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Date:         Fri, 10 May 2002 05:43:27 -0700
Reply-To:     phil stanhope <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         phil stanhope <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Flames!
In-Reply-To:  <20020509.160534.-15784493.6.wilden1@juno.com>
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--- Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM> wrote: > The best way to test the potential power of the > exhaust pipe flame > thrower is to install the spark plug in your tail > pipe, hook up your > spark plug wire, crank up the engine then urinate on > the plug.

YEAH BABY!! And when your done your westy will look like this:

http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/napszeerf/vwp?.dir=/Brown+westy+wolfsburg&.dnm=WESTYCopyright-PhilStanhope.jpg&.src=ph&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/bc/napszeerf/vwp%3f.dir=/Brown%2bwesty%2bwolfsburg%26.dnm=Huey-Chopper-Green-02.jpg%26.src=ph

Shameless plug for my upcoming Daddy Roth Westy T-shirt:)

I wonder if doing this ever made flames go back into the engine and blow up. It always looked real cool in those cheezy 50's hot rod movies.

Phil

> > Stan Wilder > 83 Air Cooled Westfalia > > On Thu, 9 May 2002 16:59:58 -0400 David Beierl > <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> > writes: > > At 04:53 PM 5/9/2002, Matthew Pollard wrote: > > >not mine... see below > > > > > >Gary Watts wrote: > > > > > > > > Okay, I'm got gonna try and do this...yet. > > > > When I was in highschool we used to mount > spark plugs in our > > exhaust > > > pipe and light off the vapors at car shows. > Since my westie only > > has > > > pipe coming out the muffler, I was thinking "hey > half the parts!" > > > > > > > > So the question is: How far of a flame do you > think I'd throw? > > I'm not > > > up on the emissions on these engines. > > > > Not far at all. The ECU completely shuts off the > fuel supply when > > you're > > coasting, and never supplies any under any > circumstances when the > > ignition > > is turned off, so I think you're SOL on this one. > Better think > > about an > > auxiliary injector mounted in the tailpipe along > with your spark > > plug -- or > > take the South African route > > > http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/9812/11/flame.thrower.car/ > > > > david > > > > > > -- > > David Beierl - Providence, RI > > http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ > > '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" > > '85 GL "Poor Relation" > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for > less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

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