not so much a crazy thing i did, but a crazy thing that happened.
driving along one day and came up to a busy intersection in the charger. without any warning at all, the engine cut out. so Im thinking to myself "great, why does this stuff always happen on the busiest streets??" Crank the engine over a few times and it doesnt catch. Then I see little puffs of smoke coming out of the hood, so i thought i must have a oil leak or something that is burning off the headers. I get out of the car, open up the hood, and giant flames jumped out at me, damn near burning my face off. My first thought, which in retrospect i think is absolutely hilarious, was to take my shirt off and start beating at the flames with it. im sure i looked a lot funnier than it sounds. this did absolutely nothing. very very fortunately i remembered i had a fire extinguisher, so i was able to put it out before i lost the whole car. then i had to push this 4000 lbs car through this busy intersection without a shirt by myself. that wasnt fun. turns out the fuel pressure regulator which was mounted above the headers sprung a substantial leak, and since i have an electric pump and never actually turned the key all the way off, i was draining my tank right onto my hot headers. My pressure regulator is now located elsewhere. thank god for fire extinguishers!
