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.

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"
>

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