Engine seems very hot...normal?

Hi,

After an embarrassingly long time, I've finally had the time to complete the thermostat change.

I fired the car up this evening, and ran it up to temp, with a combination of highish revs and idling, the temp gauge moving to its normal position. The fans never came on, I had it idling for maybe 10mins before turning the car off.

The rad and hoses were hot. But what surprised me was the temp of the front bank cam cover and the front bank lower inlet manifold. They were almost too hot to touch.

Now, even an hour later, both are still very hot.

I can't say I've ever spent any time feeling parts of the engine after running, so not sure if this is normal or not.

So yes, a strange request, but can anyone suggest whether this is normal or not?? If not, then any reasons why this is the case?



Just to confirm what I have done:

-changed thermostat housing and other hard tubing

-changed temp sensor

-changed black upper inlet manifold and both VIS motors

-fitted 76mm tubing from throttle body to foam cone air filter positioned in the wing

-fitted an oil catch tank on the 12mm breather side (after reading various discussions, general concensous seems to be that for more town driving, go for the smaller breather and for faster/track driving go for the 12mm breather)

-had the injectors cleaned



Upon staring it was initially quite lumpy, which I put down to maybe a bit if an air lock in an injector? Anyway that cleared and ran fine, apart from a sticky throttle/butterfly.



Any thoughts will be great fully received!



Thanks!

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