A Range Rover shooting flames, like a Lamborghini supercar, was around the middle of our "things to do before you die" list, right between hunting a boy-band through the forest on a tank and doing donuts in a yacht with wheels. But we can check the SUV flames off our list because there's a video where the Brit 4x4 does a flamethrower impersonation.
Shooting exhaust flames is not easy, even for a supercar. You have to get the pipes so hot they glow in the dark and play with the gas pedal to get just the right amount of unburnt fuel coming out and ready to catch fire.
But the Range Rover is cheating with the help of a custom flame kit from Essex firm Kream Developments. These aftermarket systems work with a rich fuel mix and a spark plug inserted into the end piece of the muffler. It seems the R32 an R33 Skyline is by far the most popular type of car to do this to. In fact, there's an old Godzilla in this very clip, though it's being shamed by the V8-powered Range Rover.
The engine itself isn't actually a beast. Based on model year of this Range Rover, we're dealing either with a 4.4-liter pushing 280 hp when stock or a 4.2-liter supercharged unit pumping 390 hp. That's about half as much as a Lamborghini Aventador's V12 thumped produces.
Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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