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Any heat lost to material is lost energy. A beanie helps but it's not quite as effective as ceramic coating. I would do both if finances allow.
As for turbos glowing this is not great. Yes they can deal with it but shit will eventually melt. Glowing turbine housings mean high heat which mean high pressure pre turbo so again you are losing that energy as all it is doing is heating up your manifold/turbine housing.