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On 2 May 2003 at 9:32, Nate Peterson wrote: > A friend of mine said his buddies down in Santa Cruz have been putting > VW engine blocks in a bonfire and they blow up!!! > He says they glow green and then BOOM!!! > > Could this really happen?! > > They are saying that the block is made of magnesium and that's why it > blows up with the heat. I wouldn't call it an explosion, but I also wouldn't want to be close to it. Yes, the standard block is a magnesium alloy and a magnesium fire is an awsome thing to behold. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org