Gizmodo: Car Flame Thrower

[RazorGxP2k]

Good rich color. not just the orange ball you normally see.

[jamesmcashan]

correct gizmodo, quasimodo, every car in the world is defective, i can prove it in detail for legal corrections. dangerous tires, bad roads, old heavy complicated motors, and fake use restrictions cause death. people also waste billions of dollars per day on toys (car stereos, decorations, chemicals). also: addition of weapons to a vehicle, such as "flame throwers", guns, bombs, etc., is illegal. contract services must register with the federal government to make or modify a vehicle for combat.

[jamesmcashan]

most combustion is "rapid oxidation". nitrous oxide (NO2) has oxygen in it, that is why it burns, pure oxygen added to fuels like rocket fuel burns more, but it is extremely explosive.

there has already been an electric car, in 2000, that accelerated to more than 200 miles per hour (but quiet cars are deadly, a problem).

attention US DOT (there is no legal local DOT): anything that travels at more than 100 miles per hour should be isolated, or in the air.

- james mcashan for the US Congress

[TheBikefish]

@jamesmcashan wouldn't that be nearly every car on the road today? yes, yes it would be, think next time you try to bash on something that you can't afford

[rightheresthebest]

Everone just look up a flamethower kit for a car and it will tell you how the flames come out of the tail pipe.........jesus christ.......

[holtzer1]

so many experts, so little time.

[ScreamsOfLurve]

i can easily burn my marshmallow

[sjoerd291]

i not wanne bumper draft that car LOL

[akelily21]

the right one is kinda slow.

[iggy151]

Nitro= nitrous=nitrous oxide= N20=two parts nitrogen, one part oxygen. Neither are flammable themselves, to set the record straight.

[pbdiego1]

@iggy151 Pure oxygen is in fact extremely flammable 

[iggy151]

Where are you getting your information? :O

[slingblade1991]

@pbdiego1 You are either very incorrect or just joking. Oxygen alone is not flammable.Pure oxygen, when sprayed on something,increases its flammability.

[supra1]

@slingblade1991 lol... if there is fire... its oxygen burning... without oxygen, fire cannot create a flame, only a spark, so yes, it is....chemistry tells alot. :)

[slingblade1991]

@supra1 Oxygen,on its own, with no fuel, can not burn.It is the fuel that is actually burning.Ive taken a safety course about handling pressurized gas tanks and the instructor clearly said that compressed oxygen will not burn on its own,but it will make other things exposed to it burn at a much higher rate.It is a very common misconception that c02 is flammable.

[baadshepherd]

@slingblade1991

"It is a very common misconception that c02 is flammable."

That's CO^2, and I'm pretty sure no-one thinks it can burn, you seem to be confusing the before and after in the scenario, as CO^2 is created after the reaction between the fuel and oxidizer.

[TheDrakenZ]

the colour of the flames have nothing to do with the fuel, it has to do with proper air to fuel mixture, If you increase the air in a flame with proper fuel flow you get jet flames.

[jinzo0121]

6 seconds of my life gone down the drain

[rafarocket]

every car video has an argument below in the comments

[wannasupra]

nitrous is not flammable, at all. at a temp approaching 450 degrees, it disassociates , freeing the oxygen and nitrogen, and becomes flammable

[antony1103]

@wannasupra Yes, it does decompose, but that does not warrant flammability. It is the fuel that is flammable, not the nitros, decomposed or not.

[wannasupra]

nitrous is not flammable, at all. at a temp approaching 450 degrees, it disassociates , freeing the oxygen and nitrogen, and becoming flammable

[moposico]

well thats $300 of gas wasted

[DeathValleyRoad]

Nope, your Civic cant do that...

[bored693]

how big of a flame can you expect with the catalytic converter still on?

[DIRTYDAG]

this is a mixture of kerosene and fuel. looks cool from a distance but it jacks all the surrounding cars when that black oily smoke falls on to the ground!

[RaZeRx09]

Why dude...why....

[mitsubishidiamante]

are those street legal?

[vanguardbr]

@mitsubishidiamante dream on....

[kawaihui]

I will definitely get 2 of these if monsters attacking humans on the street.

[musclekid13]

I'm just gonna clear some shit up.

1. There are multiple ways of making flame thrower kits, yes you can use a spark plug coil set up where it burns all the fumes that were left from the engine (this actually is better for the enviroment).

