Do turbos and exhausts get hot?

[derdle]

Although this is a Saab engine, I think it demonstrates how warm turbos and exhausts can get...and why it is necessary to let a turbo spool down after spirited use...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukl5b4o6wH4

[bigandyw]

Next time WRC is on Dave, check out te Ford focus exhaust pipes, there glowing all the way to the tail pipe!:shock:

[BRETTCOLLINS]

They get so hot, you can see the moving parts inside. This was always a good one to Escort RS turbo's. They go red and white hot... LOL

[quattrosteph]

Exhaust can get really hot..... just put your hand on the tail pipes after a long run !!!!!!!!! So imagine the down pipes....

I am running no cats and the exhaust was so hot the filling inside the silencers were destroyed !!! I did end up with empty silencers and obviously bleeding hear drums
Had to have some special silencers (high heat resistant) from Milltek.

[kies4]

abbots racing did the work on an old 900t16s i had, i used to cane the pants off it and rush to open the bonnet to check the red downpipe and turbo, efin great

[PaulF]

abbots racing did the work on an old 900t16s i had, i used to cane the pants off it and rush to open the bonnet to check the red downpipe and turbo, efin great

Have done that on a tuned Renault 5 GT turbo as well, can't recall the tuner, it was a long time ago, but a bit of fun nevertheless. They used to get 200+ bhp out of a pushrod 1,400cc engine. Reliability, what reliability?

[DavidT]

Next time WRC is on Dave, check out te Ford focus exhaust pipes, there glowing all the way to the tail pipe!:shock:

Yeah, but that is caused by the fancy anti-lag systems the WRC cars run.

[imolas4uk]

yeah try hand put your hand on a turbo after its been running for two mintues,then try to write a reply to this post with no skin !!!

[DavidT]

yeah try hand put your hand on a turbo after its been running for two mintues,then try to write a reply to this post with no skin !!!

Eh ?