failure delivery

[Per Lindgren]

We all remember the same trick on film, in "Beverly Hills Cop" where Eddie
Murphy stuffed a banana up the tail pipe on the other cop car.

PerL
92 Cab 2.3

Bernard Littau wrote:

> > On the other subject, exhaust back pressure cannot keep the exhaust
> > valves open because at the very minimum cylinder pressure will be equal
> > to exhaust pressure.  What it _can_ do is lift the head off the engine,
> > a fact exploited by Yugoslav partisans during the last war when they
> > rammed potatoes up the exhaust pipes of German tanks.  You'll notice
> > modern tanks have their exhausts behind large grills.
>
> My Dad told me about he and friends ramming potatoes up the exhaust of cars
> when they were young, in pre-WWII Germany.  It would easily keep the two
> stroke motors from starting.
>
> Natually, I had to try it, on my Mom's Datsun 510.  It blew the potato out
> and started without skipping a beat.
>
> Now a carrot, which is a superior wedge to a potato, kept the 510 from
> starting :-)  Boy was Mom mad!
>
> Best,
>
> Bernard Littau
> Woodinville, WA
> '88 5ktq