold foil also makes for about 10hp because it looks and also fits amazing."
Amazing
"This is a great product. Super easy to install and a must it you you are still running a top mount. High build quality and it really looks amazing."
Top notch
"Great quality, black thermal coated paired with the gold foil is on point. I have added a downpipe to my car, and can’t imagine the amount of heat soak I would have without this installed. Totally worth the money"
Heat shield
"Much better than the oem heat shield, and it’s a very easy install 30 minutes tops"
Excellent
"Another great product from Grimmspeed! Fits perfectly over my Grimmspeed downpipe, looks great, excellent craftsmanship as usual. Thanks Grimmspeed!"
Quality work again!
"07 Forester Sports XT. Fitment was great paired up with the Limited Downpipe. The Heat Shield is a solid piece and only 3 mounting points which is a plus. I would highly recommend buying the upper bracket due to bolts snapping off... save yourself the headache of having to drill them out. Great stuff as always GrimmSpeed!"