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Old May 29, 2009 | 04:15 PM
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How hot does a WG get under normal driving and hard? It goin to be real tight where i would like to place it and need to kno what max temps it can see.
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Old May 31, 2009 | 11:44 AM
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nobody???/
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Old May 31, 2009 | 10:47 PM
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honestly dude the temps are going to be just as hot as the turbine side of the turbo. It bleeds off exhaust and either dumps it to atmosphere or in the down pipe after the turbo to control boost. Freakin hot!
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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 03:57 PM
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i don't have my kit together yet but i measured the turbo on a Catapillar diesel engine in our endloader at work and it was 520* F.
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