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Raymo · 07-14-2010, 12:14 AM

Ok, we know how the flamethrower works off an engine. Raw gas goes right down the cylinders flushing the oil with it. Not good for our engines! Someone has to have rigged up some using, propane or alcohol or some other fuel with a jet plumbed to it. I've seen some long flames on some the the youtube vids and they arn't from the normal flamethrower kits. Anyone fab'd up one? Any pics?
Raymo

cdowns · 07-14-2010, 08:00 AM

the kits i've seen have nothing to do with gas from the engine or going thru engine no washing cyl walls, i think you dont understand the systems, i'd suggest doing more research b4 attempting an install //they have sparkplug installed in tailpipe and inject gas into tailpipe from a resevoir

Raymo · 07-14-2010, 10:20 AM

Well "cdowns" you need to do a little more research. If you look at most of the kits such as the Autoloc kit and others, that's the way it's done. Heck, Stacy David did a Trucks show that showed you how to do it with the cautions on FUEL IN OIL(check out youtube, I think it's still there). Some of us "oldtimers" were building our own systems in the 50's and 60's long before kits came out!
Nevertheless, if you've seen one w/other reservoir, that's what I'm looking for. I've mocked them up before and not got long enough flame.

ERASER5 · 07-14-2010, 10:36 AM

Raymo is right. Many systems use raw gas flushed through the cylinders. A poor method, but it is used.

cdowns · 07-14-2010, 11:19 AM

well i dont depend on stacy david infomersshials for much of anything than being comparable to billy mays and vince// old schoolers that i've known build a pressurized supply and fabricate a nozzle and light it off

*Shane* · 07-14-2010, 11:31 AM

the big flame throwers use a propane system ... not raw gasoline

DustyC10 · 07-14-2010, 12:52 PM

Thinking out loud...
Windshield washer resi with pump, steel line into the tailpipe and a sparkplug...
Bernzomatic propane bottle with electric solenoid plumbed into tailpipe and a sparkplug...

oldblue1968chevy · 07-14-2010, 01:26 PM

gas would eat thru windhsield washer reseviour i have seen...

DARTMAN003 · 07-14-2010, 04:43 PM

Nitrous injector, pump, Lp., spark plug, coil. aimed right should throw a good flame.

CB24 · 07-14-2010, 05:13 PM

I was always under the impression they were done the way cdowns explained. I never really looked into it in depth because I never saw the point. No offense to anyone who is interested in it but its not my cup of tea.

DustyC10 · 07-14-2010, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldblue1968chevy

gas would eat thru windhsield washer reseviour i have seen...

ah.. gonna have to go a lil more hi tech... hmmm

eightbanger · 07-14-2010, 07:02 PM

Check these guys out......
http://www.hotrodsetc.net/FAQ%27s.htm

Trailrider95 · 07-14-2010, 07:08 PM

YouTube- Classic Flamethrowers

Raymo · 07-14-2010, 08:01 PM

Trailrider, those flames are unreal. I've seen them one other time but couldn't get close to them to see the set up.
A nitrous injector sounds like it would work to me also.

Trailrider95 · 07-15-2010, 01:00 AM

Yea, right as I read your original post I went on youtube and searched for some flamethrower exhaust. CRAZY! I think it'd be pretty cool to have, but yet pointless at the same time...

Just thinking out loud-
If you were stopped, say at a stop light, and there was a car behind you, would these flamethrower exhaust tips cause any sort of damage on the person behind yous car?

Kel's 72 GMC · 07-15-2010, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raymo

Well "cdowns" you need to do a little more research. If you look at most of the kits such as the Autoloc kit and others, that's the way it's done. Heck, Stacy David did a Trucks show that showed you how to do it with the cautions on FUEL IN OIL(check out youtube, I think it's still there). Some of us "oldtimers" were building our own systems in the 50's and 60's long before kits came out!
Nevertheless, if you've seen one w/other reservoir, that's what I'm looking for. I've mocked them up before and not got long enough flame.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rf7qoHjGHU

07-14-2010, 12:14 AM	#1
Raymo Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wyoming Posts: 101	Flame Throwers/No Gasoline/Better Way? Ok, we know how the flamethrower works off an engine. Raw gas goes right down the cylinders flushing the oil with it. Not good for our engines! Someone has to have rigged up some using, propane or alcohol or some other fuel with a jet plumbed to it. I've seen some long flames on some the the youtube vids and they arn't from the normal flamethrower kits. Anyone fab'd up one? Any pics? Raymo

07-14-2010, 08:00 AM	#2
cdowns Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: daytonabeach Posts: 22,956	Re: Flame Throwers/No Gasoline/Better Way? the kits i've seen have nothing to do with gas from the engine or going thru engine no washing cyl walls, i think you dont understand the systems, i'd suggest doing more research b4 attempting an install //they have sparkplug installed in tailpipe and inject gas into tailpipe from a resevoir __________________ 71c-10 350/2004r/4:11 lowered3/4 longbed/dead by hurricane MEANING OF DEATH::::: SOMEBODY ELSE GETS YOUR STUFF DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK TAKE MY ADVISE;I DON'T USE IT ANYWAY

