Re: Leap Out And Let It Burn
i used to work for Cosworth; we would have a major fire in the ventilation ducts the day after the ducts were cleaned out (every 2 months - but management never picked up on the pattern).
We were NOT allowed to call the fire brigade, as it would affect the insurance premiums, instead we had to fight it ourselves with nothing by extinguishers, not even mains supplied hoses.
On one occasion, were were down to the last 2 extinguishers and the fire still wasnt out - but we still weren't allowed to call for the Fire Brigade - even though their newest pump was 100m away being photographed for the local BBC news report.
For the technically minded, the engine casts are zirconic sand held together with lacquer; which would condense onto the inner lining of the ducts, when the molten alu was pour into the mould, but quickly be covered in zirconic dust.
Clean the dust out of the ducts - where it would settle and clog them up, then hit the exposed lacquer with the high temperature gasses coming off the mould injection stations and the lacquer would ignite.
When the lacquer was burning, the ducts would glow red - and you could pick out where the rivets and section joins were by their darker colour.
Clean the dust out and the