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Originally Posted by DAEpperson View Post
Up in the high desert I used to hear about guys taking their magnesium VW (?) motors and setting them ablaze. They supposedly burned for days...
I've burned chunks of VW engine cases in a campfire. It doesn't 'for days' but it does burn very hot and bright. It takes some work to get it started, but once it does, you won't be able to look into the fire. The trick is to break the case into small pieces - the smaller, the better.
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