-glowing turbo?? bad news?-
11-16-2005, 08:44 AM
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-glowing turbo?? bad news?-
alright- i have a turbonetics t3/t4 oil cooled turbo on my 98 built prelude- im runnin a 2 3/4 inch dp and breaking it in around 9 psi- Last night i went with some friends up to a place called the skyline drive, lotsa twistie uphill turns, switchbacks, ect..... ran it pretty hard for about 15 20 minutes and got to a pull off and we all pulled over- i poped my hood and found the very edge of my turbo(on the exhaust side) and downpipe glowin a little red, ive had the car for 6 months now and havnt noticed this before- but when the GSX eclipse and SRT-4 poped thier hoods their turbos were all red to- i let mine run for about half an hour till it was good and cool, so whats the chances i messed sumthin up?
11-16-2005, 08:50 AM
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Re: -glowing turbo?? bad news?- (l2yanE)
my friend's 91 probe turbo does that after a hard drive.... but his IHI is cranking out 18 psi... LOL
no joke tho... your turbo's prolly fine, you just got it nice and hot, that's all.... it's the same idea as a header getting a little red after some hot autocross laps.... just don't touch it
no joke tho... your turbo's prolly fine, you just got it nice and hot, that's all.... it's the same idea as a header getting a little red after some hot autocross laps.... just don't touch it
11-16-2005, 01:01 PM
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Re: -glowing turbo?? bad news?- (rainmanEK)
Yup thats normal even for low boost because you pushed on it for a while so things tend to get hot....but yeah you gotta see my turbo and manifold after i do 1-5 gear pulls runing 30psi. 
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thanks guys- i kno it gets hot but i just wanted to make sure it will be ok, drove it all day today and it was great nothin wierd, but i was kinda freakin the last time i saw that was on my buddies eclipse and it ruined his turbo- but thanks for the replys
11-16-2005, 01:41 PM
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Re: (TurboTagTeam)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TurboTagTeam »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I used to have a grill that I would put on top off my manifold at car meets. Made awesome smores 
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buwahahaha thats awesome. my mani and turbine housing are ceramic coated... the only glowing i get to experience is my downpipe.
</TD></TR></TABLE>buwahahaha thats awesome. my mani and turbine housing are ceramic coated... the only glowing i get to experience is my downpipe.
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Re: (TheKingPin)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TheKingPin »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hey man. I'm glad you decided to let it run and cool off - dumbasses would have just turned the car off to let it cool off. Good job though. </TD></TR></TABLE>
hehe pretty funny but true
hehe pretty funny but true
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