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Old 01-30-2014, 03:22 PM   #1407
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Side note, I have noticed the same thing on a few dual wastegate cars now... the rear wastegate gets discolored from the heat yet the EGT's were even between both runners.
Nature of the ambient air flowing over the engine...
Cooler air hits the front of the engine first.
By the time the air gets to the rear of the engine, it's already heated up a lot.
Typically, the rear of engine runs hotter than the front - shoot an IR thermal gun and take some temps...


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