Flamin\' ek ! 500bhp FD Dowenpipe & Turbo Flamage

[wolfie1]

Send me an email and I can email it to you marksangster77 @ live.co.uk (without the spaces)

[C J R]

Mark,
e mail sent.
Many thanks
Chris

[steve garbutt]

Chris. It\'s not unusual for the turbo to glow specially with a beany on, but it looks as though your vband is leaking. It\'s always been a bit of a problem securing it as I remember. Maybe time to invest in a better one maybe ?

[steve garbutt]

Not a bad idea to monitor egt\'s as it will let you know if there are any fuelling/mapping issues.

[Grant Monkhouse]

Any news? Beanie off?

[C J R]

Hi Grant,
Temporary solution for the Breakfast blat to Malton was to seal the down pipe to the Turbo with high temp exhaust paste. It lasted long enough to excite some Porsche drivers in the early morning darkness with an RX flame show.
 
Over the winter I will swap the beanie for a stainless steel shroud/cover with an air gap around the turbo housing.
I will design and make two cold air supplies to the turbo area, one from the front duct for the oil cooler, routing some flex hose to below the turbo housing, (not too close, just to get an air flow), the other will be to take part of the flow thru the front vent on the bonnet into an air box fixed to the underside of the bonnet to direct air flow to the top area of the housing.
 
Replacing the clamping flange on the down pipe for a better V Band flange and I\'ve located a very heavy duty V Band Clamp in St. St.
 
So, that should keep me busy thru the winter !!

[Casey]

can\'t help with diagnosis (having experienced only NA rotaries) but I\'m gobsmacked to see flames there! Also amazed (and relieved/pleased!) that under track conditions nothing has caught fire.

Clever to use the keyfob camera to gather solid evidence to confirm your suspicions :Laugh