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Buff:<br>
Please keep us advised; I believe it's probably a more common problem
than is recognized. I'm beginning to think that, if there was a method
that wasn't too difficult to use, that folks would clean their pipes
more often, like about once a year, if the pipe had to come off anyway,
why not check/clean it? I know I sure would.<br>
Bill Glaze<br>
<br>
Buff Miller wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Hey Bill,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">How are you
doing?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Good
question.<span style=""> </span>I meant to put th<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>
info in the original message. <span style=""> </span>I’m
not sure just how many flights were on the pipe. <span style=""> </span>The
way we like to put in these parts; is
“there were a ton of flights on it”. <span style=""> </span>I’ll be a
little more
specific, <st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> least two
solid years. <span style=""> </span>I bought the engine and pipe from
Earl <st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> the beginning of
2004 and flew it all last
season. <span style=""> </span>Earl bought it brand new in
l<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>e 2002 or early 2003, I’m
not sure. <span style=""> </span>But he put some serious
time on it in 2003 in prepar<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ion
for the 2003 N<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>s. <span
style=""> </span>He then continued to use it for the
remainder of 2003.<span style=""> </span>So, how many
flights is th<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>? <span
style=""> </span>Your guess is as good as mine, has to
well over 500, probably a whole lot more, I really don’t know.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Since I
started this thread I’ve
been thinking a lot about solvents and pipes, particularly the flow
capacity of
pipes.<span style=""> </span>I think I can make a strong
recommend<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ion to everyone
now and
th<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> is; baseline the flow
capacity
of your pipe before you ever use it. <span style=""> </span>This can
be done very simply by filling
it up with w<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>er and then
timing how
long it takes to empty itself.<span style=""> </span>Do
this several times, up to a dozen, to get an average.<span style=""> </span>Record
this inform<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ion
in a safe place so when you think your engines performance is beginning
to
wane, do a flow test again and m<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ch
the new r<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>es against the
old. <span style=""> </span>This is cheap, easy way to know wh<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> you’re dealing with. <span style=""> </span><span
class="SpellE">Kind’a</span>
like wh<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> the big boys do to
know wh<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> the flow capacity
of their automotive cylinder
heads is.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">As far as
solvents, last night I soaked
the pipe in w<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>er. <span
style=""> </span><span class="GramE">Yep, another Earl idea.</span><span
style=""> </span>I tell you when the man speaks, I
listen.<span style=""> </span>You never know, it just
might work. Anyhow today (it’s raining outside anyway, so wh<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> else is there to do) I plan to flush it
with hot
soapy w<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>er and w<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ch to see wh<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>
kind of crud comes out. <span style=""> </span>Next, on
the solvent list is; Mineral Spirits, then maybe your <span
class="SpellE">Gumout</span>,
or Bob Richards paint remover, or ….<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">See you <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>
the Beach!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Bill
Glaze<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, February
21, 2005
8:36 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [SPAM] Re:
Pipe Life
Questions</span></font><font color="black"><span
style="color: windowtext;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Buff (and others who have
had the same problem)<br>
About how many flights did it take to get the pipe blockage th<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> 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 H<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ori
pipes had a lot of crud on the outside, and I cleaned it with some
Airplane
Cleaner th<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> I picked up <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> Advanced Auto Parts. It took several
applic<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ions, but did a fair
job of cleaning.
But--th<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>'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 th<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>
stuff would do any good. It sure removed all the crud from a
carburetor;
while the race engines never got all th<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>
dirty, I did do other stuff besides, and I saw the carb cleaner work
miracles.<br>
<br>
Bill Glaze<br>
P.S. Buff: See you <st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Myrtle Beach</st1:place></st1:City>!<br>
<br>
<br>
Buff Miller wrote:<br style="">
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Steve,<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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too l<st1:PersonName u6:st="on"><st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName></st1:PersonName>e.
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.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Steve
Wiggin<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, February
20, 2005
11:41 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <a
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Pipe Life
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">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 l<st1:PersonName u6:st="on"><st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName></st1:PersonName>e.</span></font><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></p>
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