Yo, 'Race....you have the Gremlins too, huh ? A clove of garlic stashed under
the pilots seat usually keeps them little buggers at bay....heh heh heh .

There is a 1/4 to 3/8 gap between my header and pipe as well. You've seen
the OS demise thread....Chuck Auger let the cat out of the bag, and confirmed
my suspicions about the burnt castor. There have been a couple threads about
black goo in the past, and the final answer has been loose mufflers, aluminum
rubbing and such....and I too took the answer at face value. However after
thinking about it, and my own extreme black goo spewences (is that a word)
the rubbing aluminum theory is just not possible, just that simple.

Next flying session I am going to do the unthinkable and run a tank of 20/20
PowerMaster YS blend through two spewers, and see what happens. So please
forgive me in advance for my evil deeds. I put a YS .91 FZ in a WM Mustang, and
am shooting for the 'Buck and a half Club"

Once again, I'm going to use the clever Fidel disguise for this endevour, so don't
tell anyone. I'll let ya' know what happens.

Dave.