....is this possible without having a 'flame thrower' fitted to my classic?
How do i need to drive my Classic to get that 'natural glow' in these dark winter months?

smurfy.

 

Have you got a full de-cat? my old wagon had one and hitting the rev limiter in 1st always produced a flame

 

I think to get the bang/pop and the odd flame you probably need the following.............................full decatted exhaust.........dump valve................and running slightly rich with your fuel...............at least thats how I get my own fireworks!!!!

 

Mine (center-decat) pops and bangs on NUL. Not sure if there is any flame produced...

Andy

 

MY99 full de-cat hks dump valve and it pops and bangs for England producing natural flames along the way

 

My my 97 fulldecat Blitz zorst Vent to air BOV and fuel turned up to cope with higher boost...........no flames and occasional pops and bangs.....

 

Mines got a straight through system, Forge vta dump valve and also pops quite a bit, normally changing from 2nd to 3rd. But have never had any flame-outs. ( I think??? )

 

Same here, when i had the full de-cat it popped and banged but no flames

 

My MY00, with Forge VTA, Magnex straight thru centre & back box, but original d/pipe w/cat. On Optimax, foot down to 3000, lift off throttle...Woosh....bang. Almost every time, every gear but first. Not sure about flame though.

 

Mind you I havent bounced it off the limiter yet either. Never liked doing that to a car

 

You need - full decat, usually a VTA dump valve of some description, a hot exhaust system, and then it's down to luck. Some people have flames without the dump valve, some don't even with all of the above.

Most systems will pop and bang a little - you can hear mine doing that, and it's still got the OEM dumpvalve and a sports cat.

 

Had flames once, when I was parked up!!
Revved the car a bit when very hot
-BOOM- lit the road up!!

 

I tend to get them on high rev up changes. (full decat)
Never tried bouncing it off the rev limiter though...
Cant be good surely

 

Apparently I was getting big flames at oulton park last Saturday when heel and toe braking. I guess the fuel pump in by blipping the throttle has to go somewhere, and the exhaust would be very hot in those circumstances

 

Mine never seems to pop or bang, however. Always found that odd. Wonder if it's the equal length headers?

 

full decat, heatwrapped downpipe, VTA dump valve and an induction kit helps.

moderate acceleration to 3.5k and lift off in third - BANG!

Helps to wind nearside rear window and go through a tunnel

 

if you blip the the throttle in second or third, up to just over 3k and then let the revs progressively drop it will usually do it, especially if you then gently feather the accelerator. You can get fockoff huge bangs, sounds like a firework going off. Probly no flames tho knowing my luck.

I'll have to get the camcorder out tomorrow

Andy