DW, funny you mention that about feeling like a noob. I had a similar experience yesterday.
I was having problems with the 6mm/Ti coil flooding in my Supreme V2, so I ripped it out and re-built with a 4mm/Ti. Everything as hunky dorey. About a half hour into it I took a hit and got, literally, flamed! One leg opened and I had a bright, orange/red glow showing
through the air intakes, not to mention a terrible taste and kind of hot lips(no, not Hoolihan). I have to wonder if I had the coil just was tad too high and that end managed to short to the chamber or if I just hit a bad spot in the wire. I re-built again at 4mm/Ti and, knock on wood, no problems through almost half a
tank.
That's the first time I've had anything like that happen. It sure woke me up!