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Offline John

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« on: November 07, 2005, 10:34:11 AM »
Hi all,

Thought I should share something funny. I went down to my local store and these two guys came speeding in to the parking lot in a Celica (or something similar). The driver was revving the engine (not too much). When he let go of the accelerator, this huge flame came out of the exhaust!

Didn?t think much about it except that that car had some serious problems?

When the guy walked up right next to me I had to let him know, so I asked him if he knew he had massive flames coming out at the back of his car. (Mentioned something about poor cam timings as well?).

The response ?Yeah, I know. That?s awesome! There is a sparkplug in the back of the exhaust that does it!?

My jaw dropped and I forgot to ask if he also supplied petrol or something to get these flames.


If you can?t have the fastest car around, go for the second best ? flames..?

Has anyone ever heard of this? Am I just getting old?

//John
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« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2005, 11:18:20 AM »
Ignorance is bliss?
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« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2005, 11:51:11 AM »
That use to be hot trick to older hot rods here in the states.
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« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2005, 01:18:02 PM »
John , that is quite common among the street rodders here in Michigan. They use a fuel nozzle and a spark plug. There are "competitions" to see whose flame thrower is the best.  It does take some skill to inject the fuel, light the spark and use the engine throttle as the blower.  At night it is quite a sight.
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« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2005, 03:40:33 PM »
You dont need any extra fuel delivery to make this work... you just cut a hole and weld a nut to the exhaust that you can thread the plug into, run a hot-wire to the plug from a switch, and when the plug is switched on it ignites the unburnt fuel in the exhaust. Ive seen flames shoot 15-20 feet out of a mini truck with this setup.
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« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2005, 03:47:41 PM »
check this out.... got this out of an add in MiniTruckin magazine...
http://www.autoloc.com/products/flame.lasso
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« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2005, 06:05:40 AM »
Jee, I am getting old then... I actually thought it was a joke when he told me.

I wonder if I should fit one of these flame thrower kits to me KX5? I know I am not the fastest rider, but I'd be making some damage to whomever's behind me! The kids will get the flames right in their faces!

//John
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« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2005, 06:14:38 AM »
Quote from: John
I am getting old then...//John


 Two of us then :wink:
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