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mk20116 · Jul 14th, 2004, 07:19 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by LMB

Sticking a spark plug in the exhaust will do the trick.

Connect it to your battery and it'll ignite the unburnt gases.

Kits can be bought giving you a switch on the dashboard.

so i would be running rich for the unburnt gas to be present within the exhaust then. and no cat.

i did find something interesting on this though. it's called a REV Limiter by BEE R.

http://www.takakaira.com/performance/main.html

hmm..a quote from the site.

The visual effect of having fire spitting out from the exhaust muffler every time there is a rev cut when the REV LIMITER is installed is not guaranteed by Bee Racing. This is due to the fact that fire would only result during high engine revving, and when the exhaust muffler is warm up, and also when the vehicle exhaust system is without a catalytic converter. Basically, the unrestricted vaporized fuel supply when ignition is cut off is lighted off when it mixes with the air from the engine air intake in the hot exhaust system. The hot temperature from the exhaust system is the catalyst that ignites the air-fuel combination in the absence of the ignition sparks.

might try it when my warranty wears out. 600 miles to go......

thanks for the help everyone.

Jul 14th, 2004, 07:19 AM	#8
mk20116 MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Jun 2004 Local Time: 03:03 PM Posts: 21 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by LMB Sticking a spark plug in the exhaust will do the trick. Connect it to your battery and it'll ignite the unburnt gases. Kits can be bought giving you a switch on the dashboard. so i would be running rich for the unburnt gas to be present within the exhaust then. and no cat. i did find something interesting on this though. it's called a REV Limiter by BEE R. http://www.takakaira.com/performance/main.html hmm..a quote from the site. The visual effect of having fire spitting out from the exhaust muffler every time there is a rev cut when the REV LIMITER is installed is not guaranteed by Bee Racing. This is due to the fact that fire would only result during high engine revving, and when the exhaust muffler is warm up, and also when the vehicle exhaust system is without a catalytic converter. Basically, the unrestricted vaporized fuel supply when ignition is cut off is lighted off when it mixes with the air from the engine air intake in the hot exhaust system. The hot temperature from the exhaust system is the catalyst that ignites the air-fuel combination in the absence of the ignition sparks. might try it when my warranty wears out. 600 miles to go...... thanks for the help everyone.