Part 1

So Im at this shop yesterday. They were working on a Turbo II that was just throwing a fit. They take it on a test drive. About ten min. later they come back, pop the hood and the turbo is glowing orange and stayed glowing for about 15-20 min (first time I have ever seen that).


Part 2

So I go over to my girls house last night. Just driving, nice and easy (about 10 min on the highway followed by about a 5 min drive through town)(also my car hates going slow 3k-3300 rpm). I get to her place. Let my car idle for 2 min then shut it down and pop the hood (Im just curious after seeing a turbo glowing as what mine looks like)
Now it was at night. I look at the turbo (T-78) and it had a very very slight glow to it (nothing even close to what I saw at the turbo II doing at the shop). If it was daylight I would of never seen it. In the past after running the car hard Ive never seen the turbo glow however I cant say it was something I looked for, But still I would not have missed that.

Is this normal or do I have a problem here?

The tuning is not the best, but I didnt feel it was all that bad either.

What do you guys think?

Thanks

 

I'd say its normal. Just be sure you aren't running lean.

 

quite normal

 

Well, thats a relief.

Thanks

 

Yeah my T04S glows slightly like you describe and I just got back from the dyno where we confirmed very conservative A/F ratios. I'd say it's OK.

Brian

 

yes its normal i had the T78 and the greddy stainless manifold glows cherry red at times!