A little story from my weekend

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Well, I was down at my parents, and I was working on an old celica 1600 coupe.
I decided that I wanted to put on a twin carb that I had sitting there for it. So I put it on, and took it for a drive. After lots of fun (read skids )
I noticed that she was getting hot, so I drove back to the shed for some more water. On the drive back, all I could smell was petrol.
So I thought that I needed to tune the carby, as it was running a little rich

I got back, put water in her, and proceeded to tune the carby, off with the air filter, and straight into it. I was looking straight down the carby, when this happened...

http://www.geocities.com/subaru_liberty2000/images/bruntface.JPG

The bitch of a thing decided to backfire through the intake rather than the exhaust!!  :black eye

Needless to say, the car is in worse shape then me at the moment!

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stuff me- poor bastard!

you pulling up ok?

id be dropping a match in the petrol tank of that thing. revenge is the best revenge!

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Yeah, I am fine, a little red in the face lol

Well, i wanted to do that, but its my little bro's car, so I didnt sad

but I did trash the engine, so its missing a few parts now.
No more twin carb for it lol

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man that sux. don't you just hate it when you get hurt by inanimate objects because to get them back only ends up hurting you more.

good luck with the recovery and i'm guessing you won't be doin that again in a hurry tongue

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Hey RX2000, sorry to hear about your imolation.  :superstit  (perfect smiley!!) That patch on your right forehead looks a little deeper - hard to assess well from the (admittedly high-quality) photo, but prolly worth getting a doctor or hospital burns clinic to check you out, if you haven't already.

Speedy recovery

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ouch!  :blink:
hopefully it all heals up soon!

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Yeah the burn above the eye is pretty deep, and pretty raw at the moment.
My sis is a nurse at the alfred hospital, and has worked in the burn unit, so she is sorting my out with some gear.

LiberTT, I actually played with a quad barrel the next day big_smile
I just wont be looking down any carbs for a while.

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geezus, looks like you were lucky, it could have been worse! all the best for a speedy recovery. :meeting:

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gees mickey thats nasty, but the question i have is how come you still have an eyebrow?

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Billsy, I asked myself that question.
I really shouldn't. But I don't care, I do, so I am happy big_smile

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Damn dude that is bad luck... good to see you're not too damaged...

You should apply for a spot on Mythbusters now!

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LOL

funny you should say that, I after it happend the first thing I thought was, "Jamie likes big boom'

LOL

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lucky nothing is wrong with your eyesight etc...hopefully next time you'll wear safety glasses

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So hows your eye these days, i hope no scaring!

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I can't see the picture u posted.

Were was your saftely goggles

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IT'S FAR BETTER WHEN THERE'S TWINS INVOLVED
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Kosti wrote:

I can't see the picture u posted.
Ditto, but with real words i.e. you tongue

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That pic got taken down ages ago.

My face and eyes are fine.

I didn't wear saftey goggles.

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