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Default Can an old timer explain car backfires?

On 3/17/2015 6:42 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
We had a Mazda RX3 , if you let off the throttle coming down a hill , it
would come out with a VERY loud backfire . Something to do with one of the
two sets of points being off just a hair IIRC .
Anyway , we were coming down a not-too-steep hill into Brigham City Utah ,
and the traffic light at the bottom of the hill was out ... and there was a
Highway Patrol trooper directing traffic ... and I let off on the throttle
just right ... and that damn car blew just as we passed the trooper . When I
looked in my mirror , he was on the ground with his gun drawn and looking
for who shot at him . I still chuckle when I think about that . That
particular trooper was a real asshole or I wouldn't have done it .


While I can't totally approve of treating LEO like
this, I will admit to smiling as I was reading.

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