07-14-2010, 10:20 AM	#3
Raymo Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wyoming Posts: 101	Re: Flame Throwers/No Gasoline/Better Way? Well "cdowns" you need to do a little more research. If you look at most of the kits such as the Autoloc kit and others, that's the way it's done. Heck, Stacy David did a Trucks show that showed you how to do it with the cautions on FUEL IN OIL(check out youtube, I think it's still there). Some of us "oldtimers" were building our own systems in the 50's and 60's long before kits came out! Nevertheless, if you've seen one w/other reservoir, that's what I'm looking for. I've mocked them up before and not got long enough flame.

07-14-2010, 10:36 AM	#4
ERASER5 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 4,859	Re: Flame Throwers/No Gasoline/Better Way? Raymo is right. Many systems use raw gas flushed through the cylinders. A poor method, but it is used. __________________ '70 GMC C1500 LWB Power disc brakes. WooHoo! Posi 6 Lug Dana 60

07-14-2010, 11:19 AM	#5
cdowns Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: daytonabeach Posts: 22,956	Re: Flame Throwers/No Gasoline/Better Way? well i dont depend on stacy david infomersshials for much of anything than being comparable to billy mays and vince// old schoolers that i've known build a pressurized supply and fabricate a nozzle and light it off __________________ 71c-10 350/2004r/4:11 lowered3/4 longbed/dead by hurricane MEANING OF DEATH::::: SOMEBODY ELSE GETS YOUR STUFF DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK TAKE MY ADVISE;I DON'T USE IT ANYWAY Last edited by cdowns; 07-14-2010 at 11:19 AM.

07-14-2010, 11:31 AM	#6
Shane Account Suspended Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: over yonder Posts: 14,270	Re: Flame Throwers/No Gasoline/Better Way? the big flame throwers use a propane system ... not raw gasoline

07-14-2010, 12:52 PM	#7
DustyC10 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Corfu, NY Posts: 33	Re: Flame Throwers/No Gasoline/Better Way? Thinking out loud... Windshield washer resi with pump, steel line into the tailpipe and a sparkplug... Bernzomatic propane bottle with electric solenoid plumbed into tailpipe and a sparkplug...

07-14-2010, 01:26 PM	#8
oldblue1968chevy Grandpa in the rustmobile... Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Spokane WA/Viola TN Posts: 11,422	Re: Flame Throwers/No Gasoline/Better Way? gas would eat thru windhsield washer reseviour i have seen... __________________ John Goose-1968 C10 355,9.32-1CR, Vortec Heads ,262 voodoo, 3.73:1 3OTT (HS ride/beater/farm truck) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=317684 Grams 53-1953 Chevrolet Belair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post4327784 1969 Chevy C10 Shortbed 4.5/6?" Frame off resto http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=548136 1999 Toyota Tacoma 4x4

07-14-2010, 04:43 PM	#9
DARTMAN003 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: WHITE CLOUD MI Posts: 7	Re: Flame Throwers/No Gasoline/Better Way? Nitrous injector, pump, Lp., spark plug, coil. aimed right should throw a good flame.

07-14-2010, 05:13 PM	#10
CB24 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Surprise, AZ Posts: 138	Re: Flame Throwers/No Gasoline/Better Way? I was always under the impression they were done the way cdowns explained. I never really looked into it in depth because I never saw the point. No offense to anyone who is interested in it but its not my cup of tea.

07-14-2010, 07:02 PM	#12
eightbanger 454 MAKES IT ROAR Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Essex, U.K Posts: 2,701	Re: Flame Throwers/No Gasoline/Better Way? Check these guys out...... http://www.hotrodsetc.net/FAQ%27s.htm __________________ Nigel. An American living in a British body. 1971 Chevy Cheyenne 10 454 "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" - Thomas Jefferson No more pain. 03.12.60 -- 12.28.10 http://www.youtube.com/Eightbanger

07-14-2010, 08:01 PM	#14
Raymo Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wyoming Posts: 101	Re: Flame Throwers/No Gasoline/Better Way? Trailrider, those flames are unreal. I've seen them one other time but couldn't get close to them to see the set up. A nitrous injector sounds like it would work to me also.

07-15-2010, 01:00 AM	#15
Trailrider95 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: PNW (Washington) Posts: 75	Re: Flame Throwers/No Gasoline/Better Way? Yea, right as I read your original post I went on youtube and searched for some flamethrower exhaust. CRAZY! I think it'd be pretty cool to have, but yet pointless at the same time... Just thinking out loud- If you were stopped, say at a stop light, and there was a car behind you, would these flamethrower exhaust tips cause any sort of damage on the person behind yous car?



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