About a month ago I know you had a backfire taking out the intake. Since your car has been down so long and you have shown no action with it and some post here and there insinuate that you may have blown it up. I have to ask. Did you blow up your new motor?

If so what was the cause?

Dave

 

Dry kits don't have nitrous backfires do they?

 

Yes you can have a backfire with a wet or dry system. I have seen backfires from both.

The wet kits usualy are alittle more violant due to the extra fuel vapors in the intake.

 

I know many local people(local to Robert) have offered great priced parts and help?

 

Are you saying that Robert blew up the new motor?

 

I know he was having issues with it and blew the intake MAF and TB to shreads.

 

Not to hijack the thread or anything, but thats why I bought an aluminum intake with a burst plate.

 

I thought Robert was so on dry kits to avoid that?

 

Me too. He is one of the guys that talked me into going dry from all of his posts about not having backfires with dry kits. I still have the kit sitting in my garage now though lol.

 

i've seen a sheetmetal intake blow up and the burst panels didnt even break.

 

Nothing against the burst plates but I have seen some fast intakes blown to shreads and they had the burst plate. So I am not real sure about them. However I have a buddy that has a burst plate on his blown altered and I know it works.lol
Dave

 

 

I remember robert calling someone out on "Name 1 dry ls1 thats had a nitrous backfire" deal . HMMMMMMM.

 

We all know Robert and I have argued on if dry kits have backfires or not. I knew they did from past experiences..lol Now Robert does as well.

Someone blowing up there motor is never funny. I have blown up many of my own and walked away heart broken. My post was not intended to poke at Robert so anyone reading this or posting here please do not turn it into that.

I just want to know what happen and how? So I figured I would ask. And since he did not respond to my last pm I just asked him in public.
Dave

 

I think his motor is fine, I believe it was his MAF and TB that suffered a bit. Kinda of incentive to keep spare parts around (I am gathering all kinds of spares with the mods), and realize if your gonna play be ready to pay!

 

I agree with that Beer... It cost to play.. Plain and simple.

 

I dont think his argument was that dry kits never backfire. He was saying that dry nitrous backfires are not as violent as wet kit backfires, which is true. Also that he has never seen a car burn to the ground due to a dry nitrous backfire, as has been the case with some wet backfires.

 

Actually not that this post is ment for this discussion but there are tons of post from Robert Claiming Dry Kits do not have backfires.. I have always argued they do but they are not as violant as a wet backfire..

Keep in mind that even a dry backfire could have the potential of burning a car down in the event it was violant enough to pop the fuel line or fuel rail off the intake as well.

Just so happens the few cars I have seen here on the internet that did burn down was from something the user did wrong. Also the ones I have seen posted were running a wet system. Maybe because the explosion is more violant(fact) or maybe because there are a greater number of people running wet systems.

Dave

 

Where in the world is Robert.. This post is no fun with out him here!!!!!

 

Last I heard he got mad and changed boards!