2. NITROUS OXIDE IS NOT FLAMMABLE. when added to the intake it makes the intake draw more fuel and when under extreme heat and combustion it turns into oxygen (usually in the cylinders or the rotar casing) Yes Fast and Furious lied. Nitrous is not flammable

[fruitydudexD]

nitrous is flammable =]

[musclekid13]

ok you can just keep tellin yourself that

[fruitydudexD]

OR you can keep telling YOURSELF that its not =]

[musclekid13]

Or you can experience it for yourself and take the kit out of your car and hold a match to it and we can see who is right. You will discover that it does nothing except probably blows the match out

[fruitydudexD]

OR you can just keep telling yourself that its not =]

[musclekid13]

And you can just keep tellin yourself that it is.

[fruitydudexD]

sure =]

[uchihaboyz93]

kete ape to pe la tak mekap ke

[Fuzoin7898]

Nitro! :D

[MrMarco1002]

your momma is nice

[pentium6xx]

Now thats a fun way to waste gas. you cant even see them when youre in your car!!

[jeff19754]

Its xober nos

[frax777]

Nitrous Oxide Fire ?

[HelixEthie]

Lol no...

[frax777]

mother fucker

[Spongey1337]

go play some more GTA kid

[kcole939]

Actually you sir have your facts wrong. Look at a video of a nitrous purge. Nitrous has a white tint to it due to it's temperature right out of the line or bottle. Nitrous actually is capable of producing flames, especially with plenum intakes that commonly have small amounts of fuel left in them. The temperature near the intake and left over fuel will cause the nitrous to brake down and create a very lean fire, almost explosion like. Don't call people morons when your facts are incorrect..

[gavb90]

actuly your the person that has there facts ront nitrous doesant burn you could hold a match infront of it and it would just blow it out

[kcole939]

No, you're completely wrong on that one. I've actually done that before, the nitrous it's self will not cause a huge fire, but what it does in enhance the fire. Due to the oxygen when the molecules seperate at a certain temperature.

[ifuckinghatespiders]

u havnt done that....it just blows it out....nitrous just helps compress the gas and air making it explode better the nitrous itsself never burns

[kcole939]

Are you kidding me? Are you saying a gas injected into a cylinder that's well over 600 degrees does not get burnt? I don't think you know how nitrous even works. At roughly 570 degrees the nitrogen and oxygen split, the extra oxygen makes it possible to have a denser charge in the cylinder, it doesn't make anythinf "explode" better.

[kcole939]

*Anything.

[ifuckinghatespiders]

and ummm what is the stroke of what ur explaining? "combustion" so take ur google shit on somewhere the nitrous never burns nitrous is no more flamable then water

[kcole939]

Oh my god, speaking of google shit, how can you not say nitrous is not flammable? Are you dumb? Nitrous CONTAINS NITROGEN, and OXYGEN, which both burn when in the cylinder. Under normal conditions they're inert, but in a cylinder that's over 600 degrees, they both burn. You do not even make sense, if they didn't burn, then engines would not produce emissions, oxygen would come out of the exhaust pipe, unchanged from the state in which it goes in. Seriously, research this stuff.

[kcole939]

I wasn't talking about any stroke of an engine except the air and fuel charge, which would relate to the compression stroke. It's very foolish to try to act as if you're teaching me something, when you're completely incorrect, and aren't even capable of spelling three letter words, I mean come on, I typo'd on a word, but at least it was 8 letters..

[ifuckinghatespiders]

getting upset over some guy telling you something over the internet and making long replies im not even reading....who is the real winner here lol have a nice day =]

[kcole939]

Well you're certainly not the "winner". You're not even capable of spelling or stating factual information, so you sir, have a nice day. "lol"

[pentium6xx]

youre like 15 years old i can tell. It does burn you stupid bimbo., where the fuck do you think the fuel is getting extra oxygen moloclues? its called an exothermic reaction the nitrous breaks down into carbon dioxide after the oxygen is burned with the gas. go read a book.

[pentium6xx]

you read that shit on wikipedia. and you dident explain it right either... it gives the fuel mixture more oxygen=faster burning gas. nobody is gonna be impressed if you have a boosted car thats gonna blow up sooner or later.

[ifuckinghatespiders]

dude......is that not what i said i think u replied to wrong person

[pentium6xx]

i did reply to you.

