im posting this for one of my buddies, he ran his car for a while the other day and he chacked under the hood and the turbo was glowing red, , ???why

 

It was hot

 

its normal.

 

=\ turn off the neon's under the hood. lol kidding. Yeah man, it's running pretty damn hot. Ask one of your friends to touch it. rofl

 

its a bomb...

 

I've seen some good pictures. Hmmm lets stick our finger in a turbine. Oh! It's gone!

 

have ihs air/fuel ratio checked. he may be running lean. that spikes the exhaust gas temperatures. just checking the exhaust temp is useless. different engines will have different temps even when the air fuel ratio is correct.

 

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so should i have my stock passat's a/f ratio check when it glows red hot at night...

 

a/f gauges are crap.
if you aren't using a wide band they aren't telling you anything.

get it wide-band tuned

and if ya wanna touch the thing. i suggest yer tounge

 

your tonge...

i heard if you put your **** on it, it grows 10 inches...

 

acctually he may need a larger exhaust .. then it wont get as hot

 

lmao at crxgator

 

ive got a good pic!

 

nice pic...

for some reason i do want to touch it...

 

i kinda wanna cook breakfast on it

 

Pretty....shiny.....

Damn, I seriously did not know a turbo could heat up that much under basic usage. Hell, I didn't know any part could heat up like that and maintain structual stability and such what.

 

daym i knew turbos were hot but that picture makes it look crazy...

 

Thank you for my new avater

 

more cooling.....good lord that things hot. I'm taking a class right now on compressor and turbine design. your compressor fins are really loosing there ability to handle stresses. Over time your blades will fail. Also, the high temperatures of the turbo is actually cooking the oil (the reason you bought that sweet over priced turbo timer). ahh yes and another problem. oil looses its properties at those high temperatures, or its ability to fight friction. this is also the same oil that is used to lubricate those expensive pistons you may have in your engine. my point is, this is something you should look into. Better cooling is your only friend.

and yes, lean conditions cause higher engine temps as well as more nox which will hurt emmissions.

Good luck, hope this helps

 

makes all the air hot that will suck

 

Want to see more glowing red turbos? Watch the Porsches lap the track at the 24 hours of Daytona at night.

 

Also, watch this dyno vid:

http://www.lingenfelter.com/Li...1.wmv

 

in that clip, that header heats up really quick!

 

nice video clip

 

that would be a scary sight to see under the hodd