Hey all,
So before this kicks off with blah blah. Going to explain a few things of the bat.
Motor is still fine, the fire was put out quickly.
There was a BMW meet, I was there attending having some fun, after the event ended we all left.
Started doing some donuts in the end car parking lot, pulled over to let the car cool, so I did my usual open the bonnet to try get some of that excess heat out.
I noticed smoke straight away and on the turbos outlet (OEM still) the heat shield Material had some how caught alight.
My theory is whilst I was spinning it somehow moved slightly and touched the manifold and caught fire.
I’m just putting this out there as warning as the gap is tiny between the outlet and the manifold, so it might be something to look out for in the future.
So before this kicks off with blah blah. Going to explain a few things of the bat.
Motor is still fine, the fire was put out quickly.
There was a BMW meet, I was there attending having some fun, after the event ended we all left.
Started doing some donuts in the end car parking lot, pulled over to let the car cool, so I did my usual open the bonnet to try get some of that excess heat out.
I noticed smoke straight away and on the turbos outlet (OEM still) the heat shield Material had some how caught alight.
My theory is whilst I was spinning it somehow moved slightly and touched the manifold and caught fire.
I’m just putting this out there as warning as the gap is tiny between the outlet and the manifold, so it might be something to look out for in the future.