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Originally posted by GhostofTarbera View PostTwo men drinking in a nearby pub heard one gunshot, but believed it to be a car backfiring
From a story today
Was this a thing in the 1960’s I dont think I’ve ever heard a car back firing? But I’ve heard several gunshots in my time.
What’s more common ? Is it a real thing
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Can't remember the last time I heard a car in Swindon that didn't sound like Jihadi John with an AK...
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostA petrol car will backfire repeatedly like a Laurel and Hardy car if one accidently puts diesel in it! (Or maybe it's the other way round? )
And I heard a motorbike backfire today. Or maybe it was just WTFH taking shots at me while cycling.....
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Originally posted by GhostofTarbera View PostTwo men drinking in a nearby pub heard one gunshot, but believed it to be a car backfiring
From a story today
Was this a thing in the 1960’s I dont think I’ve ever heard a car back firing? But I’ve heard several gunshots in my time.
What’s more common ? Is it a real thing
Sent from my iPhone using Contractor UK Forum
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Like this?
Cops Mistake Launch Control for Machine Gun Fire - The Drive
or bikes doing it
There Was No Gunfire in Times Square. But the Panic Was Still Real. - The New York Times
Just modern times innitLast edited by northernladuk; 10 September 2019, 17:00.
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If I lived in SE London, and I heard a car back-firing, I'd assume it was a gunshot...
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Originally posted by GhostofTarbera View PostTwo men drinking in a nearby pub heard one gunshot, but believed it to be a car backfiring
From a story today
Was this a thing in the 1960’s I dont think I’ve ever heard a car back firing? But I’ve heard several gunshots in my time.
What’s more common ? Is it a real thing
Sent from my iPhone using Contractor UK Forum
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Other than with those irritating oiks with their 4" diameter exhausts and noisy motor carriages.
I'd shoot the lot.
Then they'd really know what gunshots sounded like.
<DoctorStrangelove in "Go Ahead, make my day" mode>
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Originally posted by GhostofTarbera View PostTwo men drinking in a nearby pub heard one gunshot, but believed it to be a car backfiring
From a story today
Was this a thing in the 1960’s I dont think I’ve ever heard a car back firing? But I’ve heard several gunshots in my time.
What’s more common ? Is it a real thing
Sent from my iPhone using Contractor UK Forum
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Originally posted by GhostofTarbera View PostTwo men drinking in a nearby pub heard one gunshot, but believed it to be a car backfiring
From a story today
Was this a thing in the 1960’s I dont think I’ve ever heard a car back firing? But I’ve heard several gunshots in my time.
What’s more common ? Is it a real thing
Backfiring is when unburnt fuel in the exhaust is ignited by burning fuel comiung out of the exhaust vavle.
It is possible to simulate. When driving at a cruuising speed, turn the ignition off for a few seconds then back on. *BANG*
This probably won't work on modern cars though, and if it does work it has a habit of splitting the silencer box along the seam. Is also more dangerous to simulate in modern cars (power steering, brake servos, other electronic gubbins).
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It's possible to fit a system to your exhaust which injects fuel onto the hot exhaust which will give you the sound of a backfire....
if you want to do that I suppose.
having said that I live near the country and can often hear clay pigeon shoots going on.
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Car backfiring ????
Two men drinking in a nearby pub heard one gunshot, but believed it to be a car backfiring
From a story today
Was this a thing in the 1960’s I dont think I’ve ever heard a car back firing? But I’ve heard several gunshots in my time.
What’s more common ? Is it a real thing
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