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On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 20:59, Jim Adney wrote: > > It's really just the finely divided metal chips which are the hazard. It's > quite hard to set a big chunk like the case on fire. The biggest problem might > well be the secondary stuff that the magnesium set on fire, like the cardboard > that Brad was working on. > > I've seen quite a few VW engine fire carcasses, but the case was always pretty > much intact. I don't think I have ever seen a case burned in a car fire. Too much heat disapation. We burn them on the 4th for the spectacular fire they put off, but we have to use a railroad flare, or acetylene torch to get them lit. And we cut them into small pieces. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~