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Old 12-02-2008, 02:15 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by some_other_dave View Post
A couple of seconds of lean operation isn't enough to damage the engine, IMHO. It takes significantly more than that to heat up the pistons/chambers enough to really matter, and if you're using it as a kill mechanism the engine will stop running and stop heating up very quickly.

I prefer the idea of cutting the injector power because once you do, the only fuel going in is whatever is already in the manifold--so you'll only get a couple of revs more with any fuel at all, really.

My "other car" has a spark-cut rev limiter, and if you ride the limiter you can load up the exhaust with fuel and then ignite it in the header. Thank heaven for low-restriction mufflers....

-soD
We (friends and I) used to intentionally cut spark to engines while they were at high RPM/load, then cut the spark back on at full throttle as they were about to stall...

think: flame thrower kit.
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