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Setting fire to my F for Christmas 13 years 4 months ago #20115

Yupp the crazy man is at it again

Christmas Eve was the day and this is how it started

I had to go to Bradford for the company xmas drink and handing out of prezzies to the staff

So tried the F, it was a bit of a pain to get started with it being so cold, so I gave it a squirt of Nos, but the battery was to flat by then to fire it up, so I got it hooked up to the 4x4 and gave it a squirt again, as I thought the other one would have disappeared by then

Tried to start it and got one hell of a bang, the sort of sound like a gun short but ten times louder

So I thought I better check the engine and guess what, I had no air filter the Piper cross viper had blown to bits and the foam was now doing a great job of warming the engine with flames about 6-8 inches licking round the engine bay....lol and me having ripped out the engine grill stood blowing it out from a foot away trying to push my head through the top slot...lol

I ended up grabbing a couple of hand fulls of burning foam and pulling it out, this got more comical as it stuck to my fingers...lol

Guess what though it started great after that, so I left it off and drove a 250 mile round trip, bought a cheap halfords enclosed filter on the way home

when I fitted it I found the old air filter has also ripped the top off the carbon canister.....all good fun an its still running great

I'll get some pics at some point
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Re: Setting fire to my F for Christmas 13 years 4 months ago #20116

jesus mate!!!!!!! not good! as long as you and the car are ok thats all that matters... this is gods way of telling you to go V-TEC next year.... it's almost a christmas miracle

adam
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Re: Setting fire to my F for Christmas 13 years 4 months ago #20117

Note to Self.....Buy K&N rather than foam filter :ohmy:


Glad it turned out OK!

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Re: Setting fire to my F for Christmas 13 years 4 months ago #20118

Note to Self.....Buy K&N rather than foam filter :ohmy:


Glad it turned out OK!


or don't get spray happy lol
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Re: Setting fire to my F for Christmas 13 years 4 months ago #20120

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jesus mate!!!!!!! not good! as long as you and the car are ok thats all that matters...

Stuff him, at least the car is OK :P

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Re: Setting fire to my F for Christmas 13 years 4 months ago #20121

It's a roaring LOG fire you're supposed to be warming yourself at. :yesnod:
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Re: Setting fire to my F for Christmas 13 years 4 months ago #20131

lol its all part of my favourate tuning

Destruction Tuning :)

its good laugh and real fun ....lol
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Re: Setting fire to my F for Christmas 13 years 4 months ago #20141

You are a legend Jon :lol:
Timing a touch off at low revs you think?

Supercover has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Social hand grenades don't exist. ;)

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Re: Setting fire to my F for Christmas 13 years 3 months ago #20146

Yupp just a little on the starting options

But soooo much fun....I now have to make a new enclosed filter out of the halfords one and the bits left from the viper

I'll take some pics tomorrow
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Re: Setting fire to my F for Christmas 13 years 3 months ago #20147

Yupp just a little on the starting options

But soooo much fun....I now have to make a new enclosed filter out of the halfords one and the bits left from the viper

I'll take some pics tomorrow


MacGyver lives...:rofl:
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Re: Setting fire to my F for Christmas 13 years 3 months ago #20183

BANG!!!

OOOoooPps


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Re: Setting fire to my F for Christmas 13 years 3 months ago #20185

We can rebuild it

The all new Norris Viperfraud carbon/chrome

half way through




all done




and fitted


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