red turn into purple haha that is weird, dunno much about cameras

 

hah good thing i have a turbo timer

 

whoa...

 

Very cool

 

Any turbo will glow if you bost it for a while. My MX6 used to get so bright I though I could see the studs in the housing.

 

WHOA!! thats nice man what mountain did you run we gotta hook up sometime and go for some mountain runs i wish my 7 was running it was a HELL of alot faster on the mountain then my beater civic right now... heheheh anyways hit me up sometime we can meet up and go up!

 

ok curious:

Aren't you suppose to have a heat sheild around the turbo? And second thing: I know it's not probably that purple, just what your camera made it out to be, but..... what causes the turbo to "glow" so dark/colorful/whatever?

 

the exhaust heat

 

my turbo does that and more. I have had mine glowing half way down the down pipe. Oh yeah and the passagers feet were burning because this dunb chick took her shoes off. Not sure why that gets so hot but it can't be good.

 

welll....does any one else have pics of glowwwwwingg??

 

I have seen other turbos glow purple too... one was a supra. I dont know if it is the camera or the turbo but it does look a little different.

Dont know what car this is..... but its HOT!

 

I dont think its possbile for a turbo to glow purple, it must be the camera. I must say that looks ******* cool though. Isint a glowing turbo a sign of the mixture being too rich?

 

Digital cameras pick up the infrared as violet.

Try taking a picture of a heating element on a stove. Or an infrared LED (remote control, etc).

Does the same thing.

 

Can I touch the manifold with my finger

 

Thank God for Intercoolers.

 

haha i want a fmic nOW! haha

 

My turbo will glow bright red if I run too rich, and dull red if I run too lean (it detonates by that time, so it's not very common) Fix your timing!

 

I'm pretty sure that a glowing turbo is not really a good thing. Just think about if it's getting that damn hot on the outside imagine how hot it is on the inside, that's not something I would want to put my turbo through. I really think that this is not something to just joke around with I think you need to do something about it. First one reason it may be getting so hot is from restrictions in exhaust, ie cats, second of all my guess is you are probably running pretty rich, that would most likely be the main cause of it getting so hot, because fuel is burning in the turbo. Maybe I'm wrong about turbos glowing, but I would still think you should at least consider doing something about it.

- Steiner

 

yahhh, it was cool looking, but imma try to make it so it doesnt glow nemore, starting with if it runs rich and second if the stock exhaust is clogged or something. When i find out, ill post results.

 

MMM hks downpipe, hks cat back, and hks afc purchased. Ill be trying them out soon!

 

my turbo glows from daily driving

 

coincidentaly the turbo probably has traces of potassium (K) or Cesium (Cs). When the atom's electrons get excited by the intense heat they "jump" an energy level. When they fall back down to their ground state, they emit light (both K and Cs emit violet wavelenghts).

Either that or a really screwed digital camera

 

Check out this glowing downpipe
http://www.evil7.com/bigbrothermoviespage.html

 

Damn, what EGT temps are you guys seeing when your turbos get that hot?

 

i dunno..im running a large streetport on 720's stock turbo