Is this picture real?

If so what causes the flames to come out of the exhaust?

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/556057flaminporsche1.jpg

you bet it's real. there are kits available that can make flames come out of your exhaust up to 20 feet. Kickin'!

it doesnt lloks real to me!
it looks like it was computer generated

Sometimes with very high-boost turbos where lag is huge, when the driver lets off the throttle, gas is released into the exhaust tubing right before the turbo and ignited so that the turbos are constantly spooled up.

Rally cars use it.

Or it could be a flamethrower kit.

but this car you can see by the flames thats not real!
and the flames thrown by a big turbo arent like that!

If you watch race cars on a road course, you often get flame coming out of the exhaust... then again, thats because of valve overlap, and the speed of the engine...

As for flamethrower kits, don't expect them to work on a late model Porsche, unless you have seriously altered the engine... Flamethrowers work off unburned gasoline in your exhaust, still at a very high temperature. When the gasoline comes into contact with airm the result is a highly combustable mixture. Most kits use a spark plug to ignite the mixture, and produce a big flame that shoots out the back. Sort of looks like an alcohol fire.

However, with a late model Porsche, the hydrocarbon emissions are so low, you would be able to get any flame.

Cant confirm from the size of the pic if its real or not, but it could very easily be real. Ive seen many highly-tuned turbo 911's spew fire from their exhausts. I wouldnt recommend it, but a lot of people like that!

Here is a larger pic of it.
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/114060flaminporsche.jpg

it's a fair job with photoshop (better than i could probably do), but not perfect, the supposed flames arent throwing any light against the car, and there's no reflection of the flames either (there should be on a nice shiny Porsche)

Originally posted by swedish
it's a fair job with photoshop (better than i could probably do), but not perfect, the supposed flames arent throwing any light against the car, and there's no reflection of the flames either (there should be on a nice shiny Porsche)
That makes sense, but theres something about it that looks real.. i still cant make up my mind... where's the pic from? if its from a respectable magazine it will be 100% authentic

This is the best I could do. On the main page here for the 750 GTR Evo, they have the same pcitures, with the reflection of the flames on the rear bumper. It's from GEMBALLA, which, being the maker of this car should be respected.

http://www.gemballa.com/Umr/G96_TURBO/G96_T_EVO2_AS.html

i don't care if its real or not but it's my new wall paper!!!:devil:

Originally posted by Sharp
i don't care if its real or not but it's my new wall paper!!!:devil:

Hehe it was my wallpaper for at least a month. I never got sick of looking at it.

I got the pics from a thread over at www.exoticcarforums.com

Ok im convinced that pic is real.. :)

and the other pics, well, lets just say i have a new wallpaper :D

Na don't think that pic is real...yeah i do go new wallpaper as well. hehe

I think it is real. And if it isn't, that is a pretty good job. I am not a fan of flame thrower kits on newer cars, but that is a col f**kin pick.

thats a nice pic!:D my new wallpaper!:D

http://www26.brinkster.com/exotoguy/images/porscheflame.jpg

I took this today at a porsche club meet at Pacific Raceways in Washington. It has not been touched at all, I had to take about 15 continuos shots to get that!

:D

Nice pic :)

It is very possible without a flamethrower kit though prolly not on that car. Watch some professional track racing (the super V8 cars especially) and you will definatly see some flames coming from the exhaust. No car with a cat will be able to perform this feat without that flamekit.

I think this pic is a fake due to point A the righting goes behind the flame and on point b the sun reflection goes through the flame. Being a picture editor my self this tells me that this pic has been played with. But dont get me wrong you can get kits that do this and i am very sure that there is cars quite cable of doing this too.

It is a good picture though, somebody has spent alot of time on this picture.

Happy motoring

Tim :evillol:

Thanks for the technical analysis :)

My ZR-1 has done that a couple of times after I put my new exhaust on (gutted cats) when I heel-toe, or so I've been told; I've never seen it. I can here the popping though. You don't need a "flamethrower kit" to do it. All it is is unburned gases combusting on the way out.

That pic is most likely real. I can see the flames spiraling out of the inner right pipe. That would be way too difficult to do on Photo Shop. The flames are not created by a flame thrower kit. I don't think that Gembella would put that kind of a thing on one of their monsters. The flames are created from overlap, as someone has already said. The unburnt air fuel mixture goes through the exhaust system, and because of the high heat of the metal, or because of burning carbon deposits.

We could have just asked if the pic was real or not… it would have saved us all this debating!

That is real! didnt you ever see any gt class porsche races!? All the cars blow flames... Honestly if you take a 930 turbo and put a less restrictive exhaust on the car WILL shoot flames... Believe me, before i bought mine i looked at a 930 that did it... The owner told me that people have got him to pull over and warned "Your car is on fire!" It natural for porsches with unrestrictive exhaust to blow fire... Dont make stuff up that you have no idea about. For instance, the first response...


10-26-2002, 05:12 PM (Post #2)
you bet it's real. there are kits available that can make flames come out of your exhaust up to 20 feet. Kickin'!

Ya thats a butane flamethrower, idiot.. No one puts them on porsches... Porsches are just nasty! (in a good way) Porsches dont need "artificial" flames because with some modification they produce real flames without the use of a flamethrower

I have a site where you can get plenty of porsche wallpapers.

http://pcl.from.lv/

I have a picture of the Gemballa 750 GTR evo without the GT sign on the back and you can see the reflection of the flames.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=3563&password=&sort=1&cat=500&page=1

Is real , On the subaru impreza sti, they have this exaust pipes called fireball and they really make fire if the car has a turbo and so many horsepower

Is real don't worry and i personally asked gemballa about it
he has a great reputation around, don't even think he will go around telling lies