dcshoeco

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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.

newimportowner

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umm no,

what turbo, how much boost?

dcshoeco

iTrader: (1)

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.

Ultimate CC

iTrader: (122)

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...

596736

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

newimportowner

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

tell us about your parts, atleast what you know

newimportowner

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

evovin

iTrader: (64)

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

DonHugo

short answer, that is not normal

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

90GSX-03EVO

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HeLLA JDM y0

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

budlong

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

krazirob

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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

voidhawk

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

hpgirl

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