You don't need anything but a stick shift car to manufacture an explosion.
Just get your car up to about 30 mph in 2nd gear shut down the ignition,
keeping your foot off the gas, then let it decelerate to about 5 mph and
turn on the Ignition.= "REPORT"
Pat
-----Original Message-----
From: Terry and Donna Cost <tcost@vvm.com>
To: Datsun Roadsters <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, May 27, 2001 8:43 PM
Subject: It won't Start
>Harbor freight, along with other parts stores, sells a plastic spark
>checker. You connect the checker to the spark plug, connect the plug wire
>to the checker, and crank the engine. If you have spark the checker will
>light up when the cylinder fires. You don't have to hold anything in your
>hand. I guess if you bought four of them you could have a light show
inside
>the engine compartment. I've seen transparent plastic distributor caps
that
>do the same thing, but only for Chevy and Ford V-8's.
>
>Speaking of sparking, anyone remember the "flame thrower" exhausts? Weld a
>spark plug to the tailpipe, run a plug wire to it from #1 cylinder, and
>plumb a SMALL gas line from a "T" at the carb to just upstream of the extra
>plug, with switches and valves to turn everything on and off from the
>drivers' seat. Cruise down the boulevard, turn on the flame thrower, and
>watch those tailgaters scatter!! I actually don't recommend you do such a
>thing, because serious jail time could be involved, not to mention
>uncontrolled fires and explosions, but some of you antisocial types might
>have fun putting this rig together. The low-buck version of this is to turn
>the ignition off while cruising along in gear, then using the tailpipe
spark
>plug to ignite the unburned mixture. When steering wheels didn't have
>steering locks this was a fun thing right up until you blew apart your
>muffler.
>
>Leisure Suit Terry
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