She caught on fire...

[leo]

I was driving home last night and after doing about 130mph on Hwy75, I slowed down and about a couple of minutes later I start to smell burning plastic coming from under the hood. And then 30 seconds later POP! I loose all power except battery of course, and I coast to the side of the road. Steam/smoke starts bellowing out of under the hood. And then the paint in the center of my hood starts to bubble and peals away real fast... so at this point I realize its a fire! Popped the hood and the ***** had a damn campfire going under the upper intake along the fuel rails! Luckily I had a fire extinguisher and put it out quickly, so it could be worse. I've have cinged the folling from what it looks like:

-Ac line to compressor
-upper radiator hose (blew a hole through the side next to the distributor)
-distributor melted completely
-fuel rails (seals are melted down)
-injector and dist. harnesses
-injectors
-probably much more..

It turns over but no spark obviously, i thinks the radiator hose blew (pop) and knocked out the ac line and started torching everything since it is flammable.. So this all sucks and luckily I have most of the parts to fix it... I'll be needing a repainted hood to...



Leo


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1990GT 5.0 302, T-5, Steeda shifter, Explorer Upper, Cobra Lower, MAC pullies, 3.73's, K&n Air filter, Dynomax Super Turbo Exhaust, Motorsport headers, RAM Clutch, Motorsport 3 core, Offroad H-pipe, 17in Cobra R's.