[ifuckinghatespiders]

dude u pretty much said the same shit i said have a nice day =]

[pentium6xx]

thanks but mine actually made sense.

[ifuckinghatespiders]

I SAID HAVE A NICE DAY ! =]

[pentium6xx]

i dont give a fuck. youre stupid

[DxStyla]

you must be fez xD

i said GOOD DAY

[ifuckinghatespiders]

word

[dlc85007]

aw yea ghost rider baby

[ifuckinghatespiders]

uve watched to much fast and furious lol

[JohnKreeseCobraKai]

@kcole939 Moron.

[kcole939]

JohnKreeseCobraKai, Yes, I am a moron, you caught me.

[storeyno3]

@kcole939 your wrong its not nitrous oxide. it is caused by spark plugs in the exhaust type this into youtube and it is first video. Installing Flamethrowers on Your Ride

[kcole939]

@storeyno3 Hey fuckhead, read all of the comment before you start running your mouth about 11 month old comments. I NEVER said this flame throw WAS nitrous. I was replying to a person who WAS TALKING ABOUT NITROUS.

Christ oh mighty. Before you run all over Youtube trolling, when you don't know the subject at hand, learn to fluently speak English.

[marcinsud]

@kcole939 In vehicle racing, nitrous oxide (often referred to as just "nitrous") allows the engine to burn more fuel and air, resulting in a more powerful combustion. The gas itself is not flammable, but it delivers more oxygen than atmospheric air by breaking down at elevated temperatures.

[kcole939]

@marcinsud Thank you for the copy and paste off of Wikipedia. I am well aware that nitrous releases oxygen at a little over 500 degrees! Wow! I've said it, I don't know how many times.

The problem is, that your mind is not able to process the idea that once an oxidizer is combined with any fuel, that oxidizer would also be considered flammable. This is where my comment involving intake plenums came about. In the plenum of a carbureted vehicle, nitrous will oxidize small amounts of fuel.

[dallasp59]

@marcinsud lmfao, then put a lighter near it, garentee that it will burn..... -.-

[marcinsud]

@dallasp59 but if you remove the source of the fire it will not burn, because it only supports the burning of fuel. N2O is not fuel itself

[daiblo1234]

@kcole939 u my friend just taught me a lesson

[kcole939]

@daiblo1234 Glad I did. I guess some Youtube experts have never been to a drag strip. I don't know about them, but I can see nitrous purges. Also, I guess it's too complicated for some people to understand that gasoline needs and oxidizer. Who knows.

[antony1103]

@kcole939 You should check your facts. Nitrous does not "burn". It only provides the oxidizer for combustion.

[kcole939]

@antony1103 Haha, another one. Right, as if the actual oxidizer it's self does not also burn. I guess nitrous backfires are completely imaginary. No car has ever had it's hood blown off and thrown 50 feet into the air due to a nitrous backfire.

[antony1103]

@kcole939 Correct. They are not imaginary however, they do happen and you need to be careful about your ratios. Like most people, you would assume nitros is at fault, but it is actually the right mixture of air, fuel, and nitros, along with correct temperatures. Especially in cars with turbos, your actually pumping in so much air you're MAS injects more fuel. Mix that with nitros and the fuel combusts, violently. Not the nitrous.

[weizman123]

@kcole939

so how do i make my car do that thu :D ?

[Lundt93]

@kcole939 I dont know if its true , but thumps up to you like 20 others!

[kcole939]

@Lundt93 It's an oxidant. Without an oxidant, almost any sort of fuel cannot burn. Along with them burns the oxidant! That's good enough for me.

I mean, there are so many geniuses who resort to Wikipedia and automatically assume nitrous will not burn. It's kind of funny. I suppose there are drag racers who haven't really had the whole front end of their cars destroyed by nitrous backfires.

[rambopuncheshobos]

@kcole939 are you one of those geniuses that resort to wikipedia because nirous oxide is a non flammable substance it allows a colder denser charge or air enter the engine. this allows more oxygen in because the oxygen molecule are closer together. more oxygen equal more complete burn of fuel. know your facts before telling people they are wrong. you will just look like a tool

[kcole939]

@rambopuncheshobos FAIL. At just below 600 degrees fahrenheit, nitrous oxide splits into oxygen and nitrogen, allowing the engine to burn MORE fuel. Not making the charge denser. Why the hell do you think nitrous setups include nitrous jets, AND fuel jets? To supply the extra fuel that can be burnt when injecting the nitrous!

