wow lol thats sick...i wonder what would happen if i sprayed it down with a hose..

 

just make sure when your manifold and turbo/housing get hot you pour very very cold water on it when you see that lol

 

It would probably explode and kill you.

 

First, as many people have said, that is normal operation for the turbo. That's why all turbo cars have extensive heat shielding around the hot parts.

Second, you can get MOTUL oil from many performance shops and racetracks. I've heard it's good stuff myself.

 

that would be funny.... but i would not be surprised if someone did it, trust me there is someone out there who will think you're dead serious.

 

haha okay well for the record i was kiddin! lol

 

I was waiting for that!

 

Is the stock turbo liquid cooled? If that's the case, that should keep the temp around the bearings to a reasonable level.

 

call me really dumb for doin it but i had the borla manifold and took my car through a laser wash, i even let it set 15 minutes before goin in to the car wash, and it still cracked! but that thing was cheap anyways.... laserwashes are the touchless higher pressure ones..

 

mmmm glowing turbo

anyone tried cookin some food on it?

 

 

The incandescence that you see is related to the temperature of the material
with only a slight dependence on what the material is (through its
emissivity). The melting point or even state (solid, liquid, or gas) does not
impact the light emitted. However, design of a filament for a light bulb is
simplified by using a material that has a melting point higher than the
temperature needed to produce white light.

For more information on the relationship between temperature and light output
look for information on black-body radiation or the Stefan-Boltzmann constant.
btw,the melting point of Fe is 2800 f.

 

And just to encourage you all to study this fascinating subject, here's a quote from the preface of David L. Goodstein's "States of Matter:"

Ludwig Boltzmann, who spent much of his life studying statistical mechanics,
died in 1906, by his own hand. Paul Ehrenfest, carrying on the work, died
similarly in 1933. Now it is our turn to study statistical mechanics.

It's that much fun.

Dave

 

I wish it could stay red, I think it looks hot

 

no pun intended