How hot do your manifolds get? Is it supposed to be really hot, even if you've been driving for less then an hour? Thanks.

 

lol mine gets super hot after driving it for 2 mins, its just the nature of exhaust gases

 

Yeah, like 1400 degrees F.

 

im curious too....

The stock exhuast manifold didnt melt the dip stick....this inline pro unit melted my dip stick and is causeing oil to fly out and go all over my engine bay.

I dont know if it could be that my timing is retarted , but its set to 16~19 at idle.

anyone know what the temps of the runners should be? I used a heat gun and it read 440~480 at idle.

 

if you're melting **** you may think about getting the manifold jet hot/ceramic coated.

 

Me and my friend (drag mani, greddy mani respectively) both melted our dipsticks. heat comes with the territory, my friend!

 

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what have you done to prevent it/keep it under control?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by integra-modder &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">im curious too....

The stock exhuast manifold didnt melt the dip stick....this inline pro unit melted my dip stick and is causeing oil to fly out and go all over my engine bay.

I dont know if it could be that my timing is retarted , but its set to 16~19 at idle.

anyone know what the temps of the runners should be? I used a heat gun and it read 440~480 at idle.</TD></TR></TABLE>

thats where mine is at... driving the freeway @ 80mph and not in boost mine get to about 800 C.

another intersting fact is how fast it cools down after you shut off the engine.... it goes from 600+ C to below 400 C in like a min.

 

I believe like 900 deg F is typacal for just highway crusing at like 2k-2.5k rpm under high load you should get around 1200-1300 deg F maybe even 1400 but I think if I remember like 12-1300 is optimal.

 

if 1200-1300 is optimal...how does anyone manage to keep their stock tip stick without melting the seals?

 

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ttt

 

mine did the same...makes a mess and it kinda smells sometimes

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 99B16Si &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">mine did the same...makes a mess and it kinda smells sometimes</TD></TR></TABLE>

nasty smell and blue smoke....but i think i kinda got to liking it after having to drive with it for 2 hours

 

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you mean oil was coming out of the dip stick tube - how do you fix this if the dip sticks keep melting - plug?

 

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you mean oil was coming out of the dip stick tube - how do you fix this if the dip sticks keep melting - plug?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Im considering cutting the tube down a bit so that its not right between the two runners rather a few inches below.

 

mine gets really hot even if its just idling, but its never melted anything...