Farwell to the 80t

[Marc Swanson]

>     Well after a great day at MtW the worst possible ending happened. 

!!  Wow Alex, I'm sorry for your loss.  You are very lucky you weren't doing 
100mph when the car burst into flames.. you may not have been writing this 
e-mail!  Your quick action probably saved your life.

>     If anyone has a clue as to why this happened please explain.  The fuel
> lines I used were the stock lines and I had the metal pipes bent up
> slightly to clear the intake tract, but never bent or molested the part
> where the hard line meets the braided line.

I had to put a gentle bend in my hardline too (the small piece going from the 
supply line to the metering head).  Now I'm nervous.  It is possible that the 
fire started from a leak at the bend and the heat from the fire melted the 
rubber inside the SS braided lines... fraying them where they hook up to the 
metal piece?  Hey Huw, you got some spare lines we can torch for fun?

>  Plus why would the turbo sound
> very wizzy if a gas leak occurred?

burned a hole in the intake hose?

>  My A/F gauge read that the mixture was
> fine?  I wonder if the turbo seized, but the oil temps where 80C when this
> happened and oil pressure at 5bar.  I'll be doing an autopsy as soon as
> possible, if the turbo seized then I have some serious beef with guys who
> rebuilt it, but I can't see how that would cause a fire unless the turbo
> got so hot it started to burn things, but I'd figure the oil temps to be
> mighty high if that happened.  What a horrid night...

Sure sounds like it.  I'd be very interested to see what you come up with as 
the "cause of death" in your autopsy.  Again, sorry for your loss Alex.


-Marc-
87 4ktq (with halon fire extinguisher on order)
88 90q