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ChadS
12-02-2005 09:54:15
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Re: chads alky class? in reply to stroker 88, 12-01-2005 19:02:29
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Ive never had trouble with fires when the H's were on alky. I triple checked to ensure no leaks on the fuel line. Thats bout 85% of the fire hazzard, other problems may be a backfire out the carb, but, never had that happen either,,,, You can barely see alky on fire, it has yellow tipped flames, but that is away from the initial place of where the fire starts,, Ive taken some alcohol, put it on the concrete floor, and lit it, seen a pretty blue flame closer to the floor, and yellow tipped towards the top of the flame,,, I put the fire out with my glass of tea was holding,, So, water puts the fire out. Another point is, that alky is not a fast flash point for ignition,,, it burns and ignites very slow, gasoline is more flamable than alky when it comes to the fumes. High test race fuel, well,, that stuff explodes when you lite it on fire, barely cant get away from it before it goes POOF!!! Alky,,, it burned slow, did not explode, just ignited,,, did not POOF or explode,, About like kerosine or diesil,,,,,Now if you pressurize alky and the vapors could be explosive,,, but, I still would not belive it would be any safer, or more dangerous than pump gas,,, Ever see the video,, where the sprint car catches fire and they cant put it out???? Thats race fuel burning,,, They could not put it out, but if it was alky,, they could have got the water truck out and put it out as fast as it lit. JMHO,,, ChadS
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