A "Hot to the touch" fuel rail is not something I could easily overlook. I've always had the Comptech CF cover plates on there before so I never bothered to check but since I've had them off during the last few dyno runs I decided to feel them - they're HOT. I have a infrared thermometer i'll use to check temps. If it's not accurate i'll buy some thermo strips. Again, they're hot... I can't keep my fingers on it for more than a few secs. I wouldn't care so much if they were just warm.
I wasn't aware those CF cover plates acted like heat shields? I thought they were purely aesthetic. I'm also using the RDX injectors so I cannot be sure if more heat is transfered thru them from the IM or not.
RE the Supra pump, one would think a bigger pump that's under driven would produce less heat than an over driven small pump. I don't think that logic makes sense. No pun intended lol
It would be nice to know if i'm the anomaly here or if other CTSC folks are noticing this. Again, I never bothered to check before.