oh yah. got it backwards. Yah I remember now. Flames no matter what and backfiring happens up the intake. (Now that I think of it, I can't imagine "back" firing out the exhaust!) Neil.
On 11/15/07, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote: > Neil, there won't be valve damage, but there will be flames out the exhaust > ports! > > Backfiring results in flames coming out the intake; he's keeping the air > filter on for safety. :) > > On Nov 15, 2007 9:13 AM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > > Assuming there's no pipes attached to the heads, I'd say not a good > > idea. Even though a short distance, it might be hard on the valves > > (exhaust i presume) and if there's any backfiring, pretty sure you'll > > have the odd flame coming out of the exhaust port. > > > > I wouldn't do it. > > > > Just my .02 -- :) > > > > Neil. > > > > > > > > > > On 11/15/07, Christopher Gronski < gronski@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > My van has been sitting for a LONG time (like weeks) at the current shop > > > waiting for new S&S exhaust headers to come in. It's a small shop, in a > not > > > so great part of town, so they roll it in and out every night. I'd > really > > > like to help the shop owner out and park it elsewhere until the part > comes > > > in. Apart from the environmental and noise impact, how stupid is it to > drive > > > without an exhaust for a couple of miles? > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > -- > > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - > > "Jaco" (Bustorius) > > > > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > > > > > > -- > Jake > 1984 Vanagon GL > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" > www.crescentbeachguitar.com > http://subyjake.googlepages.com/
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