Idiots in backfiring cars!

[aea730]

Have I missed something in the ways of car customisation or is it just local kno8 heads with badly adjusted timing. There seems to be an increase in cars or should I say the car of choice for local wan*ers (the peugeot 106/207 or whatever the current number is)driving by local old ladies and grumpy old men (me) and frightening them to death on the overrun.

Fortunately the old bill have cottoned on to them and are dishing out Sec 171 notices, not nearly enough though!

Can anyone explain to me what the appeal of driving such a bag of 5hite is?

[robsco]

aea730 said:

...driving by local old ladies and grumpy old men (me) and frightening them to death on the overrun.

[GFWilliams]

aea730 said:

Have I missed something in the ways of car customisation or is it just local kno8 heads with badly adjusted timing. There seems to be an increase in cars or should I say the car of choice for local wan*ers (the peugeot 106/207 or whatever the current number is)driving by local old ladies and grumpy old men (me) and frightening them to death on the overrun.

Fortunately the old bill have cottoned on to them and are dishing out Sec 171 notices, not nearly enough though!

Can anyone explain to me what the appeal of driving such a bag of 5hite is?

It's fun to do in the caterham

[wackojacko]

Always quite amusing, although most cars will rumble and burble abit when coming back down the rev range if they have an aftermarket exhaust...... this s nothing new.

[P I Staker]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwvYqmrP_BQ

This is what you want.

[B.J.W]

I'll definitely make a point of giving you a swerve in the Tuscan. The over-run sounds like a 50 cal unloading.

Edited by B.J.W on Saturday 1st October 21:36

[waxaholic]

What ever floats your boat.

[aea730]

fook me....I missed the SOTW on the home page.....pug 106 rallye something....Im gonna buy it and slip the timing belt one tooth, that should do the trick

[B.J.W]

waxaholic said:

What ever floats your boat.

The reaction from people has never been anything other than positive.....

[pidsy]

My impreza does it all the time. I like it.





Sorry.

[sparkyhx]

mine does it (with accompanying flamage sometimes) on overrun and 1-2nd and sometimes 2-3 gear changes. But its not on purpose - it just does it since the boost was turned up and I have a 3 inch exhaust and decat. Its particularly worse on 2nd gear overrun after an overtake, gets people to back off though

Then there are the Dump Valve noises as well - childish I know....................

As for hatchbacks doing it - probably on purpose, you can also buy flaming kits as well - bit like electronic dump valve noises a bit sad.

Edited by sparkyhx on Saturday 1st October 22:14

[RobCrezz]

I know its childish, but I get a lot of enjoyment from the pops and bangs on the overrun

[Scott330ci]

I used to have an old fiesta 1.1 with a straight through exhaust from the manifold aside from a drain pipe exhaust. I used to rev it at grannies at the bus stop and turn the car off and on again with the key. It used to sound like a firework exploding.

The shame.

[johnoz]

My Mini JCW dose it and thats a standard factory car!

[Digby]

I remember having a spirited drive in the Westfield and ended up coming on to the bypass by the Hop Farm near Paddock Wood.I gave it some beans towards the roundabout by the entrance to the farm and realised there were a few police officers standing around directing traffic to some event.I wound things down quickly, stopped directly beside one of them, looked up at him, he looked down at me and then *BANG* massive backfire from the side exhaust, right on to his trouser leg

I guess he had heard me coming for several miles as it was

[Ari]

johnoz said:

My Mini JCW dose it and thats a standard factory car!

Mini fake the overrun popping by deliberately injecting droplets of neat petrol into the exhaust.

[Johnnytheboy]

My Focus RS does it - quite loudly - at random.

Will I get a sec 171, whatever that is?

[wackojacko]

Ari said:

johnoz said:

My Mini JCW dose it and thats a standard factory car!

Mini fake the overrun popping by deliberately injecting droplets of neat petrol into the exhaust.

Please tell me I'm reading this wrong !


How do you think pops and bangs are made through the exhaust on any other car ? It is not injected into the exhaust.... it does go through the engine first !, it is an off balance between Fuel air mixture when decelerating, sometimes it is needed to cool the pistons, other time just for fun.

[Roger Dodger]

Ari said:

johnoz said:

My Mini JCW dose it and thats a standard factory car!

Mini fake the overrun popping by deliberately injecting droplets of neat petrol into the exhaust.

[dabofoppo]

Sorry my exhaust fell off .