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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 09:35 PM
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Arrow greedy turbo hot

Hey whats up ? I got a 1990miata with a greedy turbo kit I've notice at night its RED HOT after doing about 60mph should it be glowing like that i've called a couple shops and every body says diffrent things so if u have one pleas reply thanks
Old Apr 11, 2008 | 09:47 PM
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it's normal, but not from a 60mph cruise, i've got to be boosting hard for a while
Old Apr 12, 2008 | 03:36 AM
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^ What he said. what is your base timing set at?
Old Apr 12, 2008 | 04:01 AM
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I found out mine glows when i was running 130 and a charge pipe blew off and i pulled over and popped the hood. Red hot. Shouldn't be like this at 60 mph or under any normal conditions. +1 on base timing, retarding it too much can cause extremely high EGT's and melt ****.
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