Is it normal for your header to glow bright red after a few miles of driving? I have ben building an evo 8 for 4 months now and finaly got it running so Im not familiar with how hot the engine gets in this car.

 

umm no,

what turbo, how much boost?

 

This car was stripped when I bought it but the turbo and headers were still there so I dont know if there stock or not. By looking at it the parts look to be stock. Sorry for my lack of knowledge.

 

yea definitely not normal...its likely some crazy high egts from some sort of stupid rich or stupid lean condition...somethings definitely not right though...

 

Glowing red means nothing is running right if its normal driving or the manifild is crap

 

headers can glow red, but usually only after some serious pounding and revving.

tell us about your parts, atleast what you know

 

out of curiosity does it throw a flame. if it does is it red, or is it blue?

 

do you have EGT gauge? if so...what was the temp?

 

short answer, that is not normal

solution, time for a new exhaust manifold and guages to monitor all vital components and a tune

 

 

I didn't know evo's can have more than one headers.

 

if your header is cast, its probably stock,... if its tubular, it aint stock.

 

you definetely need to get yourself some gauges to monitor everything. ive seen glowing headers but that was after driving the crap out of the car. I mean high revving around I-285 several times............

sucks buying used cars because of the lack of knowledge of what happen before but im sure you will be ok

 

If it's stainless steel, glowing is fine. If it's cast iron (stock), glowing is bad.

 

I believe one of the most common causes for this is severely retarded timing