homemade exhaust flames

[frizz16]

ive been told that you can make your car flame by using sparkplugs some how. anyone know how?

[billyo]

This should be in styling really. perhaps a mod will move it.

People run their cars rich and put a spark plug in the exhaust to ignite the exhaust fumes. It looks a bit too chavvy cos real cars throw out blue flames on the over run wheras spark plugs looks a bit like a furious BBQ. If you have a cat I think you will need some special pipes to bypass it.

[turbonutter69]

A butane fire torch directly into the rear box. Shoots massive flames.

[steve09]

illigal...... ILLIGAL........IIIIIIILLLIIIGAL.


LOL.

yes, sparkplug in the "zaust" then run it rich. (I think thats what you do, but dont really know what to hook the spark up to, perhaps a relay so when you full throttle it sparks??? )

[turbonutter69]

I think it's hooked up to a coil that you would put under the car. But to get big flames you would have to use a flammable source sprayed out under preasure. Most people use a butane torch and attach that to the exhaust. It's a home made method anyway

[old-git]

Originally Posted by billyo

This should be in styling really. perhaps a mod will move it.

People run their cars rich and put a spark plug in the exhaust to ignite the exhaust fumes. It looks a bit too chavvy cos real cars throw out blue flames on the over run wheras spark plugs looks a bit like a furious BBQ. If you have a cat I think you will need some special pipes to bypass it.

Exhaust fumes usually won't ignite in their natural state, even when run rich. Listen to a car producng flames and the engine will often sound rough. This is because one or more spark plugs are temporarily deprived of power, sending unburnt fuel into the exhaust. This is what the tailpipe spark plug ignites. This, as stated elsewhere, only produces a weak flame so other methods have to be employed to get 'proper' flames. But what a waste of go-juice. Definitely a case of AFANS. - All-Fart-And-No-Sh*t!

[prevtec]

whats the point to any of this???

its a car, not a rocket, kop on to youselfs

[old-git]

Originally Posted by prevtec

whats the point to any of this???

Its a car, not a rocket, kop on to youselfs

imho - none!!!! It is on a par with burn-outs in pub car parks, or even 'competitions'

[waynne]

I think the answer here is DON'T DO IT really. It will kill your cat and unless you get a blue flame dumped on the overrun from a powerfully tuned turbo engine it looks a bit sad.

[turbonutter69]

Originally Posted by waynne

I think the answer here is DON'T DO IT really. It will kill your cat and unless you get a blue flame dumped on the overrun from a powerfully tuned turbo engine it looks a bit sad.

What about these flames waynne? http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=o5H13067sgM
I think it looks cool if a bit much....

[waynne]

Looks great at shows in the dark. But the sheer inconvenience of it can't be worth the effort!

[old-git]

Originally Posted by waynne

I think the answer here is DON'T DO IT really. It will kill your cat and unless you get a blue flame dumped on the overrun from a powerfully tuned turbo engine it looks a bit sad.

What's a cat doing on a car? We have 5 cats at home; Puff, Whisper, Coco, Jinks and Tasha, but they don't like cars. None of my cars have cats in them. Is it something that hangs from the rear view mirror, like a smelly fir tree?

[pgarner]

some of us have newish cars that require a catalytic converter, commonly referred to as a cat, for emission laws

[waynne]

[old-git]

Originally Posted by pgarner

some of us have newish cars that require a catalytic converter, commonly referred to as a cat, for emission laws

Gosh, do they? How inconvenient. When I take my cars for their annual check-up, the emissions are checked by eye. If there is no smoke coming out of the exhaust then they pass