Go use your own damn advice and learn how nitrous actually works! 'colder denser charge' LOL! Nitrous actually needs HEAT to split into oxygen. What a tool.

[flecur08]

@kcole939 never! lol

[rightheresthebest]

@kcole939 This proably is true but in the video he was a flamethower kit on the exhaust were leftover exhaust is ingnited by a spark plug which makes the flames come out in the truck. but thats good info tho pros to you

[RareBullet]

ouch

[30GB]

this was from Trucks! damn i loved that show but he retired

[NaeJoy]

why is this guys' comment getting downrated?

that guy that said its nitro is a fucking idiot.

[sircraigery]

it was probably x3m's fagget friends downrating it.

[lauren1890]

anybody know what car this is?sounds like a v10.

[Bibiother1]

hi everyone

[knexfreak1995]

i like muscel cars

[aclose78]

but not spelling apparently.

[x3m5p33d3r]

Iep this is nitro , flame trower has a red falme color

[Kevnick11]

nitro boys ;P

[soboneidol]

with so much unburnt fuel exiting the exhaust system, maybe someone should invent a fuel recovery process that scavenges this and returns it to the tank for another pass. i will gladly accept royalties for probably the best idea in the world. get inventing then! hahahahaha!!!

[ariskk88]

They do it on purpose so that they can have flames shooting out of the exhaust, unless your being sarcastic, I mean not all cars have that much fuel going out of the back.

[soboneidol]

No sarcasm intended at all my friend :) I've heard in the past that a lot of fuel in a petrol engine remains unburned and is pushed out with the burned stuff, hence people saying that it's not as efficient as a diesel which apparantly burns more. I think this effect is cool tho'.

[ariskk88]

I was watching one of those car shows on TV a long while ago. They were making one of their cars shoo flames. Anyways, what they did was just disconnect one of the spark plugs for in the engine so it doesn't ignite its fuel and then they had a spark plug in the muffler. I'm sure theres different ways to do it, or I got it completely wrong from memory, but it makes sense right now why theres so much fuel in the exhaust.

[LeviMan2001]

actually on this one, this isn't anything with modified igniton this is just igniteing the emmesions of the truck (i saw the full show of this on trucks). its just spark plugs in the tips. modern cars can't do this though cause they have catalytic converters (which are stupid imo) that burn these unburnt gasses so they don't pollute.

[KH132]

ima BBQ there

[rockpop316]

tight...

[kalifa50]

Beautiful fire!!!Good!!

[RtNFadeToBlak]

wow seems like a lot of people have retarded views on what an exhaust flamethrower is

all it is is basically a spark plug near the back of the exhaust, it ignites the excess fuel coming through as the engine idles down, hence why they have to rev up the motor and when they let off the gas it shoots out flames until it gets back to about 1000 rpm

[demon6696]

where do you connect the sparkplug to get spark? way back there?

[gunsinc]

looks like 2 fast 2 furiuos¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿

[Jak3Mac]

Gay... and illegal for the street...

[loey523]

its ool dumbass

[Jak3Mac]

ool???? nice job...

[gunmaster1981]

illegal yes but not gay. if someone tailgates then its all fair i say.

[deertag]

Someone who actually owns a Lamborghini Mirciélago Wouldn't put that shit on it

[CodobiX]

WoW i have this effect at my Lamborghini Murciélago, is really wanderful!!! :-)

[CodobiX]

WoW i have this effect at my Lamborghini Mirciélago is really wanderful!!! :-)

[ZeroXZ5]

nitrio dixocide rocks ass!

[monkriddler]

duh

[hellhavoc1988]

QUOTE: Nitrous oxide (aka laughing gas or dinitrogen monoxide) is a chemical compound with the chemical formula N2O. At room temperature, it is a colorless non-flammable gas, with a pleasant, slightly sweet odor and taste. It is used in surgery and dentistry for its anesthetic and analgesic effects. It is commonly known as "laughing gas" due to the euphoric effects of inhaling it. It is also used in motor racing as an oxidizer to increase the power output of engines.

So thets N2O not NO2 idiot.

