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Shootin' flames!
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 2:55 am
by legacy92ej22t
This past weekend a guy I know was following me in his WRX and we got on it a bit and he said that I was shooting 8"-10" flames out the tailpipe when I'd shift! Ever since I went catless I thought maybe I did sometimes but now I know for sure, hehehe. Maybe I'm a dork but I think it's pretty cool.
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 3:55 am
by BAC5.2
If you do, I probably do. I'm sure I've been shooting flames a bit too, I wanna know for sure.
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 3:55 am
by QuickDrive
Cool
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 4:33 am
by magicmike
flamers! sorry couldn't pass up tot oportunity. That is cool
-Mike
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 7:14 am
by vrg3
Woah.
Where exactly do the flames come from? You're somehow running really rich during shifts and there's something hot in the exhaust igniting the excess fuel?
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 8:55 pm
by boostjunkie
I used to have crazy backfiring going catless. Dunno about flames shooting out of the exhaust, tho.
I had it down to a science!
If I eased on the throttle (<10%) and then let off the gas and then quickly floor the pedal my car would make a loud "BANG" through the exhaust, like a gunshot.
It was funny doing that near a pedestrian on the side of the road
I gave quite a few people soiled undies with that technique! LOL!
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 6:44 pm
by WRXdan
If the WRX was running catless and had a aftermarket BOV venting atmospheric then flames will follow. The WRX run pig rich when you shift because the ECU is compensating for the rush of air when the stock BOV opens. When you vent it then it just runs rich on shifts.
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 7:38 pm
by BAC5.2
I do that, Jason, and I hear the pop under my hood, blowing my uppipe gasket
