Monaro burnout-exhaust system catches fire

Bonito

Thought i'd share this with everyone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpXHgQ9a5no

Midnight_EG

Retard delighted he's wrecking a gorgeous car =[

Plug

I thought your mondeo exhaust was catching fire. I went here to help!:D

Hotwheels

Money to Burn :eek:

Drummerboy08

The noise of that engine! Holy crap!

You can see the exhaust almost glowing red at one stage during that vid. He'll need new tyres to drive home though...:D

Bonito

noticed the exhaust system glowing red myself just near the doors behind the front wheels

ianobrien

The exhaust didn't catch fire. Metal can't burn (Alkali metals excepted)

It was glowing red hot, and the bodywork (plastic) or the mounting rubbers caught fire.

peasant

ianobrien wrote: »

The exhaust didn't catch fire. Metal can't burn .

Let this obnoxious, steel wool burning kid convince you of the opposite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a03U7ptQpJg

(and then guess what is the common damping material in a muffler ...yepp, you guessed it ...steel wool )

JHMEG

peasant wrote: »

(and then guess what is the common damping material in a muffler ...yepp, you guessed it ...steel wool )

Attach a power supply to a ball of steel wool and it catches fire. You can then light cigarettes off it. I really enjoyed physics class when I was in school.

I doubt yer man has steel wool in that exhaust. Looks like rubber hangers etc.

JHMEG

This is a better video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dorkxb71uLo

Dark-Mavis

Would it not be all the bits of rubber catching fire on the hot exhaust?

ianobrien

peasant wrote: »

Let this obnoxious, steel wool burning kid convince you of the opposite


(and then guess what is the common damping material in a muffler ...yepp, you guessed it ...steel wool )

All I saw there was somebody heading steel wool up to 400 to 500 celcius. The wool never burned. The sparks were more than likely from the violent release of hot gases from the center of the steel wool, and it carrying the hot ends of the strands of steel wool. The steel wool would be very brittle under such heat.

Burning is an oxidation reaction involving the reaction of the object in question with a source of oxygen (typically air). The oxidation reaction that occurs very rapid, with a release of heat is generally considered burning.

C8H16 + 12O2 --> 8CO2 + 8H2O

(for the total anoraks, that's the rapid oxidation of octane, one of the constituents of petrol)

The oxidation of iron we all should be familiar with - It's RUST!

ianobrien

JHMEG wrote: »

Attach a power supply to a ball of steel wool and it catches fire. You can then light cigarettes off it. I really enjoyed physics class when I was in school.

I doubt yer man has steel wool in that exhaust. Looks like rubber hangers etc.

Gee, how much attention did you really pay? The wool would have a high electrical resistance, generating lots of heat. It's the impurities that would have burned off.

It's the same principle of the old fashioned Tungsten filament bulb.

JHMEG

ianobrien wrote: »

Gee, how much attention did you really pay? .

Enough to get me cigarette lit!

Big Nasty

Whatever - it was a good show and the entrance fee paid by all the spectators more than covered the expense of any damage done.

We've done similar ourselves for kicks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IseWkLQGlWA

Mr Benevolent

ianobrien wrote: »

Gee, how much attention did you really pay? The wool would have a high electrical resistance, generating lots of heat. It's the impurities that would have burned off.

It's the same principle of the old fashioned Tungsten filament bulb.

Bah, this is Motors, not science class. Better to just enjoy the burning Monaro

x in the city

what a retard, whats the point in that exactly ?

apart from burning a few k's of tyres down to the bone and ****ing up an expensive engine i mean.