Here's a link to the kit I built from Radio Shack parts. Someone from HAMB was kind enough to archive it on the Thursday Night Garage ***ociation website. Go here http://www.tnga.org/ click on 'tech' then 'electronic flame thrower' for instructions on building your own. I can't believe it's still up, it's been there 6+ years now. R
I bought one from hot licks what I dont get is if I hook it up to my 49, only hook it up for sat cruise in night and maybe use it twice, will that destroy my motor? I plan on keeping the mixture stock on my flathead I just want a little flame when I leave the spot.Also Heavy Rebel is coming up so I really want them for that.
I agree, I'v had them on my '54 Ford for over 19 years, sbc and hand choke with a Qjet all the flames you want. Also over 86,000 miles on the motor still runs as good as the day I put it in, put them on and have at it, just be careful when you lite them up, lite them up and people come running to see, respect other people cars never burn close to them as some people get real up tight when you burn their paint(instant ***holes). We always need new blood to take up the slack of us old timers, do it and have fun. Long live the flame.
I build my own setup. This one is the third generation, and is dead simple. A standard heavy duty accessory relay, with a capacitor soldered in across the coil, and a Kohler twin coil with metal core wires. The plugs are about 12" from the top of the stacks. They could be a little higher. IMHO, the original 4" stacks worked better. The velocity out of the 5" stacks is a little slow. Here's a pic from KKOA's '09 Leadsled Spectacular. It is rough on your rings, if you run a p***-through system, like this one. I've considered, a post-injection setup, but just never got the nerve to try and fine-tune a potential bomb, right behind my head. At any rate, I'm undecided whether propane, or fuel, would work better, and/or be safer. Just for the record. The engine is a 69 Chevy 250, with headers. It has survived 10 years of brutal torture, and outlived 1 set of stacks. Then again, it uses a quart of diesel 15w40 every 100 miles. AND, it provides regular service at RPM Speedway, in Hays, KS.
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