[SPAM] Re: [SPAM] Re: Pipe Life Questions

[Bill Glaze]

T-bone:
Now what I'm wondering is if I can find some of the carburetor cleaner 
that was in a spray can.  We used to use it to clean the red dye that 
was gummed all over the outside of the carb.  Spray it on, let it sit 
for a couple of minutes, brush it some with a stiff brush, blast it off 
with water.  Stuff a rag down the carb, and you didn't even need to take 
it off the manifold.  Spraying this stuff down the Hatori pipe, (the 
stuff comes with a long plastic tube, whose use is optional) could 
possibly get the job done.  It just may be time to go shopping.

Bill Glaze

T&C Brown wrote:

> Bill,
> That's how I clean my Hatori pipes.  Works great....Just throw the 
> sucker in the 5 gal bucket for two - three hours, rotating it end over 
> end once, and they come out looking like new.  You'd be amazed how 
> much carbon builds up on the inside. 
> Now if I only had the guts to try it with my carbon pipe!  (BG)!
>  
> T-Bone
>  
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Bill Glaze <mailto:billglaze at triad.rr.com>
>     To: discussion at nsrca.org <mailto:discussion at nsrca.org>
>     Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 8:35 AM
>     Subject: [SPAM] Re: Pipe Life Questions
>
>     Buff (and others who have had the same problem)
>     About how many flights did it take to get the pipe blockage that
>     you folks are talking about?  Obviously, it announces itself by
>     degrading engine performance, and I was curious about when to
>     start looking for the problem.  One of my Hatori pipes had a lot
>     of crud on the outside, and I cleaned it with some Airplane
>     Cleaner that I picked up at Advanced Auto Parts.  It took several
>     applications, but did a fair job of cleaning.  But--that's not the
>     same as the inside of the pipe.  When I was building engines, I
>     had a 5 gallon pail of carburetor cleaner and I'm wondering if
>     that stuff would do any good.  It sure removed all the crud from a
>     carburetor; while the race engines never got all that dirty, I did
>     do other stuff besides, and I saw the carb cleaner work miracles.
>
>     Bill Glaze
>     P.S. Buff:  See you at Myrtle Beach!
>
>
>     Buff Miller wrote:
>
>>     Hi Steve,
>>
>>     You're not too late.  I had the pipe in the PP for 24 hours with
>>     no ill effects.  It did clean some carbon, as seen by chunks of
>>     carbon being flushed out.  But did it clean it thoroughly?  I
>>     guess the engine will tell me next time out.  Or, though I'm not
>>     quite ready for this; perform an autopsy on the pipe.
>>
>>     Buff
>>
>>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>     From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
>>     [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Steve Wiggin
>>     Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 11:41 AM
>>     To: discussion at nsrca.org
>>     Subject: Pipe Life Questions
>>
>>     Be careful with the Purple Power on aluminum. If it's the same
>>     stuff I'm thinking of, made by Castrol, I used some to clean my
>>     motorcycle wheel and it pitted the aluminum rim! Hope this
>>     message is not too late.
>>
>>     Steve
>>
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