Anyone have a way of getting Flames from stacks?

[BILLVO]

I have have seen rigs that have a system to make flames come from their stacks and was wondering if there was a diesel kit out there or what people used to accomplish this task? There are a lot of exhaust flame kit sites out there for gassers but nothing for diesels.



Found a site where a guy used propane but it didn't work well only at idle or lower rpms and flame went to blue and almost invisible with propane with any airflow. Would need to use diesel or something else to burn but a sparkplug probably wouldn't ignite that.

 

[icman95]

I"ve been running this over and over in my head for about a year now and haven't come up with any perfect solution. I found a manufacturer of a kit for gassers, but they don't offer anything for diesel. Since the gasser kit works by interrupting the ignition spark thereby sending raw fuel into the exhaust, it can't be made to work on our diesels.



I had considered running propane lines up the stacks, putting some sort of nozzel on the end, and igniting it with some sort of grill spark ignitor. They are easy enough and cheap enought to find. Even some sort of 12 volt sparker would be good so that it could be controlled with a button on the dash. Getting some sort of controller valve on the propane that can be activated and controlled by a dash button is also key. That way the flames can be turned on and off at will. If you come up with something, please post it. I'd love to hear anything even close.

 

[duckcarvr]

i wonder if you could put a propane line in to the top of the stack and use a electric start like they do on rv hot water tanks... ... ... ... ... ... ..... in no way do I endorse this ,try it at your own risk

 

[Hoefler]

Long ago, I had installed an orifice in the exhaust head pipe, ran a copper line to it from a fuel pump, pump gas into the hot exhaust, and ignited it with a spark plug mounted at the end of the tail pipe. Powered the plug with a flasher and a coil.

 

[PRattenbury]

Mothballs in the fuel. Old timers trick.

 

[icman95]

i wonder if you could put a propane line in to the top of the stack and use a electric start like they do on rv hot water tanks... ... ... ... ... ... ..... in no way do I endorse this ,try it at your own risk

Endorse it? NO, of course not. Wouldn't be a good idea. In fact, none of this is a good idea, but sure sounds like fun. The RV hot water ignitor is a GREAT idea. I hadn't thought of it, but seems like it would fit the bill. I also think that a check valve in the propane supply line would be a good safety device to prevent the flame from traveling backwards down the line to the tank. Similar to gas welding equipment.



Prattenbury:



How do the mothballs work this way? Very curious.

 

[nickleinonen]

back when i was in tech school, the one teacher there use to work at a truck shop. from time to time, they would get some truckers looking to find some oily old beat up 2x3 and 2x4 lumber. . they'd drop them down the stacks and under load they would start to light up and burn sending flame and embers out the stacks. . not sure how well they burned but that could work but i wouldn't try it on anything i own

 

[snuff]

i would think the having a smoke screen would be just as good, like military, injecting fuel into the hot exhaust, a big fogger... .....

 

[Moose Truck]

The guys around here use a propane touch To light the fire, just for fun. YouTube - Burning Stacks

 

[icman95]

I love it!! By the way, my wife is leaning over my shoulder and she just said "I can't believe there's more than one of you in the world. You're all freaks!!" She never believed me that this is a cool thing to at least think about until this thread came up.



If I was reading the speedo in the video right he was doing about 110mph, no?

 

[tempforce]

here's one system,

disclaimer first.

the below described system is for information purposes only. any use of these ideas are at the experimenters own cost and risk. any and all expenses are your own cost and risk. any damage to your vehicle or yourself your neighbors or any one else risking themselve to be near you are on your own dime. and anything you may think to blame me for, are your own fault.

ok. . that done. . here goes...

place propane/butane/acetylene tank in bed, tied down or use a bracket. to keep it from rolling out and hitting someone. attach a pressure gauge and pressure reducer (like for welding) install a flashback valve, a electric control valve wired to dash or shifter... .

then pipe to exhaust, using flexable line. if duals exhaust, pipe to both of them (crank up the gas volume if using two pipes).

install fittings to exhaust pipe(s). i would recommend threaded sensor fittings.

use a non heat sensitive fuel line for the last two - three feet to the exhaust pipe(s).

thread on the fitting.

fitting toward engine = gas mixture

fitting toward tail end of tail pipe = spark device (a long/extended tip spark plug and coil wired to turn signal flasher unit. wired to gas valve. so both items operate at same time.

connect the system to a 12volt hot wire. using a fuse then to the switch

note: different fuels provide different flame colors. if you want to get creative. throw sulfur, copper sulfate or other powders into exhaust before lighting them up.

black powder may be used sparingly. not really recomended for rookies.

caution vapors may be toxic... ... ... .....



open the fuel tank valve and adjust pressure to 5-10 psi

start video camera.

then start engine, turn on your flame system.



if you want more flames,

add anouther fitting after the spark fitting a few inches down stream.

this is to add more fuel after the spark fitting.

so the hot flames will ignite the added fuel. use diesel, lube or cooking oil at the third fitting.

a spray nozzle is recomended for this fuel fitting.

a boat fuel can with a electric pump works well.

the fuel pump may be wired to a second switch or the system switch. (at the solinoid or flasher unit.

be sure to have a flash back device on the second fuel supply as well.



now if you insane enough to want to have this kind of fun. post some photos.



and, can i get you interested in explosive target shooting, as well.....

 

[MickeyMiller]

In high school, I had a '40 ford coupe with a flathead V-8, headers, and dual glasspack exhaust. Welded sparkplug thread nuts near the exhaust tips, wired the plugs up to a coil and a button on the dash. 6' blue flames easy! (Note: WAY pre smog and leaded gas). I am planning a side cutout exhaust for my truck, I would LOVE to be able to belch flames out of it!

 

[Belgrath04]

Flame Thrower

I realize this is not what we are all looking for however the video will still make you go :--)

YouTube - 100ft flameshow, out of my truck

 

[nickleinonen]

:-laf:-laf:-laf

 

[Allnew2Me]

You can always get one of these Blaster systems and convert it. It was designed to "discourage" carjackers. I think it would work in that regard. They actually sold these things. You can read about it on Wikipedia under Blaster (flamethrower).



YouTube - South African Car Flamethrower

 

[icman95]

I have to believe that flamthrower would fit the bill perfectly. Just run the hardware up the stacks and bingo-challenge met.

 

[CWeaver]

I had a neighbor suggest a tazzer as the ignition device...

Could also try pumping in Oxygen In (in addition) I imagine. . expensive & dangerous though. .

 

[icman95]

Oxygen would work if the idea was to melt the stacks-like you said-dangerous. But I bet it would be one heck of a show for a few seconds anyway.



Now the Tazer as an ignition source is quite creative and sounds like it would be perfect. Pull the trigger and presto-flames. It could double as an anti car jacking mechanism.

 

[MMeier]

Some of y'all are starting to scare me !!!!!!

 

[TWhetten]

It looks like someone is in the process of makin a kit, another totally worthless/awesome mod:-laf



YouTube - diesel flame kit