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Mar 31, 2007 | 11:10 PM

ian_bush

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Fire !!! Flame !!! Boom !!!

in movies and i have seen a couple of cars in my life that when you shift or take off the line in a race they shoot fire out the exhast pipes, well How do they do that... please expain in detail cause i am a newb...

Mar 31, 2007 | 11:22 PM

Xakk

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Apr 1, 2007 | 12:05 AM

BigBlockk

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I hope you're not thinking about.......

Just remember, your car is made out of plastic.

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Later.....

Apr 1, 2007 | 12:28 AM

ian_bush

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I hope you're not thinking about.......

Just remember, your car is made out of plastic.

BigBlockk

Later.....

well i am going to put the side exhast on it so it will shoot out the side and not melt the platic on the back... but thanx for the concern...

Apr 1, 2007 | 01:30 AM

Jeffery73

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Yeah, If it melts the rear tires, that's no big deal.

I knew a guy that had these on a '74 Olds Delta 88 vert. The pipes stuck out about 2 feet past the rear bumper and it would shoot flames about five feet.

This is not something you want to put on sidepipes (or any Vette for that matter)

Apr 1, 2007 | 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by ian_bush

....How do they do that... please expain in detail...

As far as I know they inject fuel about 4" from the exhaust ends and ignite with a sprk plug, and your engine exhaust does the 'throwing'

Apr 1, 2007 | 03:28 AM

ShinodaVette

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This is not something you want to put on sidepipes (or any Vette for that matter)

I wouldn't do it to my Vette just because I'd be scared of burning the thing to the ground. That said, I think it would look awesome on somebody else's C3.

A bad C3 that shoots flames!!

That whole thing about it being illegal would be a problem too.

Apr 1, 2007 | 03:28 AM

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Be very careful you wouldn't want this to happen

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Apr 1, 2007 | 03:33 AM

ShinodaVette

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That would really suck!! That wasn't your vette was it??

Apr 1, 2007 | 03:44 AM

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I hear c3 are know to catch on fire (like the one above) is that true and if so why so i can try and prevent mine from burning.

Apr 1, 2007 | 03:45 AM

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I hear c3 are know to catch on fire (like the one above) is that true and if so why so i can try and prevent mine from burning.

Apr 1, 2007 | 03:46 AM

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I hear c3 are know to catch on fire (like the one above) is that true and if so why so i can try and prevent mine from burning.

Apr 1, 2007 | 03:57 AM

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mrit

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Jeez those pictures hurt to look at! Yea I have no plan on having fire anywhere near the vette...

Apr 1, 2007 | 04:34 AM

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That would really suck!! That wasn't your vette was it??

It wasn't mine, the insurance got him covered, but it still very sad to see a Corvette this way, just posting as a warning.

Apr 1, 2007 | 05:58 AM

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pin_point527

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Be very careful you wouldn't want this to happen

thats just plain old not nice!

Apr 1, 2007 | 06:40 AM

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Jeffery73

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Originally Posted by MarkZ

As far as I know they inject fuel about 4" from the exhaust ends and ignite with a sprk plug, and your engine exhaust does the 'throwing'

The guy I knew didn't inject any fuel. He had a manual choke. He would pull the choke way out and the system would light the unburned fuel in the exhaust. It is very cool to see but the pipes looked pretty stupid sticking out so far from the back of the car.

Sometimes I wish I had them on my car to get people to back off that are following too close.