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Hi all just looking 4 a few opinions. i have a 77 lancer with a ja motor & the turbo is getting extremly hot :x it does have a bit of play is this likely 2 b the problem or could it b 2 do with oiling . how much play is 2 much? its not blowing any smoke :?

What do you mean by extremely hot?
Is it glowing all the time??
Turbos do get hot, thats just how they are. It's not uncommon for them to be glowing after a hard drive. If the excess heat was caused by vibration or play in the impeller then the turbo just wouldnt last very long at all due to the high rpm and would prolly be broken already.

wish my 77 lancer had that engine :(

:o maybe its not as bad as i thought it gets pretty F'n hot but it doesn't get hot enough 2 glow!

extractors get FKN hot too, thats exhaust for you, its fkn hot! :P

and turbos connect to the hot outlet called exhaust :P

BAH! if it doesn’t glow then your not pushing it hard enough!!! :D
try to get it to glow bright red, then you can see any defects in the casting and exhaust manifold cracks become really easy to find :D
just remember to crank the turbo timer up to a couple of minutes or more be4 you turn it off.

^^^^ this man speaks the truth, i wanna see photos like this:

:o That can't be healthy

Shee-it! :o

Its quite common to see the exhaust glowing red when on the dyno (hard to see when you're moving on the open road ;) ),although that pic is glowing brighter than a typical dyno run. If it starts to glow yellow or white, then you're really pushing it.

Typical exhaust temp is around 850 degrees C, so glowing manifolds and turbo's are normal if under sustained load.

thanks 4 the help guys . that pic is crazy :o

And on a staz they glow nice red as well


After flooring it and doing 230 for more then 5 km and then stopping at night..(like pulling into a Mc Drive)
Pop the hood and watch the nice red glow. :D
Offcourse don't turn yer engine off.. that would be bad for the turbo

I didnt know they had McDonalds in the pit lane of a race track?

Or was that in Stockholm? LOL

Paradoxx wrote:I didnt know they had McDonalds in the pit lane of a race track?

Or was that in Stockholm? LOL

Race track? Aren't all roads race tracks when there are no cops or pedestrians around? :P

Noice...... illegal but noice.