Red hot pipes
#1
Rotary Enthusiast
Thread Starter
Red hot pipes
I recently bought a single tubo kit from a seller on ebay. Nothing fit right but luckily, I have access to a machine shop. I started it up tonite to check for oil leaks and such,and found that after about a 10 minute warm-up, the exhaust manifold from the block to the turbo is red hot. I mean when you idle up, its real red. Is this normal? If it is, should I wrap it with insulation, or what?
#2
Eats, Sleeps, Dreams Rotary
Originally Posted by impactwrench
I recently bought a single tubo kit from a seller on ebay. Nothing fit right but luckily, I have access to a machine shop. I started it up tonite to check for oil leaks and such,and found that after about a 10 minute warm-up, the exhaust manifold from the block to the turbo is red hot. I mean when you idle up, its real red. Is this normal? If it is, should I wrap it with insulation, or what?
#5
Weird Cat Man
I have several points... some of which echo previous posters...
1 - How thick is the material on the manifold?
2 - Is it a tubular style or a cast hunk-o-metal style?
3 - What A/R and turbine wheel are in your Ebay kit?
4 - What air/fuel ratio and timing are you running at idle?
Mine will glow sometimes faintly, but that's after I've fully warmed up the car and been f'ing around with it some. I think yours sounds a lot redder/hotter/whatever.
1 - How thick is the material on the manifold?
2 - Is it a tubular style or a cast hunk-o-metal style?
3 - What A/R and turbine wheel are in your Ebay kit?
4 - What air/fuel ratio and timing are you running at idle?
Mine will glow sometimes faintly, but that's after I've fully warmed up the car and been f'ing around with it some. I think yours sounds a lot redder/hotter/whatever.