I think I'm done crying now...
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I think I'm done crying now...
Okay, I woke up this morning to a glorious sound - the local speed shop
calling and telling me that my silicon vacuum hose had come in. I ran
down about 8:00AM and picked it up - 6 ft of 3.5mm, 6 ft of 8mm, and 3
ft of 12mm. Came home, and started working. I had done about 15 different mods all at once, the car's been down for two weeks now - the silicone hose was the last thing I needed.
So I get all my silicone hose on the car, fits like a champ and looks
cool to boot - blue hose with my blue intake manifold. I hook the
battery up, and stretch some pantyhose over the AFM (I don't have a cone
filter yet). I cross my fingers and start the car.
I have to note at this point that I've removed all of the hard emissions
line from the car, and rerouted the fuel line with what I thought was
high-quality 80PSI cloth-wrapped stuff. Like $5.00/foot, and I had to
wait a week to get it.
Anyway, I had forgotten to prime the fuel system, but it didn't matter -
the car started right up on the first try. Must have been some leftover
fuel in the injectors r something. All of the sudden, I start seeing
smoke, and remember that I had forgotten to put on my ACV block-off
plates!
OH ****!
I jump out of the car and pull up the hood again. By this time the ACV
"hole" is belching flame all over my fuel lines, which are rapidly
disappearing. I reached underneath the AC compressor and pulled the fuel
filter off, but I guess I wasn't fast enough...
My now-worthless TII burned to the ground right in front of my
apartment. TFD (Tallahasse Fire Dept) came pretty quickly, to their
credit, but it wasn't fast enough. There's no hose on the front of my
building (where the car is/was), and I don't own a fire extinguisher.
And I've got to make a payment on my car today. I'm really depressed,
guys. I don't think I'm going to work today...
Oh, and the hood came out fine - so if anyone wants a perfect, but
sooty, aluminium TII hood, drop me a line - I guess I've got one for
sale...
Brandon
calling and telling me that my silicon vacuum hose had come in. I ran
down about 8:00AM and picked it up - 6 ft of 3.5mm, 6 ft of 8mm, and 3
ft of 12mm. Came home, and started working. I had done about 15 different mods all at once, the car's been down for two weeks now - the silicone hose was the last thing I needed.
So I get all my silicone hose on the car, fits like a champ and looks
cool to boot - blue hose with my blue intake manifold. I hook the
battery up, and stretch some pantyhose over the AFM (I don't have a cone
filter yet). I cross my fingers and start the car.
I have to note at this point that I've removed all of the hard emissions
line from the car, and rerouted the fuel line with what I thought was
high-quality 80PSI cloth-wrapped stuff. Like $5.00/foot, and I had to
wait a week to get it.
Anyway, I had forgotten to prime the fuel system, but it didn't matter -
the car started right up on the first try. Must have been some leftover
fuel in the injectors r something. All of the sudden, I start seeing
smoke, and remember that I had forgotten to put on my ACV block-off
plates!
OH ****!
I jump out of the car and pull up the hood again. By this time the ACV
"hole" is belching flame all over my fuel lines, which are rapidly
disappearing. I reached underneath the AC compressor and pulled the fuel
filter off, but I guess I wasn't fast enough...
My now-worthless TII burned to the ground right in front of my
apartment. TFD (Tallahasse Fire Dept) came pretty quickly, to their
credit, but it wasn't fast enough. There's no hose on the front of my
building (where the car is/was), and I don't own a fire extinguisher.
And I've got to make a payment on my car today. I'm really depressed,
guys. I don't think I'm going to work today...
Oh, and the hood came out fine - so if anyone wants a perfect, but
sooty, aluminium TII hood, drop me a line - I guess I've got one for
sale...
Brandon
I wish I had a posse...
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From: Cincinnati, Ohio-Boycott Central
I am so sorry bro. 
Since you have payments on the car, then you're most likely under comprehensive insurance. Hopefully, everything turns out...I suppose the damage is incredibly severe, it sounds like it is. Are you going to part it out or send it to the junkyard?
Since you have payments on the car, then you're most likely under comprehensive insurance. Hopefully, everything turns out...I suppose the damage is incredibly severe, it sounds like it is. Are you going to part it out or send it to the junkyard?
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From: Rohnert Park CA
I don't mean to sound cold hearted, but...
Why don't you have a fire extinguisher in your garage if you are working on your car?
Anyone that works on cars or cooks in their kitchen should have a fire extinguisher handy.
all that said... sorry to hear about your loss
Why don't you have a fire extinguisher in your garage if you are working on your car?
Anyone that works on cars or cooks in their kitchen should have a fire extinguisher handy.
all that said... sorry to hear about your loss
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From: Cleveland, MO
Sorry to hear about that man, but if you could drop me an email at turbofc3s@hotmail.com I am interested in the hood. Thanks
-Nathan-
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From: Lavonia, GA
Ahhhh! Thats SO horrible! I have been toying with buying a fire extinguisher lately, and I believe I'll go down and pick one up tonight. With all of the pulsation dampeners failing and stuff like this. I'd rather have to clean under the hood rather than this. Wow. Are there any salvagable parts?(Besides the hood)
I'd like to get my hands on that turbo and manifold...since mine has a small crack in it.