[musclekid13]

Not the same stuff. Nitrous oxide used for racing would kill you if inhaled like the nitrous oxide the dentist gives you

[SuPrAmAd101]

actually can i clear this up for you, just i work with performance cars so i know a little bit....

Nitrous is nitrous.... There are two forms... gas and liquid, cars usually use the condensed liquid, dentists use the gas. as long as you let the nitrous liquid evaporate or diffuse you are fine to inhale. other than that its not harmful. mind having to much will harm you....

[musclekid13]

I've heard that they put extra additives in the one for cars. It says right on the label of any nitrous oxide system bottle.

[SuPrAmAd101]

depends on manufacturer but the system we use is just NOS as far as i know, just to be mixed with the fuel.

[storeyno3]

@SuPrAmAd101 wrong as i said to Kcole939. your wrong its not nitrous oxide. it is caused by spark plugs in the exhaust type this into youtube and it is first video. Installing Flamethrowers on Your Ride. yes nitrous is flammable but not what has caused these flames

[kcole939]

@storeyno3 Oh, by the way, spark plugs in the exhaust? LMAO! Fuck dude, you're more of a ricer than the guy with this flame thrower kit. There's a bit of a difference between a spark plug, and a simple igniter.

These igniters provide a steady, slow stream of electric. Spark plugs can take the abuse of firing an air/fuel mixture dozens of times a second.

[SuPrAmAd101]

@storeyno3 can i just stop you there... in which part of my post did i "claim" this was nos?

I was actually correcting someone else, i do with cars myself, i do understand what it is.. i do understand how to do it.... and just to let you know, nos isnt flammable, it is in fact and oxidiser, on its own it doesnt ignite. its the rapid mix and ignition with oxygen which makes it explode. i suggest you do some research yourself before you make yourself look a fool.

[sgking17]

Guys can u put that on automatic cars and will they still lit while driving the car and the car being automatic trans?

[c3h89]

No, it bypasses the engine running fule through the engine into the exhause system where it is ignited. PS Gasoline is a fule, it only burns in the presence of an oxidizer such as oxygen.

[JoelEVO32]

it's fuel lol

[loey523]

coloured fuel with nitrogen oxid dumbbum

[JoelEVO32]

I was making it shorter for him..instead of all that he said..just fuel lol

lighten up

[loey523]

cool as

[foxtrck2]

You can do it sitting still engine on, its a Flamer kit with a Spark plug wired to the internal of the exhausts...

[Hellracer1]

can you throw flames while runing?? I think you have to be turning off and on the engine....

[SnowStormUK]

as i said before... its a flamer kit.

either that or anti-lag

[my83merc]

Hell racer, what you are thinking of are called keybangs.

[kryng]

looks like nitrous

[flippinskater]

its not fucking nitrous u idiot....u play too many video games....might be a sparkplug

[loey523]

it is dick face, the motor sends a huge 90 watt charge and squirts nitrous, then why do they have bottles duh

[SnowStormUK]

dumbass!! go back to ur video games! either that or go on the internet and try learn something about cars so u dont look like such a fucking retard. its a flamer kit!

[SpydermanGST]

LOL that kid made my day.

[Cseal]

been around for years yetstill kool

[fucklifefoo]

hopefully it wont melt or burn my bumper would it? but yea just the feeling of flames puffing out your exhaust makes it seem faster

[kmfilms]

I would hate to be behind this person at a stoplight.

[kupo3247]

Back in the 50's people used to put sparkplugs near the back of their tailpipes. Somehow they used to rig it to ignite the leftover fuel that didnt spark in the engine.

[dreadrx7]

You know thats exactly what the autoloc flamethrower is. They have been using that for years now

[TokeOnDude]

Where do I get one?

[watercolour]

Does the flame has any practical function?

[freakout247]

I suppose it would be a cool way to light a cigarette.

But then you'd probably light your clothes on fire as well!

[welcomestranger]

To impress women obviously! LOL :D

[lestube001]

if your are a car fan it would ego boost

[watercolour]

Well, then this is more like psychological function instead of a practical one...

[Avak2]

Ya. Like the Stuka in WWII, with the sirens.

[IareKEVLAR1]

OF COURSE IT DOES! YOU GOES HELLZ FAST WITH FLAME THROWAZ UP IN YO RIDEZ ZOMMGG NOOOBB hahah. of course not.