Originally posted by Jeb Hoge:
I noticed that this month's Car & Driver had a letter from a guy who bought a Noble and proclaimed it to be garbage. Seen it? My guess is it's sour grapes from an "average" owner, not someone who's got the skills you and your wrenching buddies do.



Actually, it was a Superformance S1 he purchased in 2002, I believe. The rolling chassis is put together in the same factory, but they're completely different designs. I agree though. It seems the difference between those that love their component cars and those that have a complete nightmare on their hands is their choice of mechanics.


Anyhow, it looks like I completely fried the heat shield blanket on my turbos, in under 1000 miles. I may have chosen the wrong company's product.

Before:



After:



The entire heat shield has a black felt-like material on the underside. Every part of it that touched the turbo completely burnt off. Not even dust remained.