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Old May 11, 2008 | 04:58 PM
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so i was messing with some other local tuners the other night and they all exclaimed that i was shooting out flames , my car is n/a with mods listed in the sig. at the time i did not think anything about it , i did not even bellieve them so i went back to my car reved it and it shot out a big *** flame. so i was like cool, i called crawford z service located here in nashville and asked them about tuning and about my car running rich. they said that it has nothing to do with it running rich and that my car is messed up somewhere so has anyone had this problem? i am still getting pretty descent gas mileage
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Old May 11, 2008 | 05:36 PM
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How big is a big flame?? like 2 inches hahaha Maybe someone slipped a 20b into your car.
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Old May 11, 2008 | 05:45 PM
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How long have you had the test pipes on?
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Old May 11, 2008 | 05:57 PM
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my rx7 and supra used to shoot flames but that was because they were all running rich and had no cats. but, those cars were turbo. the only n/a i've seen shoot flames were motorcycles. maybe you should put you cat's back in.
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Old May 11, 2008 | 06:05 PM
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Old May 11, 2008 | 07:07 PM
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can i haz flame ?!
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Old May 11, 2008 | 09:50 PM
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modify a bbq grill on the exhaust tips?
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modify a bbq grill on the exhaust tips?

DO ET!
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Old May 12, 2008 | 02:13 AM
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it can happen if you don't have cats...

wouldn't hurt to get your AFR checked out
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Old May 12, 2008 | 02:30 AM
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if its a small puff its nothing to worry about its called after burn but if its a huge flame something is wrong.
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Old May 12, 2008 | 05:36 AM
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My car shoots flames when I shift or let go of the throttle...its pretty normal when you don't have any cats. It just unburned fuel in the exhaust caused when go full throttle and then let off.
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Old May 12, 2008 | 06:22 AM
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My car did this with testpipes and an Injen exhaust. Little blue flames on shifts. No big deal who cares if you cant even see em when driving. My TT set-up also does it but more pronounced, yet nothing spectacular.
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Would be more interesting with video.
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You need a bumper sticker that says, "Caution. Flamer." and maybe a rainbow to go with it.
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when I had the old school angled injen true dual and test pipes i used to shoot flames too....

no idea why but you are not the only one.
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Old May 12, 2008 | 07:26 AM
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Small flames are normal without cats.
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Originally Posted by Tac-M
can i haz flame ?!
can i haz flame broiled cheesburger?
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Old May 12, 2008 | 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by bluesi808
my rx7 and supra used to shoot flames but that was because they were all running rich and had no cats. but, those cars were turbo. the only n/a i've seen shoot flames were motorcycles. maybe you should put you cat's back in.
I've seen non-turbo RX-7's shoot flames with bigger exhausts..
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no its not a huge flame but def noticeable. and it does not do it every time just whenever it feels like it iguess i got it to do it twice on purpose
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Originally Posted by gothchick
can i haz flame broiled cheesburger?
Do not do this goddamn **** here.
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