I'd like to get my hands on that turbo and manifold...since mine has a small crack in it.
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From: Tallahassee, FL
UPDATE:
My email to the list(s)...
In keeping with April Fools' Day tradition, I can't prank post-Noon
o'clock, and thus am emailing notice that this email was, in fact an
April Fools' Day Joke. :-)
Happy April Fools!
Any astute readers, such as Steve Fooshee and Dale Clark, should have
known from the first paragraph that this story was a hoax. A dissection
follows:
Brandon Matthews wrote:
>
> Okay, I woke up this morning to a glorious sound - the local speed shop
> calling and telling me that my silicon vacuum hose had come in. I ran
> down about 8:00AM and picked it up - 6 ft of 3.5mm, 6 ft of 8mm, and 3
> ft of 12mm. Came home, and started working. Remember my "slippery slope"
> email? Well, the silicone hose was all that I was waiting for.
The first clue: 8:00AM. I don't know about where you live, but here in
Tallahasse, it's pretty improbable that a speed shop would be open for
business at 8:00AM on a Monday, much less having already recieved a
package, and called the customer for which it was destined.
Second clue: incorrect vacuum hose sizes. If one were going to do a hose
job in an FC, one would buy 3.5mm, 6mm, and 10mm, for the most part. :-)
> So I get all my silicone hose on the car, fits like a champ and looks
> cool to boot - blue hose with my blue intake manifold. I hook the
> battery up, and stretch some pantyhose over the AFM (I don't have a cone
> filter yet). I cross my fingers and start the car.
Pantyhose across the AFM? C'mon... :-p
> I have to note at this point that I've removed all of the hard emissions
> line from the car, and rerouted the fuel line with what I thought was
> high-quality 80PSI cloth-wrapped stuff. Like $5.00/foot, and I had to
> wait a week to get it.
Clue #3: $5.00/foot for your average, cloth-wrapped fuel hose? It'd
better have a pretty high gold content! Not to mention having to wait a
week for it?
> Anyway, I had forgotten to prime the fuel system, but it didn't matter -
> the car started right up on the first try. Must have been some leftover
> fuel in the injectors r something. All of the sudden, I start seeing
> smoke, and remember that I had forgotten to put on my ACV block-off
> plates!
As Dale pointed out, it takes a good bit of cranking to get an FI motor
started after it's been drained of fuel, and not primed. Also as our two
best students pointed out, the car won't run with a gaping hole in the
side of the intake manifold - too big of a vacuum leak...
> OH ****!
>
> I jump out of the car and pull up the hood again. By this time the ACV
> "hole" is belching flame all over my fuel lines, which are rapidly
> disappearing. I reached underneath the AC compressor and pulled the fuel
> filter off, but I guess I wasn't fast enough...
This paragraph is my favorite! Not only would no fire ever come out of
the ACV ports in the intake manifold, it's not even anywhere near the
fuel lines! :-D Fuel line is also fire-resistant, and wouldn't
"disappear" when exposed to fire. Plus, as Steve pointed out, I wouldn't
*leave the key in the ignition* and try to pull the fuel filter out
(???) to stop the fuel flow, to say nothing of the fact that it's not
accessable from "underneath the AC compressor".
>
> My now-worthless TII burned to the ground right in front of my
> apartment. TFD (Tallahasse Fire Dept) came pretty quickly, to their
> credit, but it wasn't fast enough. There's no hose on the front of my
> building (where the car is/was), and I don't own a fire extinguisher.
While I didn't expect anyone to be able to catch this, Tallahassee
ordinances mandate that all commercially-operated building are required
to have a fire extinguisher available at all times.
> And I've got to make a payment on my car today. I'm really depressed,
> guys. I don't think I'm going to work today...
>
> Oh, and the hood came out fine - so if anyone wants a perfect, but
> sooty, aluminium TII hood, drop me a line - I guess I've got one for
> sale...
>
> Brandon
> 98 Camry V6 - goddamn car. why didn't THIS ONE BURN????
> 89 RX-7 TII - burned-out shell - in view from my living room :-( :-(
*sigh* Kudos to the two that caught the errors! You guys get 10 bonus
points on the final! To everyone else... well...
My "sucker count" stands at 25. Muhahahahahaha!
Brandon
In keeping with April Fools' Day tradition, I can't prank post-Noon
o'clock, and thus am emailing notice that this email was, in fact an
April Fools' Day Joke. :-)
Happy April Fools!
