DeTomaso Mailing List: October 2000, Message #218

Hi Pete
Wouldn't it be great to see that shooting out the back of a Pantera? Oh what
fun! I wonder if it will still work with a fuel injected car or if they run
closer to complete burn with less out the tail pipe. Lets see, I could use a
relay and a couple of extra injectors for a BIG flame. I wouldn't want to
Mad dog it.   :)
Nolan



----- Original Message -----
From: Charles M. (Pete) Kittredge <cmkittredge@uswest.net>
To: Nolan Scheid <nolan@clipper.net>
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: Pntera flame throwers


>
>
> Nolan Scheid wrote:
>
> > Ok
> > Right off the bat I admit this is a very silly endeavor. The thought of
2 -
> > 4' flames out the back of the P-car just be fore a launch is just to
great
> > of a temptation for me.
>
> Mr. Scheid,
>     More years ago than I care to admit, I had a 55 Ford. Having heard
this
> same thing years ago, I had a friend drill a spark-plug size hole 6" from
the
> exhaust tip. I ran a wire from the coil into the dash. (I used 600v rated
wire
> since I had no clue what I was doing.) The other wire came from the spark
plug
> to the dash. I couldn't find a switch which would let the car run, so I
had
> ends of both wires laying 2" apart on the tunnel with nice little blue
sparks
> crawling over them.
>     I would rev the motor as far as I dared, touch the wires together,
(this
> killed the ignition.) and hold the gas pedal to the floor. I couldn't
verify it
> because I was the only one crazy enough to touch wires with 40k volts on
them,
> but friends told me I was getting 6 to 8 FEET of flame.
>     With a little thought, a much safer system could be put together by
someone
> who knew what they were doing........
>                Pete, 4324, Denver
>