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Old 01-04-2001, 02:45 PM
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what the hell?

so i'm driving home 280N last night up to ssf and this lowered last generation rex passes me. i notice it has one of those huge fart pipes but i dont really pay attention. i'm pacing him at about 80 and the traffic opens up a bit, so he guns it. i dont bother cuz i figure 1) there's too much traffic to really race and 2) it's an rx-7 thats obviously modded...cl-s are fast, but not that fast. so anywayz...he guns it, and freakin FLAMES come outta the exhaust!!! what the hell was that? just backfire or what? last time i saw anything like that i was tailing an old school ferrari mondial (sp?) can anyone enlighten me on this? looked pretty cool since he had the car to back up a fart pipe w/ flames...

is it just a turbo thing? i see it sometimes on those 24hr lemans cars...

sorry such a long post...
Old 01-04-2001, 03:12 PM
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i think iot has something to do with the rotary engine

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Old 01-04-2001, 03:18 PM
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My friend in San Diego has a 2nd gen RX Turbo with tons of mods. Was making something like 300hp @ rear wheels AND the car is lighter than our CL Type-S.

The guy may have had the cat. removed, etc.

I do know that my friend keeps a couple of spare engines to fix up when one of them goes down...
Old 01-04-2001, 03:26 PM
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It's the unburned (or excess) fuel igniting in the exhaust system.

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The flame out of the "Fart" pipe that you see can also be accomplished on Honda 4 cylinder engine as well. It has to do with the amount of air/fuel being dumped into the engine, and eventually through the exhaust system. The car has to be quite heavily modded, althougg, with turbo cars, it's easier to get that effect.

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It's the unburned (or excess) fuel igniting in the exhaust system.
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Yep, you nailed it.
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kuuuul! a james bond mobile-now if they could just get that oil slick thing workin...
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that's sweet shit, my buddies old 5liter mustand used to do that..

my bike does it, I can rev it up over 12 grand and an 8" blue flame comes out the exhuast, it looks so cool at night!

I want my porsche to do it next!

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dont mess with RX-7.......

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