I love a warm turbo in the morning.

And you should be able to download this

wow that's hot! is it meant to get that............. orange!

hmmm never opened the engine lid on my MR2 after a long run but i have seen an MR2 with a lightly ornage'd looking turbo after a short blast hehe

Ok a little test for all us Turbo drivers :), do a hard drive then take a pic of it, you will be well surprised at what you see, its not just a dull glow, but it BRIGHT orange, lights up the whole engine bay.

Best pic wins something I haven't thought of yet :)

I think the temp is about 1800 or somthing stupid like that

Bloody great heatshield covering my turbo, can't see bugger all.

Favourite spot when I go to Le Mans and watch the racing is find a dark section of the track, and watch the Turbo's glowing white hot as the cars go by :)

TI's does that, if you go loonying for a while. Cools down *very* quickly though, so you've gotta be quick to look at it.

And DON'T turn the engine off whilst it's that hot - it would result in bad things :)

Oh yeah, particularly on the older Saabs, they had oil/air cooling only, no water coolant was used in the turbo. The Celica uses oil and water, but it still stays bloody hot even when the rest of the engine is stone cold.

that be true as i found out when i went to see where my oil filter was and stuck my hand on it :) ouch!

in news: snipped-for-privacy@pipex.net, "Vamp" growled:

said Vamp the pirate

sorry i was watching the new Gwen video and it got me in a pirate mood :)

although i coulda made it irish by saying 'ah that be true' ;)

All we need is some marshmallows and a stick.

Fraser