Any astute readers, such as Steve Fooshee and Dale Clark, should have
known from the first paragraph that this story was a hoax. A dissection
follows:
Brandon Matthews wrote:
>
> Okay, I woke up this morning to a glorious sound - the local speed shop
> calling and telling me that my silicon vacuum hose had come in. I ran
> down about 8:00AM and picked it up - 6 ft of 3.5mm, 6 ft of 8mm, and 3
> ft of 12mm. Came home, and started working. Remember my "slippery slope"
> email? Well, the silicone hose was all that I was waiting for.
The first clue: 8:00AM. I don't know about where you live, but here in
Tallahasse, it's pretty improbable that a speed shop would be open for
business at 8:00AM on a Monday, much less having already recieved a
package, and called the customer for which it was destined.
Second clue: incorrect vacuum hose sizes. If one were going to do a hose
job in an FC, one would buy 3.5mm, 6mm, and 10mm, for the most part. :-)
> So I get all my silicone hose on the car, fits like a champ and looks
> cool to boot - blue hose with my blue intake manifold. I hook the
> battery up, and stretch some pantyhose over the AFM (I don't have a cone
> filter yet). I cross my fingers and start the car.
Pantyhose across the AFM? C'mon... :-p
> I have to note at this point that I've removed all of the hard emissions
> line from the car, and rerouted the fuel line with what I thought was
> high-quality 80PSI cloth-wrapped stuff. Like $5.00/foot, and I had to
> wait a week to get it.
Clue #3: $5.00/foot for your average, cloth-wrapped fuel hose? It'd
better have a pretty high gold content! Not to mention having to wait a
week for it?
> Anyway, I had forgotten to prime the fuel system, but it didn't matter -
> the car started right up on the first try. Must have been some leftover
> fuel in the injectors r something. All of the sudden, I start seeing
> smoke, and remember that I had forgotten to put on my ACV block-off
> plates!
As Dale pointed out, it takes a good bit of cranking to get an FI motor
started after it's been drained of fuel, and not primed. Also as our two
best students pointed out, the car won't run with a gaping hole in the
side of the intake manifold - too big of a vacuum leak...
> OH ****!
>
> I jump out of the car and pull up the hood again. By this time the ACV
> "hole" is belching flame all over my fuel lines, which are rapidly
> disappearing. I reached underneath the AC compressor and pulled the fuel
> filter off, but I guess I wasn't fast enough...
This paragraph is my favorite! Not only would no fire ever come out of
the ACV ports in the intake manifold, it's not even anywhere near the
fuel lines! :-D Fuel line is also fire-resistant, and wouldn't
"disappear" when exposed to fire. Plus, as Steve pointed out, I wouldn't
*leave the key in the ignition* and try to pull the fuel filter out
(???) to stop the fuel flow, to say nothing of the fact that it's not
accessable from "underneath the AC compressor".
>
> My now-worthless TII burned to the ground right in front of my
> apartment. TFD (Tallahasse Fire Dept) came pretty quickly, to their
> credit, but it wasn't fast enough. There's no hose on the front of my
> building (where the car is/was), and I don't own a fire extinguisher.
While I didn't expect anyone to be able to catch this, Tallahassee
ordinances mandate that all commercially-operated building are required
to have a fire extinguisher available at all times.
> And I've got to make a payment on my car today. I'm really depressed,
> guys. I don't think I'm going to work today...
>
> Oh, and the hood came out fine - so if anyone wants a perfect, but
> sooty, aluminium TII hood, drop me a line - I guess I've got one for
> sale...
>
> Brandon
> 98 Camry V6 - goddamn car. why didn't THIS ONE BURN????
> 89 RX-7 TII - burned-out shell - in view from my living room :-( :-(
*sigh* Kudos to the two that caught the errors! You guys get 10 bonus
points on the final! To everyone else... well...
My "sucker count" stands at 25. Muhahahahahaha!
Brandon
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From: College Station, Tx
I hate you. But, man you got us GOOD! Don't EVER scare us like that again!! I thought the whole pantyhose thing did not sound right, I mean come on, you know too much about these cars to do that!! Man, I feel dumb...."We've been hosed Tommy, we've been hosed." 
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New count...
I'm up to 28 now... 
I couldn't remember if I had PM'd you, rico - after everyone replied, I thanked them for their thoughts and gave them an SID ("sucker identification number"). You're number 28...
Brandon
I couldn't remember if I had PM'd you, rico - after everyone replied, I thanked them for their thoughts and gave them an SID ("sucker identification number"). You're number 28...Brandon
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From: Tallahassee, FL
Originally posted by rico05
The sad thing is, you gave us 4 different things that we should have picked up on.
The sad thing is, you gave us 4 different things that we should have picked up on.
I could picture him doing all that stuff. He's that stupid
bitter SID #9
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Originally posted by go_speed_go
Not really.
I could picture him doing all that stuff. He's that stupid
bitter SID #9
Not really.
I could picture him doing all that stuff. He's that stupid
bitter SID #9
Dyre, BTW, you're #30! Thanks! (30 was my goal for this year)
stickgoat - sorry!
(in his sexiest italian accent) I donna lik-a to upset tha ladies... I make it up to you tonight over dinner, eh? Brandon
