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I read the article, I have never met a "brittle harness from the winter" in my life. Since he was on E85, it probably has a fuel leak. The OMP lines didn't have anything to do with it since oil doesn't burn so well. (it can, just not too well)
I'm guessing E85 ate the seals, fuel leak and poor craftsmanship. IMO, you don't bring a car out of storage without shaking it all down and checking for leaks.
I read the article, I have never met a "brittle harness from the winter" in my life. Since he was on E85, it probably has a fuel leak. The OMP lines didn't have anything to do with it since oil doesn't burn so well. (it can, just not too well)
I'm guessing E85 ate the seals, fuel leak and poor craftsmanship. IMO, you don't bring a car out of storage without shaking it all down and checking for leaks.
Who knows. The fact is **** happens...
I once had a HKS twin power randomly eat itself and explode into flames in my engine bay burning half my harness and some ignition wires. I managed to put it out quickly with a spare shirt before anything fuel related caught fire. Doesn't mean it was shoddy work on my part, and others swear by those boxes and have run them for year and year and years with no issue.
Old cars that are heavily custom modified and unique breed contingency situations. This guy's car just took a dump a really really un-ideal time. If you've owned an FD long enough, its probably taken a dive on you at some point or the other regardless of build quality...
I just have a hard time faulting someone who put that much into it and claiming poor build quality or shoddy work. Just my 0.02 cents...
Mistakes definitely do happen. Sometimes out of our hands.
One thing that has scared me shitless; Had a small fuel leak, smalllll....not even to notice unless you touched it, from one of the vanjen clamps on the intake manifold. Dripping right onto the exhaust manifold. It just needed to be reseated. But its scary how something so miniscule in such an area could have caused major burn-down.
It does not take a lot to get the fire going. Car-B-Q's are very vigorous and happen so fast. I've had a couple cars that I have worked on that went up in flames. Fortunately the fire extinguisher was close and there was no major damage, just a dirty floor when it was all done.
When it does happen, you get deer in the headlights, like "I CAN FIX THIS!!! I CAN FIX THIS!!! IF ONLY THERE WAS SOMETHING TO PUT THE FIRE OUT" even though the extinguisher is next to you, you can forget about it. Scary stuff.
also good idea to check the header/downpipe glass wraps often before starting the car. Small engine oil leaks can collect on them and ignite one day. I think our engine configuration is protective of this, but some of us with wacky turbo oil return potentially can have issues. It'll be a flame you can not blow out easily with portable extinguishers.
We will be at Import Alliance in Atlanta next weekend. Driving this motherf*cker on the street 3 hrs each way. If anyone from here will be there, let me know, lets meet up!
That fuel cooler scares me. All the great work in this build and then that. There is a reason fuel systems are fairly well protected and out of the way. Won't take much to turn that into a catastrophe.
That fuel cooler scares me. All the great work in this build and then that. There is a reason fuel systems are fairly well protected and out of the way. Won't take much to turn that into a catastrophe.
We will be at Import Alliance in Atlanta next weekend. Driving this motherf*cker on the street 3 hrs each way. If anyone from here will be there, let me know, lets meet up!
That's a super clean install. Nice work as always. Things can get real tight with 2 extra rotors and all the extra cooling he needs to do. The only option I can think of that may work is putting Water 2 fuel cooler to cool the fuel using your intake coolant? Not really sure what your intake coolant temperature usually runs, but it will be a much more compact solution that moves things away from the potential impact zones. You can find these on eBay from the decommissioned NASCAR race cars.
Last edited by stickmantijuana; Mar 20, 2017 at 09:22 AM.
That's a super clean install. Nice work as always. Things can get real tight with 2 extra rotors and all the extra cooling he needs to do. The only option I can think of that may work is putting Water 2 fuel cooler to cool the fuel using your intake coolant? Not really sure what your intake coolant temperature usually runs, but it will be a much more compact solution that moves things away from the potential impact zones. You can find these on eBay from the decommissioned NASCAR race cars.
That...... is a really good thought. The charge cooler water should be the coolest stuff on the car too, so that actually is a rather good compromise. I know that I have seen diff oil coolers back by the bumper, but fuel is a tad more volatile.
Is fuel temperature even a real serious issue? I can't imagine adding all of those (potential failure) connections and vulnerable elements if it isn't causing problems.
