ZVH,RST

when i am giving it death my turbo glows red, only the manifold to turbo area, ie near the 4 bolts that hold the turbo to manifold. is this normal the car runs and boosts mint,

T28 RST

Normal

akito-man

mine too,bright red ,glowing in the bonnet space,who needs bonnet neons

just dont touch it to check

Mixja

usually means your timing is slightly off, exhaust valves opening too early....

akito-man

nah,just been kikin de arse oot of it ,its ok after a normal run,but i
ll be gettin a set up soon enough tho

ZVH,RST

ok cheers so i need to move my cam timin back a little on my vernier pulley. but am sure my top timin mark is dead on 12 o clock.

JesseT

Could be lean on fuel, too little ignition timing or too much cam advance. Can't really say it's normal, though it might be a "feature".

Davie

every turbo car i've seen thats been given a bit of death has had the turbo glowing.

Don't touch it, or you will vapourise your hand.

Mixja

yeah, but get it set up properly on the rollers...

PeterD

sounds normal to me, dont worry about it as prolonged high revs like say 4-5k motorway miles or something like will make you glow.

However as alwys get your RS set up at a tuner, do this when you buy one

you never know.......

rapidcossie

As Lucid says, normal motorway driving is enough to get your turbo glowing.

ZVH,RST

ok cheers