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Old 08-14-2006, 10:38 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Me Manifold N' Downpipe Glow after Run

went on a little 8 car west island course lastnight managed to make it up front made it to a checkpoint and opened the lid to cool down and noticed me downpipe and manifold were glowing. i'm just looking for some assurance that this is normal. hope um not running lean...
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Old 08-19-2006, 05:55 PM   #2 (permalink)
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it isnt abnormal for high performance (mostly turbo) cars to heat the exhaust till it glows.

ive seen it a few times on evos
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Old 08-24-2006, 03:36 PM   #3 (permalink)
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my stock manifold used to do that after a good run, but with my header it doesnt anymore. id consider it normal
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yep! they can get pretty frickin' hot...thats why they invented turbo timers....
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Old 08-24-2006, 09:41 PM   #5 (permalink)
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100% normal.
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