<VV> blowing (holes in mufflers) {little Corvair}

[chris czepyha]

Afterfire, now I know.  

In any event, lots of rust fragments over the garage.


On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 09:07:53 -0400 "Jim Thomas" <b74eqcm@hotmail.com>
writes:
> Man,
> 
> You guys led sheltered lives as kids. Here's how you do it.
> 
> 1. Take car to Midas, get a lifetime guarantee muffler
> 
> 2. Drive car (in this case a 67 Impala SS, 327 4 barrel, PG). Start 
> down 
> long hill at 40 mph. Turn ignition off.Keep gas pedal at floor. 
> Shift PG to 
> Low. after 10 seconds, turn key back to run.
> 
> 3.  Muffler blows up.
> 
> 4. Return to Midas. Get free muffler. Repeat 1 through 4 as desired. 
> (your 
> parents will become convinced that Midas mufflers suck and it's a 
> good thing 
> they have a lifetime warentee)
> 
> lol. by the way, a muffler blowing up is an aferfire. Fire in the 
> carbs is a 
> backfire.
> 
> Jim Thomas
> 
> 03 Monte Carlo SS Pacecar Edition
> 95 K1500
> 94 Subaru Legacy
> 69 Buick Skylark
> 65 Monza Vert 110/pg
> 63 Greenbrier 80/pg
> 
> 
> 
> Chris writes:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "chris czepyha" <thegeek2@juno.com>
> To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 1:07 PM
> Subject: <VV> Boom.
> 
> 
>  > Anybody ever have a backfire blow a hole in the side of a 
> muffler.
> Oh, yeah.  A 64 Impala wagon w/283/PG and, I found out later, a 
> broken motor
> mount and cracked dist. cap.  Cranked it too long, muffler fills up 
> with gas
> fumes, finally gets a spark and BOOM.  The muffler wasn't rusted 
> out, split
> right along the seam.
> Mike Ioanes
> 
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