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Old 11-05-13 | 11:47 AM
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has anyone witnessed our cars backfiring flames out the exhaust? is this possible w/ our cars? i hear plenty of backfiring but just curious as to if anything is visible out the back end.
Old 11-05-13 | 12:05 PM
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I haven't seen any flames or have someone mention it, and I agree to the backfiring.
Old 11-05-13 | 12:37 PM
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I think if we had a single exit exhaust with no cats we could definitely get some flames. With a dual exhaust and cats its much harder. I definitely hear my exhaust popping too.
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Wow, just like fast&furious LOL
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E Kanoo who ran a 11.1 1/4 mile backfired flames from 2-3 shift as I remember. (Video on YouTube)
He had nos.
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you can really only shoot flames if you had a straight exhaust. Catless, no resonator, and a straight through exhaust. Maybe even headers to free up breathing room in the exhaust. Anything shy of that, you are really not gonna see any flames, just smoke.

BUT if you are shooting flames, it usually means your car is running super rich which is not always good. Looks cool but no bueno
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It occurs also when upshifting manually and you hit the rev limit. When you hit redline, I believe there is no spark so the exhaust gets full of fuel and explodes. FWIW, I'm catless and have been told when I do that little redline thing, I crap out fireballs out of my exhaust. I've never seen it myself because I'm the one driving. But maybe I'll see if I can record it LOL.
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Originally Posted by JDMV8
E Kanoo who ran a 11.1 1/4 mile backfired flames from 2-3 shift as I remember. (Video on YouTube)
He had nos.
from how i saw it he backfired from 0-100 and 1-8gears lol
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Originally Posted by ToothDoc
It occurs also when upshifting manually and you hit the rev limit. When you hit redline, I believe there is no spark so the exhaust gets full of fuel and explodes. FWIW, I'm catless and have been told when I do that little redline thing, I crap out fireballs out of my exhaust. I've never seen it myself because I'm the one driving. But maybe I'll see if I can record it LOL.
see, there is hope! lol someone should video an F, like in a tunnel.
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I guess that means... Redline all day!!!!
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I see flames 3 separate times
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Its because he has nos !
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because our "diffuser tips" arnt connected to the exhaust wouldnt the flame kinda get inside the bumper?
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Originally Posted by thekhmer
because our "diffuser tips" arnt connected to the exhaust wouldnt the flame kinda get inside the bumper?
No more than exhaust does already, which I think is none.
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