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Old 08-16-2007, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by wtm442
Absolutely safe. What's a small explosion inside of a side pipe. Absolutely safe until you blow off the side pipe. Gee, I wonder if exploding steel can go thru fiberglass?
I'm OK, because I have rear exit pipes .... so I would only get exploding steel going through the 32 gallon gas tank located under the trunk floor and directly above the exhaust mufflers

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Originally Posted by wtm442
Why don't you just throw some M80 firecrackers up the side pipe and see what happens.
Now that would be childish .... wait a minute, where did I put those firecrackers left over from last New Year's Eve ??? ....

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Originally Posted by wtm442
Friend of mine did the "turn key off and back on" when we were teenagers in his straight 8 Buick. Blew the entire exhaust off, ran over the mess which punctured a tire causing the car to swerve hitting a big curb and bending the rim. We fixed the problems and a week later threw a rod right thru the block! Ah, those were the days.
Oooppppssss - maybe I should consider going back to edit my "comparatively harmless" post

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