Are You A "marked" Hoodie?

[Guest Daren.F]

I've tried to get the initiation mark of a hoody but my exhaust is'nt hot enough what is wrong with my car? Its not because I drive it carefully as demonstrated at Curborough.

Daren

[Longboarder]

Darren, thats just plain odd. First time I was flat out for fifteen minutes at night I thought my indicator was stuck on cos there was a bright red glow on the right of the car. Stuck my head over the side and the exhaust was orange all the way back to the silencer. Think I might have been running a bit lean or retarded. Certainly made me lift till the exhaust was a bit cooler!

Are you running a moped engine?

 

Nigel

[Guest Daren.F]

Nope just a 1.8 pinto with a standard RHE exhaust, I have not wraped the manifold in insulation but I do intend to.

The exhaust is noisy 93 db so I wonder if there is any packing left. but after a major thrash I can still touch the silencer with out leaving skin behind and play chicken by touching the tail pipe quickly.

Daren

 

it'll come! give it about 2000 miles before there is no more packing left. Jim

Edited September 2, 2003 by Big Jim

[Mitch]

Okay Jim

Are you happy now, seemed to make you laugh when i jumped (and muttered something about illegitamacy).

one burn left shin can't add to poll as i have already voted

Mitch

[Guest Bobby]

in the vid it says that the silencer is not hot..is this a lie or am i getting very confused.!!!

 

Bobs

[Big Jim]

Within a couple of thousand miles, the silencer will get bloody hot & noisy.

[Mitch]

Don't believe everything you see on the video.

and it was the down pipe i came into contact with

Mitch

[cairnnut]

helen being the passenger never has to wory about the exhaust, yesterday at the meet she was taken for a white knuckle ride in a cobra, she got a souvenir to take home ! does she qualify?

[Big Jim]

Just for the pain value, we'll let her in for that! mark it up.

[Guest Battery Bill]

Yesterday when I was connecting up the Live terminal on the battery to do a bit more wiring I noticed a burning smell, I could not see anthing obvious wrong but the smell was getting stronger, Then I got a stabbing pain in my left ankle and found the "Soldering Iron" had burnt its way through my trousers and socks and was starting on my skin. Ouch. Does that make me a marked future hoodie?

[Big Jim]

NO! that just confirms that you shouldn't let Joey solder!

[Mitch]

well after years of warning the kids to keep away from the exsausts, our Chris (8yr old grandson not Mrs Mitch)was showing the hood off to a mate and stuck his knee on mine, (he had dodged Andys cobra pipes as he was riding in that) so he now sat in A & E waiting to be seen,

 

if his brother hadnt have seen him jump and "grassed" on him the silly bugger wouldnt have said owt incase he got a rollocking too!!,

4 inch circle with centre beginning to blister, he did it good.

 

so now intend carrying a can of burn spray in seat for future incidents,

 

Mitch

[Guest salty_monk]

I have both & a lot of my friends have at least one... latest car has no shield so that one hurts a little more.

 

Dan

[TonySuperSpec]

Not me but the wife

 

On the SuperSpec its on the near side.

 

However it was on her arm. We were still building she was looking for a water leak and forgot how hot the pipe was...

 

Ouch :o nasty on the upper arm...

[NeilD]

Back of right leg - ouch - noticed the smell of burnt flesh before the pain hit....

 

That was on the RH exhaust - new custom job gets just warm enough to warm your hands at red lights