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Originally posted by southernfriedcj
Driving a car without an airfilter would seem to be a good way to invite an engine fire. If you have backfire through the carb(s), you better be fast with the fire extinguisher! I've never put a burning Cobra out, but I put several hundred car fires out in my time on the Atlanta Fire Dept.
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If you catch your carb on fire, before you spray it with the extinguisher, crank the motor over with the starter, it will suck the fire out. If the motor is running, rev it a good one. I have never had a "top of the carb" fire, that could survive at RPM. The accel pumps will feed it for a monment, but then it will get sucked through.