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88sammi
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Car: s13 coupe

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is it normal for the exhaust manifold to glow red after running it hard u can only see it at night its the stock manifold and turbo ?????


Liquid_Neon
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how hard are u running it?

88sammi
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Car: s13 coupe

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ohh i was on it full throttle for about 10 mins testing it out

progman
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I was flooring my car for about 5 minutes on the highway and it was bright red. I could see the manifold through the heat wrap. the hot side of the turbo was bright red too.

88sammi
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ok just makein sure i want the only one with that prob and i can only see mine at night not during the day

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IggyEGuana
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Car: 1986 200SX S12

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I thought that only happened if the car was running lean. hmm

Not_a_sr
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whats your timing set at? retarded timing has this effect also.

bentvalves
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Car: 89 Silvia K's

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check your timing but your straight.

even at 15dbtdc after hard pulls you will see exactly what you saw.

thats 900 degree celcius EGT's right there for ya.


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