Just imagine the look on a Mustang drivers face as you blow past him and two columns of flame fly out at him. Kinda like the 50's car they steal on gone in sixty seconds. I know how to do it with a carb, but is it possible with TPI?

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'83 Firebird 2.8
'89 Firebird Formula 350
2nd owner, red/grey, t-tops, dual cats, and a 3.27:1 rear
K&N, TB bypass, No MAF screens, CAI, full Accel ignition

 

when I want to shoot flames outta my tailpipe I just go to Taco Bell and spend about $26.... that should do it... heh

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1987 Midnight Blue Camaro IROC-Z, 350 TPI out of an '88, Accel 8.8 wires, hypertech air foil, flowmaster american thunder 3" dual outlet cat-back... slipping tranny!! (T5 swap next spring!!)

 

The old way to do it was to pull the choke out and run the engine rich. A spark plug in the tail pipe would be used to ignite the rich mixture.

The car in the movie is strictly made for Hollywood. It uses fuel injectors to dump the fuel into the tailpipe for the spark plugs to ignite.

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Follow my racing progress on Stephen's racing page
and check out the race car

87 IROC-Z Pro ET Bracket Race Car
383 stroker (carbed) with double hump cast iron heads and pump gas
454 Big Block almost ready for the 2001 racing season

Best results before the 383 blew up
Best ET on a time slip: 11.857 altitude corrected to 11.163
Best MPH on a time slip: 117.87 altitude corrected to 126.10
Altitude corrected rear wheel HP based on power to weight ratio: 476.5
Best 60 foot: 1.662

Racing at 3500 feet elevation but most race days it's over 5000 feet density altitude!
Member of the Calgary Drag Racing Association

87 IROC bracket car, 91 454SS daily driver, 95 Homebuilt Harley

 

it gets pretty expensive if you want to do this the right way. but Im sure there are a hundred other bonehead ways to do it if you want to ruin your motor or blow something off your car!
do a search for this - I think I remember a couple of other posts on this.


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88 WS6 T/A 305 TPI--
K&N,Air foil,hypertech chip, thermostat+fanswitch
free mods, dynomax exh, urethane motor+trans mounts,
SSM frame con, Bilsteins
very trick homemade ramair, Accel 300+ ignition system.
http://www.geocities.com/transam617

 

in my buddies stang, he runs headers, no cat and a flowmaster i believe. all he does is hit the kill switch for a few secs and then turn it back on... shoots like 10 foot flames out (its a 12 sec car, and the kid currently will be having a mecham tt formula being delivered in may)

anyways, cool ****...

Steve

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86 Firebird, LG4, t-tops, 2.73 open rear, SLP 3 inch cat back exhaust, catco cat, 1inch carb spacer.

Current Plans: 342 posi disk 10 bolt rear, rebuilt/fixed up tranny with a trans go shift kit, vette servo, and some other goodies...,cowl induction hood, lowering springs, sfc, and new formula wheels, and tires.
Hopeful list- mild 350, headers, and a t56

My Webpage- Battle of the birds, My own Thirdgen Page, still under construction, http://www.geocities.com/soares711/index.htm

88 Firebird Formula- deseased 2/9/99- 305 TPI, SLP 3 inch exhaust, SLP Intake runners, SLP cam, 3.45 BW disc brake posi, WS6, NOS, and all that good stuff, 13.8 on the motor, 12.89 on NOS and slicks! Hit by what else!?!? a FORD EXPLORER!!!!!!

 

How about if you get sidepipes then shoot it out sideways???

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86 IROC,canary yellow(originally black),fully loaded.305TPI WITH 700R4/SHIFT KIT

T-TOPS
POWER LOCKS
POWER WINDOWS
TILT
CRUISE
SADDLE INTERIOR
POWER ANTENNAE
SPOILER OFF 87 IROC SO NO THIRD BRAKE LIGHT ON ROOF
16" BY 8" RIMS OFF 89 IROC
3"INCH EXHAUST WITH A 2 CHAMBER FLOWMASTER AND 3 1/2" BY 18" LONG CHROME TIPS
20% TINT ON SIDES,HATCH AND T-TOPS
GTS TAILLIGHT COVERS
AFTERMARKET FOG LIGHTS
PIONEER CD RECIEVER WITH REMOTE AND DETACHABLE FACEPLATE WITH JENSON SPEAKERS ALL AROUND
TALKING RADAR DETECTOR"BACON ALERT"

PRETTY BADASS RIDE

 

Does anyone know the right way to do this without ruining anything. Maybe even hooking the spark plug to a switch so all you have to do is flip a switch to shoot flames.

