I wonder if anyone's ever shot a flame while being pulled over by a cop. I'd love to see someone explain that one, "I shot a flame officer? Oh no I better take my car to the mechanic!"

 

lol it happened to me lol

edit: but hte reason why he pulled me over was becausae he saw the flame.

 

It might be cool but if you keep on doing it your going to ware out the bareing in your turbo. Plus its not all that healthy for your car. Good luck replacing your piston rings after a while.

 

they are backing off because some dude in a car with a big wing is driving like crazy shifting gears as hard as he can.

 

my friends WRX used to do this (upgraded turbo, FMIC, TBE, U/LICP, complete fuel system, Ecutek)

We wondered what it was untill one day we were driving at night next to a tanker truck, he heard the turbo load up and he blipped the gas and the reflection on the truck turned bright orange.

Was quite cool lol

 

ahhh yes. With an hks bov, my wrx backfired at every hard shift. good times

 

For me, it only happened when my bov was set to recic. If set to VTA, it would barely pop, but no flames.

 

If you press test on your methanol/alcohol injection while decelerating then getting back on the gas you can get a flame to hang out your exhaust for a solid 3-5 seconds

 

And if you're really cool, you'll make the flames color-coordinate with your car .

 

WTF?

My car used to pop on stock exhaust. It has absolutley nothing to do with your rings. Way to pull some sh*t out of your a*s there.

 

it happened to me when there was a cop behind me. he pulled me over and said " son you just about lit the from of my car on fire, what the hell is going on?"
sorry officer im getting it fixed tomorrow and so he let me off with a warning. this was in my audi tho and i was running a straight pipe with no muffler or cat.

 

lol

 

If the after burn ignites off the turbine (like anti-lag systems in WRC cars, although the anti-lag system is more violent than a regular afterburn) then it is extreamly bad for the turbo. WRC car owners don't care cause they can afford new turbos whenever they want. turbine temperatures can rise as much as 400 degress C during an afterburn. also too much unburnt fuel running through your engine IS bad for your piston rings. its called ring wash when your running too rich and can really cause some serious problems with your engine. also the explosion in the exhaust manifold puts tremendous stress on that metal which will cause the manifold to crack within a short amount of time.


go get a tune.

 

But, we are talking about a very small amount of unburnt fuel burning in the exhaust. More than likely not enough to wash down the cylinder walls.

 

good luck when you need a new crank because of unburnt fuel in the exhaust system.