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

[T&C Brown]

Yeah Jim, I can see it now; my caller picks the plane up after engine start
and aims the stinger at the judges line just as I run the motor up and bam!!
Pegs one of them right between the eyes.....
Gives new  meaning to "That's gonna leave a mark".....not only on them, but
the score sheet as well!!  :-)

T-Bone


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Ivey" <jivey61 at bellsouth.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [SPAM] Re: [SPAM] Re: Pipe Life Questions


> T-Bone
> Better count the BB's and get the same amount out as you put in.HEHE You
might have a weapon here and don't know it.
>
> Jim Ivey
> >
> > From: "T&C Brown" <tncbrown at charter.net>
> > Date: 2005/02/21 Mon PM 08:34:16 EST
> > To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> > Subject: Re: [SPAM] Re: [SPAM] Re: Pipe Life Questions
> >
> > I'm familiar with what you speak off.  I use it from time to time, and
always keep a couple of cans on hand.  99 cents a can at the local Auto
Zone.  But, I don't think it would have the same effect as dunking it in a
bucket of carb cleaner.  BTW, Auto Zone, Advance, Checker should sell the
one gallon bucket of carb cleaner.  I have used it with good results as
well.
> >
> > Back to the aerosol can idea.  Not sure if spraying the cleaner down the
pipe would have the same effect with the evaporation properties it has, not
to mention, not sure if the aerosol type is has potent as the bulk cleaner.
> > Maybe once you have sprayed the cleaner in, then plug the holes up for a
while it would work.  Or maybe fill the pipe up, then add a few bee-bees,
then shake the living dog-doo out of it.  Might be a pain to get the
bee-bees back out, but it might help break up the carbon.
> > Just a thought....
> > T-Bone
> >
> >   ----- Original Message ----- 
> >   From: Bill Glaze
> >   To: discussion at nsrca.org
> >   Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 8:12 PM
> >   Subject: [SPAM] Re: [SPAM] Re: Pipe Life Questions
> >
> >
> >   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
> >       To: 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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