 

Like Stephen said...run rich, rich, rich and light it off with a spark plug in the tail pipe. My Dad used to do it in his 55 Ford back in "the day".

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85T/A 305/QJ work in progress.

 

all i have to say is, PLASTIC BUMPER

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-Stock Tbi 305 with a lot of damn miles
-Edelbrock Z28 TES Headers
-3 inch Catco High Flow Cat
-3 inch Edelbrock Catback
-14x3 Summit Open Element Air Cleaner

Stereo
-Pioneer DEH-P4100 cd player
-Polk Dx9 6x9s

 

Just be sure to remove the cat. It's whole job is to remove all of those good HC gasses that make flames possible!

I wonder if a tailpipe extension would protect that vulnerable plastic bumper? Those flame-throwing cars of the 1950's flicks were made of HEAVY sheet metal!

 

Those flame-throwing cars of the 1950's flicks were made of HEAVY sheet metal![/B][/QUOTE]

ya most cars prior to ours were


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-Stock Tbi 305 with a lot of damn miles
-Edelbrock Z28 TES Headers
-3 inch Catco High Flow Cat
-3 inch Edelbrock Catback
-14x3 Summit Open Element Air Cleaner

Stereo
-Pioneer DEH-P4100 cd player
-Polk Dx9 6x9s

 

Flames out the back and missiles from the front.
Drive with a tuxedo on and speak with a British accent.
Ohh I have plans for an ejection seat for sale. You do have T-tops???????

Just messing around man. Good luck with the flames. But flames at night will tell the cops where you are and the fire department too.

 

Would this be possible with an LT1? If so how do you run the injection rich? Would I even have to run it rich if I remove the cat??

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'90 RS 305 TBI 700r4
plans for an LT1 with a T56 6speed
Energy suspension
sway bars
kyb shocks
jet chip
stainless Borla exhaust with no cats

 

Ya know I think I saw a similar setup the other day, but at the time I couldn't figure out why.
I saw a '95 silverado pickup and the guy had a coil strapped to the exhaust with a bung into the side of the pipe. Now I assume he shuts the motor off, electric fuel pump keeps going and then turns the key on, flips a switch for the coil and out come the flames. But honestly, I'm just guessing:confusion:

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"It's not about going fast all the time; It's knowing you can, anytime"

 

I was always under the impression that you just needed to open choke and dump extra fuel into the engine then spark the exhaust. I'm a little confused on the spark, I don't know how to make the spark plug fire without the distrib. About the cops etc. this is for fun like on a cruise night where you see nothing but fun cars once a week. Now the plastic bumper problem is no problem. What does it matter? The exhaust flame is going OUT, not straight up. The flame wouldn't make the exhaust pipes any hotter because it's like an arisal can and a lighter. Does your finger get really hot if you do it for a few seconds? Mine doesn't. About the direct fuel injectors in the exhaust, I've never seen that but I don't see why it couldn't be done, just kind of dangerous having a fuel line in the hot exhaust pipe don't you think? As for the 95 truck, I'm sure he didn't have a cat and I'm thinking he didn't have a stock engine either. In Somerville NJ during the summer there is a cruise night ever friday all summer long and the main street is always full of cars, sometimes it's a theme night and you half the cars are vettes. Anyways, there was one yellow 50's pickup truck with huge 4" dual exhaust going up behind the cab and all chrome, the bed wasn't finished but when he stroled by at like 5mph and then shot the flames out it warmed my face just looking at it. It was the coolest thing ever and I wish I had a video of it. I was just so excited to finally see something like that in NJ (not too often). He didn't get into any trouble because nobody was right behind him and the cops enjoyed the show as much as everybody else.

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, Jon (91 RS too many mods to list), getting new engine in summer

 

I wanna do that so that when I burn a mustang, I can slow down and burn him again.

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1991 Camaro RS 305 5spd
-IROC Hood
-IROC Wheels
-IROC Grill
-Blue Neons
-Bowtie Foglights
-weight mod, empty engine compartment

1994 S10 2.2 5spd
-Dixie Horn, Air Horns, Knight Rider Lights, 162,000+ miles

http://www.geocities.com/david_somers

 

i would recomend if u took the cats off then run a high octane, there at most auto part stores. Get the real high ones.

 

The TPI engines run rich anyway so i don't think that is a problem. You will need to gut the cat. Then mount 2 spark plugs in the tailpipes. I think you can use an old model T coil.. or any coil might do. hook the spark plugs up to the coil and then hook the coil to a FUSED connection throw a momentary switch on the power side to the coil. That should do it.

 

check this out
http://www.tailpipeflames.com/