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My evo is spitting flames!

Old Oct 14, 2003 | 07:49 AM
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My evo is spitting flames!

I have a full turbo back with a cat-delete and my car has been spitting flames about a foot and a half long between 3rd and fourth gear shifts

I dont have any fuel management and i was wondering if anybody knows if this is bad

It doesnt do it all the time, just mainly during some spirited driving
Old Oct 14, 2003 | 07:53 AM
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My car does that all the time, it just runs rich and that fuel burns back there
Old Oct 14, 2003 | 08:14 AM
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Dude get some video of that, lol!

As SS said, it's just fuel burning in the exhaust rather than the combustion chamber. Get on that a/f management pronto. If you did have a cat, it'd probably be toast by now anyhow.
Old Oct 14, 2003 | 08:21 AM
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P.S. Flames spitting out of your exhaust = sweetness! Oh, and catalytic converters are for chumps!!! Well, that or Californians

EDIT>>> Oh, and you'll love that emanage, it's sweeeeeet!

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Old Oct 14, 2003 | 08:30 AM
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seriously, get that on video!
Old Oct 14, 2003 | 08:36 AM
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jebus street... lighten up on us poor Ca people..yeah we probably do have some chump State legislators but it's the Feds who made us meet clean air standards..Oh me, I'll just have to make due without the flames.
Old Oct 14, 2003 | 08:42 AM
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Heh, it's cool man. I live in Nebraska where if your car doesn't shoot flames out due to some crazy forced induction, or some big block cubic inches then you're a sissyman
Old Oct 14, 2003 | 09:06 AM
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wowsers

get a vid of that ish... must be nice
Old Oct 14, 2003 | 10:33 AM
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post vid please
Old Oct 14, 2003 | 10:49 AM
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i gotta see that vid
Old Oct 14, 2003 | 11:04 AM
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Depending upon where the combustion is taking place (like if it's happening near the turbine) it actually may cause damage to the turbine wheel in the long run.

My personal preference is for high-flow cats over test pipes. I find it helps cut down on the stink and will still allow the exhaust to flow freely.
Old Oct 14, 2003 | 12:48 PM
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Originally posted by HobieKopek
Depending upon where the combustion is taking place (like if it's happening near the turbine) it actually may cause damage to the turbine wheel in the long run.

My personal preference is for high-flow cats over test pipes. I find it helps cut down on the stink and will still allow the exhaust to flow freely.
Hey, some of us LIKE the stink.
An AFC would surely cure all his problems, but personally I'm waiting for the AEM EMS to come out. Also trying to get a GB going for it from someone, would anyone be down for that? (Mods, I still haven't approached vendors, so please don't delete)

I think we should be able to get in on them for 1400 or so, PM me for info when I get it.
Old Oct 14, 2003 | 01:00 PM
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I highly doubt it'll cause any damage... you're just running rich.

One that fuel mgmt gets in there, no more flames...

I saw some while I sat shotgun the other day...

and it is suuh-weet.
Old Oct 14, 2003 | 01:05 PM
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My buddy has a mis-firing unit for his WRX and that thing blows hardcore flames! the only problem is that his turbo goes bad after 20k or so... i read somewhere about having a system installed that produces the same effects of a mis-firing unit, without the effects of turbo blow back...
Old Oct 14, 2003 | 01:15 PM
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Run a turboXS RFL vent to atmposphere and then you should be able to make some really nice flames in between shifts. Just imagine the sound =)

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