I replased my Upper rad hose, (it was leaking) and now, it sidts like an inch or 2 away from the V-band clamp to my DP from my Turbo..i think thats the closest point, and i was wondering if, thats way to close, and i d melt the hose, or weakin it causing a burst, or if its ok, and i should just get a heat wrap put around it?

If it looks like it could become a problem, it probably will. Thermal wrap it, better to err on the side of caution anyway.

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You should definatly put a head shield over your down pipe and a thermal sleeve over the upper radiator hose. It will get soft and start leaking over and over agian from the heat of the turbo beating up agiasnt it. You can buy sleeves for hoses from Thermo-tec and then put it on your to do list to wrap your down pipe or fabricate a heat shield for it.

mines was like that too....had to get a new one..weird thing is, is that the hose that i bought was more curvie so it got out of the way.