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On Mon, 10 May 2004, Jim Adney wrote: > I've never seen one of these, and I have to wonder what the point is. It seems I'm not exactly sure what the point is, either. The event usually draws about half of a show's attendees, give or take. The other half of the folks keep checking out the show cars & swaps, and wonder amongst themselves what the point is. I think it's loud and spectacular. I don't know if the point is to have lots of drama (smoke/flames/noise), or if it's to see how long such a "rad" engine can last under tough condition. > silly to take perfectly good parts and convert the to trash on purpose. Yes -- the little video was like the last bit of it. It went for... five? minutes or so. You have to wonder if it couldn't have been rebuilt, or if many of its parts could have been re-used. > How do they make the engine blow? Do they just run them out of oil? I believe so, but I'm not sure. I *thought* they ran them without a fan & shroud. This was the only one I've ever watched up close, and it did have a cooling system. -Greg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org