Bad puppy is no more
Cody Forbes
cody at 500tq.com
Mon Jan 10 14:27:47 EST 2005
Larry Leung wrote:
> Kent,
>
> Glad everyone is alright. And that must've been something
> REALLY hot to ignite the gas, like a hot turbo or turbo heated
> exhaust. Plain heat w/o open flame generally isn't hot enough
> to just simply ignite gas. Don't know the flame temp for fuel,
> but it's much hotter than general underhood temps. That's why
> it's relatively rare to have cars burst into flames in accidents,
> unlike what happens in the movies. I feel bad for your future
> SIL, it's just like he just got the car. Glad he's okay though.
>
> LL
>
Gasolines combustion point is 430 degrees F at atmospheric pressure.
-Cody Forbes
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