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Old Mar 23, 2007 | 10:54 PM
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as i was on my way home from work i ran across a turbo eclipse, as i passed he goose it so the pop-off valve would make noise, so i goose back. i dropped back and let him catch me. we were side by side then we both stomp it. i heard a loud "POW" and flames shoot out from his fender! turns out he had a bottle on the car also , and he hit the button too soon and it back fired throught the intake and caught the air filter on fire [sm=happybounce.gif] so he breaks out the chrome fire ex. and putts it out....i couldn't help but laugh as i got back in my car drove on to the house.
 
Old Mar 23, 2007 | 11:54 PM
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lol thats freakin bad dude thats way bad
 
Old Mar 24, 2007 | 12:13 AM
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rofl...the one time a ricer actually needed there fire extinguisher
 
Old Mar 24, 2007 | 01:41 AM
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lol , yeah i was suprisedthe little chrome thing actually worked. i thought it was one of those autozone fakes till be yanked it off his A-pillar....yes his A-pillar [sm=loser.gif]
 
Old Mar 24, 2007 | 10:08 AM
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wow. nice kill
 
Old Mar 24, 2007 | 10:18 AM
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Funny. Nice kill. Too bad theres no pics.
 
Old Mar 24, 2007 | 06:44 PM
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i wanted to take a pic with my camera phone i know it might add insult to injury , so i just walked off laughing instead
 
Old Mar 26, 2007 | 02:14 PM
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Why would you not take a picture?

That would of been hilarious, and led to around 2.7 billion "owned" pictures.


That "POP" valve, isknown as a"Blow-off" valve.
 
Old Mar 26, 2007 | 10:08 PM
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yes i know what a blow-off valve is....i'm a Subaru tech by trade..so i have a pretty good idea what a blow-off valve is....we call them pop-off valves here locally , inside story but to put it short a guy with a STi put one on his car , didn't know how to adjust it and the engine went "pop" , with less than 3,000 miles on it...for some reason a stock 2.5 long block doesn't like 26 +/- psi with 93 octane in it.
 
Old Mar 27, 2007 | 09:07 PM
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blow off = fancy name for wastegate also = pop valve to the import haters lol there all he same thing
 



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