....after warming up the car, and taking it for a free spirited ride around the block for about 5-10 minutes, i pop the hood and the exhaust housing on the turbo is glowing red hot, im only boosting 6psi......

it is a brand new 16g turbo from majestic turbo in waco,tx

any thoughts or opinions if this is a dangerous condition or if it will decrease the life of the product....

i do properly turbo time of course after these fun runs, but the glowing concerns me....

thanks!
MARLON

 

Check the Ignition Timing

 

i wish my turbo would glow, then i wouldnt need any neons to be cool

Do a search under Exhaust temperture, and I think youll find quite a bit. there was a specific post about 2 weeks ago, but you can dig that up for yourself..

 

you could get 350 whp with less than what you have on your car tinker.


[Modified by b16matt, 3:08 PM 2/14/2003]

 

stock ls head for now though. im trying to find a bare vtec head/mani somewhere because i think a stock vtec head would flow better than a modded b18 head at half the cost. this is on pump gas too...with race gas, im expecting around 500whp on the stock head...

 

Do you still have the factory Catalytic converter in? possibly you could be suffering from a "lava flow" cat problem, thats when your cat melts into slag inside and chokes your turbo .

 

how much is a 16g turbo from majestic? what exhaust manifold flange is on it? i am assuming its a mitsubishi brand turbo that they sell?

 

This is due to your ignition timing being backed way off. When i was setting up the timing maps on my haltech the ignition maps in boost were way retarded. The turbo would glow when i popped the hood, red hot.

 

turbo glowing red hot = time for heat wrapping so all the hoses dont melt under your hood!

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