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Re: MufflerTemperature

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Subject: Re: MufflerTemperature
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 09:40:38 -0700
Interesting question! I have no idea, but I suspect that at 500 degrees it
would glow cherry red. My guess would be more like 350 degrees, based on the
way it heats up the floor of my MG...

on 7/27/01 12:23 AM, Paul Ure at homestay@bigpond.net.au wrote:

> I'm squeezing a set of extractors into my TC. The muffler sits best right next
> to the brake master cylinder.
> The wet boiling point of my brake fluid is 500 degrees F. I'm worried about
> heat transfer to the fluid and reckon that it's probably too much of a risk.
> 
> What do you reckon the surface temperature of a muffler would run at?
> 

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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.

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