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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 11:42 PM
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Exclamation Blue Flame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just raced a Fox body 331 stroker or something like that he had a rollbar and all that good stuff and of course I kicked his *** and he said my exhaust shot out blue flame when I shifted and he told me to take the bottle off and i said i took it off last week! So were do u think the "blue flame" came for?
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 02:19 AM
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Unburned fuel. Perhaps a little rich?
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 02:26 AM
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yea its no biggie. a stock mustang GT can do it with an OR X or H pipe.
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If your PCM goes into "cat overtemp" mode, it adds fuel and can create a nice tailpipe flame in the process...especially if you have no cats.
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 10:42 AM
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That must look pretty bitchin never seen it before
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Sweet I got my ory now and I wonder if i flame
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I used to always run rich b/c I knew nothing about tuning and always shot flames out at the end of the race.
There was also a loud BOOM to go along.
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