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Post by ti4438 on Oct 26, 2012 22:43:44 GMT -5
Thanks guys.I took the BluMo out for a spin tonite.I was out front of a pizza joint having a smoke when some dude plled over to check out the car.I recognized him right away.He's a former teacher of mine AND he said he owns a '76 Royal Monaco! He's gonna send me some pics,and ofcourse I'll share them here if'n I can figure out how to do it.
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Post by spanks79 on Oct 27, 2012 10:21:04 GMT -5
A 360 engine and burnouts don't go hand in hand.Gotta find some gravel,or something. Really? I would have thought the 360, with proper amounts of power braking would still brake them loose. I know I tried with my car when I first got it but even with a 400, the tranny was so bad it reved to about 3000 before the car would even move.
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Post by Steam McQueen on Oct 27, 2012 16:05:46 GMT -5
Really? I would have thought the 360, with proper amounts of power braking would still brake them loose. Pouring some oil on the tire works, lol. Makes a bunch of smoke, too!
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Post by ti4438 on Oct 27, 2012 20:14:14 GMT -5
My 360 runs strong,but it's best days are well in the past.
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Post by Ghostbluesman (Ghostsoldier) on Oct 28, 2012 16:57:19 GMT -5
Pouring some oil on the tire works, lol. Makes a bunch of smoke, too! Bleach works, too! ;D Rob
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Post by sigmfsk on Oct 28, 2012 19:27:35 GMT -5
Oh yeah > At least as late as the 1970s in the United States, burnout > enthusiasts would occasionally coat their (usually rear) drive wheel > tires with a liquid chlorine-type bleach. This would result in > spectacular clouds of white smoke during the burnout. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnout_%28vehicle%29Here's an interesting blurb: ------- Bleach (aka chlorox) chemical name is sodium hypochlroite (NaOCl). Comercial bleach solutions such as chlorox are typically a 6% w/v solution of NaOCl. In its solid form it is a sodium salt of hypochlorous acid. Because Sodium Hypochlorite is non-stociometric (i.e. it is not chemically balanced) it is unstable. In the solid form Sodium Hypochlorite will decompose at low temps i.e. 40 deg C. It is also unstable in solution and if you let it sit long enough or heat the solution to near boiling it will form NaCl and H2O. This tendency to decompose is why bleach is used in burn outs. The burn out creates intense heat, through friction, which decomposes the bleach and liberates Chlorine gas (Cl2). The Chlorine gas almost immediately reacts with water vapor in the atmosphere to form Hydrogen Chloride gas (HCl, Also known as hydrochloric acid when dissolved in water). The HCl gas is the white smoke that you see during the burnout. If you ever open a bottle of hydrochloric acid blow into it. The vapor from your breath will create a large amount of white smoke when it reacts with HCl gas. The chemical reaction would be; 2NaOCl + heat + (H2O)2 ----> 2NaOH + 2HCl + O2 So the short answer is, bleach is used in burn out contests because it produces a bunch of white smoke. Drag racers today no longer use bleach, they simply use water. I also asked my Uncle Dennis who used to be technical director of Goodyear in Europe. He, in turn, asked Les Garbowicz who designed the Top Fuel Dragster slicks for Goodyear. Originally, the bleach and water solution was used because of the chemical pyrotechnic in the equation listed above. The idea was to burn off the top skin of the tire, "exposing the gooey tread rubber underneath". But they discovered that water would do just fine. As pure water is both cheaper and easier to handle, the chlorox was dropped. ------- everything2.com/title/burn+outKumho has some tires especially made to make blue or red smoke in burnout contests. Here's a video: It looks like they even have "scented" tires: > But tires scented with the aromatic effusion of Lavender and > Rosemary? C'mon. Eric has reported back that they smell like > herbs that have been growing in a tire planter. www.autoblog.com/2005/11/06/kumho-ecsta-mx-c-colored-smoke-tires-and-herbal-scented/your friend in giant smokey burnouts the old fashioned way, putting bleach in the windshield washer reservoir and running the squirter hose to the rear tires, arthur
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Post by Ghostbluesman (Ghostsoldier) on Oct 28, 2012 20:06:07 GMT -5
Yeah, I had an extra wiper fluid tank and motor mounted in the trunk of my '68 Dart, with a hosed nozzle over each of my Mickey Thompson 50-series bias-plys, and a momentary push button on the dash...good god, did I ever make some humongous smoke clouds back in the day, lol!
Now that the '68's 440 is going into the Blumo, who knows....I might set-up the same rig on that baby, too! ;D
Rob
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Post by ti4438 on Oct 29, 2012 2:48:58 GMT -5
You guys are awesome!
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Post by Sd.Kfz. 400 on Oct 29, 2012 3:55:52 GMT -5
It looks like they even have "scented" tires: And I read "common sense" at least five times. But a screw-type supercharger with an 408 kit would solve Ti's problem.
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Post by ti4438 on Oct 29, 2012 11:31:34 GMT -5
I'm very happy to have a good runner with a solid body.Fast or slow,I love my BluMo!
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Post by Ghostbluesman (Ghostsoldier) on Oct 29, 2012 19:07:59 GMT -5
But a screw-type supercharger with an 408 kit would solve Ti's problem. But then, he'd have the whole of the CPD after him, just like Jake and Elwood! ;D Rob
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Post by ti4438 on Oct 29, 2012 21:13:02 GMT -5
They'd never catch the BluMo!
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Post by legendaryacura8 on Oct 29, 2012 21:24:40 GMT -5
Can you imagine modern day footage of a Blumo being chased by a squad of CPD. Pretty memorable.... Just imagine all the puns news reporters could use!
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Post by Sd.Kfz. 400 on Oct 30, 2012 3:05:58 GMT -5
I'll break any neo-nazi demo with the Monaco if I happen to see one.
If it can be done without casualties, I'm not interested about the jail thing.
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Post by ti4438 on Oct 30, 2012 15:00:58 GMT -5
I'll break any neo-nazi demo with the Monaco if I happen to see one. If it can be done without casualties, I'm not interested about the jail thing. I concur.That would be epic.
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