Flame Popping

Post by **Ammo** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 12:50 am

My old BB1 used to flame like a bitch

Post by **Doggo** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 12:54 am

^ Cool

I used to have an old Sunbeam Rapier H120, with twin weber 40's. If you turned off the ignition while going along the fuel still kept flowing through the carbs, then when you re-ignited you got quite a nice sheet of flame. Great fun. (I have no idea if it did any damage, but I was young and foolish

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mart609 · Post by **mart609** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:01 am

It just means that its running rich.
Mine does it also. I think most ludes run a bit rich standard.

CrunchyAdams82 · Post by **CrunchyAdams82** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:08 am

Try adjusting your valve clearances. I know @Carrisma did this recently; he might be able to advise you? It may not change anything 'flamewise', but it can only be good from what I've heard.

Other than that, check your timing's ok.

If all is well, enjoy the flames!

We know your car runs well anyway due to the times you were posting at Japshow!

So probably nothing to worry about..

CrunchyAdams82 · Post by **CrunchyAdams82** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:09 am

And that's an awesome shot @Ammo!

kris_aka_edu · Post by **kris_aka_edu** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 1:54 pm

CrunchyAdams82 wrote:Try adjusting your valve clearances. I know @CARRisma did this recently; he might be able to advise you? It may not change anything 'flamewise', but it can only be good from what I've heard.

Other than that, check your timing's ok.

If all is well, enjoy the flames!

We know your car runs well anyway due to the times you were posting at Japshow! So probably nothing to worry about..

Yeah I was very impressed with my times considering the little work done on it so far..

@ammo that looks pretty much the same as mine! One of my mates said it was at least 2-3 foot out of both pipes. There was a small white patch on my seat when he told me that!