Sold my turbo s2000 friday than got the call :0(
07-01-2009, 03:54 PM
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No offense, but a 5 hour drive shouldn't set ANY car on fire. Neither should a 17 hour drive.
There is a underlying cause, most likely caused by the heat from the manifold.
There is a underlying cause, most likely caused by the heat from the manifold.
07-01-2009, 04:02 PM
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I am glad to hear that you at least warned him of the issue, I always worry about stuff like that every time I sell a car and why I won't buy a car unless it is stock.
That being said, this is exactly why I am taking sooo much time in each set of my build to make sure things will with stand the extra abuse. I am relocating my battery, got rid of the AC lines, I am going to build a heat shield and wrap everything I can and last but not least have a good fire extinguisher on hand. I have even debated on the plumbing the cockpit and under hood with a system.
Hopefully something good comes out of this mess.
That being said, this is exactly why I am taking sooo much time in each set of my build to make sure things will with stand the extra abuse. I am relocating my battery, got rid of the AC lines, I am going to build a heat shield and wrap everything I can and last but not least have a good fire extinguisher on hand. I have even debated on the plumbing the cockpit and under hood with a system.
Hopefully something good comes out of this mess.
07-01-2009, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Slows2k,Jul 1 2009, 06:54 PM
No offense, but a 5 hour drive shouldn't set ANY car on fire. Neither should a 17 hour drive.
There is a underlying cause, most likely caused by the heat from the manifold.
There is a underlying cause, most likely caused by the heat from the manifold.
07-01-2009, 04:15 PM
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That's exactly what happ the manifold generated so much heat it melted the fuse box it was not my dd so I did not have any heat issues I told him the longest drive was 100 miles
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with SpecOps and SlowS2k.My downpipe is about 2-3" from my fuse box, and my battery is about 6" from the header. Everything is ceramic coated, though... I drove it about 5 hours straight back from Sarasota a few weeks back, and it spun like a top the entire way. No heat issues at all.
Something tells me he was during highway pull after highway pull to melt everything to the point of a fire (without oil / other combustibles leaking).
I take it he did not have an extinguisher? That is a MUST in any custom FI car, IMO.
Also, anyone else find it funny he saw flames inside the car before he noticed it was on fire?!?! I would think the melted plastic smell / smoke would have been a dead give away!
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07-01-2009, 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by dsddcd,Jul 1 2009, 07:02 PM
I am glad to hear that you at least warned him of the issue, I always worry about stuff like that every time I sell a car and why I won't buy a car unless it is stock.
That being said, this is exactly why I am taking sooo much time in each set of my build to make sure things will with stand the extra abuse. I am relocating my battery, got rid of the AC lines, I am going to build a heat shield and wrap everything I can and last but not least have a good fire extinguisher on hand. I have even debated on the plumbing the cockpit and under hood with a system.
Hopefully something good comes out of this mess.
That being said, this is exactly why I am taking sooo much time in each set of my build to make sure things will with stand the extra abuse. I am relocating my battery, got rid of the AC lines, I am going to build a heat shield and wrap everything I can and last but not least have a good fire extinguisher on hand. I have even debated on the plumbing the cockpit and under hood with a system.
Hopefully something good comes out of this mess.