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Originally Posted by spandy
What a ******* mess. Damn that fire was hot. I bet there isn't a single bolt on that car that is usable.
What caused the fire?
I think I'm going to add a couple more extinguishers to my car. I could learn to deal with a wreck and losing the car as sometimes they are unavoidable, but a fire would haunt me knowing I could of probably stopped it with proper safety equipment.
What caused the fire?
I think I'm going to add a couple more extinguishers to my car. I could learn to deal with a wreck and losing the car as sometimes they are unavoidable, but a fire would haunt me knowing I could of probably stopped it with proper safety equipment.
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Originally Posted by KaiFD3S
how did that happen, it strange how it look like the fire started from the inside of the car rather than the engine bay...
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Originally Posted by OcTane
damn.... just watchin ur car burn to the ground like that must be the worse feeling in the world.
keep ya head up
keep ya head up
Originally Posted by Monkman33
I think I am going to replace every soft line on my car now......
Any ideas for me? should I go OEM or should I go braided stainless?
Any ideas for me? should I go OEM or should I go braided stainless?
They make an adapter that clips onto the stock hard lines to adapt to "-an" style fittings for steel braided hoses. I'll be running all "-an" when i get my car back together.
Upgrade your fuel pulsation dampner and the lines with high pressure fuel hose if you haven't already done so. Ray @ Malloy has the upgraded fuel kit, it doesn't come with the pulsation dampner though.
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Originally Posted by eahoelua
Well... it looks like the FD made it to the Car & Driver's 10 Best this year 
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Jan 07 issue, page. 70
It made the 10Best Frozen, Lonely, and Mongrelly Merged Cars (was: 10Best Burned and Buried Stories).
For the original picts: www.rx7.org/gallery/AllanC
Mahalo,
Allan
. Jan 07 issue, page. 70
It made the 10Best Frozen, Lonely, and Mongrelly Merged Cars (was: 10Best Burned and Buried Stories).
For the original picts: www.rx7.org/gallery/AllanC
Mahalo,
Allan
Where's the credit for using my pic??!!!
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Originally Posted by jramosrx7
But not in the magazine! 
I wanna be "published!"
I wanna be "published!"
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Originally Posted by jramosrx7
Hey
Where's the credit for using my pic??!!!
Where's the credit for using my pic??!!!
Special thanks to Uncle Joe for his photography skills
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Originally Posted by eahoelua
Damn... I'll give you credit on the forum *hahahahah*.
Special thanks to Uncle Joe for his photography skills
Special thanks to Uncle Joe for his photography skills
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Did I read on there that you had just had an alignment done the week before?
If I remember the routing of the gas lines correctly, they come up over the diff by the filter, then bend down and run along the rear driver's fender area along the driver's frame rail.
Is it possible that when they put your car up on the lift or rack to do the alignment that someone crushed, bent, or mangled one of the fuel hoses just a bit leading to the failure?
It just seems odd that a fire would start back there....
If I remember the routing of the gas lines correctly, they come up over the diff by the filter, then bend down and run along the rear driver's fender area along the driver's frame rail.
Is it possible that when they put your car up on the lift or rack to do the alignment that someone crushed, bent, or mangled one of the fuel hoses just a bit leading to the failure?
It just seems odd that a fire would start back there....
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Originally Posted by alexdimen
What could have ignited the fuel all the way back there?
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Originally Posted by Wargasm
Did I read on there that you had just had an alignment done the week before?
If I remember the routing of the gas lines correctly, they come up over the diff by the filter, then bend down and run along the rear driver's fender area along the driver's frame rail.
Is it possible that when they put your car up on the lift or rack to do the alignment that someone crushed, bent, or mangled one of the fuel hoses just a bit leading to the failure?
It just seems odd that a fire would start back there....
If I remember the routing of the gas lines correctly, they come up over the diff by the filter, then bend down and run along the rear driver's fender area along the driver's frame rail.
Is it possible that when they put your car up on the lift or rack to do the alignment that someone crushed, bent, or mangled one of the fuel hoses just a bit leading to the failure?
It just seems odd that a fire would start back there....
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Originally Posted by Wargasm
Did I read on there that you had just had an alignment done the week before?
If I remember the routing of the gas lines correctly, they come up over the diff by the filter, then bend down and run along the rear driver's fender area along the driver's frame rail.
Is it possible that when they put your car up on the lift or rack to do the alignment that someone crushed, bent, or mangled one of the fuel hoses just a bit leading to the failure?
It just seems odd that a fire would start back there....
If I remember the routing of the gas lines correctly, they come up over the diff by the filter, then bend down and run along the rear driver's fender area along the driver's frame rail.
Is it possible that when they put your car up on the lift or rack to do the alignment that someone crushed, bent, or mangled one of the fuel hoses just a bit leading to the failure?
It just seems odd that a fire would start back there....
And with all that has been said and done, the car served me well for 12 years I had her. I've got alot of enjoyable memories to go with it. It's just time to move on to another toy
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