Flames shooting out of the back of a car (especially running in endurance
racing) is not a good thing!
Flames out the back is fuel in the exhaust igniting.
Fuel in the exhaust is fuel not burned in the combustion chamber.
Fuel not burned in the combustion chamber is fuel wasted.
Fuel wasted means poorer fuel mileage than if you'd managed to use that fuel.
Poorer fuel mileage means more pit stops.
More pit stops means you lose the race.
In general, flames out the exhaust is indicative of underdeveloped, "off", or
improper fuel management in the engine management computer/black box area.
As I understand it.
-STEFAN
In a message dated Sun, 17 Jun 2001 10:50:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Hottvr@aol.com writes:
<< The Bentley is certainly a "Wonderful looking motorcar" to say the
least!!!!!!
It must have taken some really serious "Old Money" to put that puppy together.
But what about the flames shooting out the back of the Audi in the night.
That was
a real sight.
Mike(some of my friends watched it and said "Those are just like your car")B.
99cm
Its a nice compliment anyway!!!!!!!!!
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