willay
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what the fuck?
One of the observations i've made while sitting at my local train station at 5:30am is that some people rev their engines before they turn it off. Ok I've only seen two do it but I still think its weird. The first car as a shitheap mk1 Punto, and the other was a 3.2 Audi TT.
What am I missing here?
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broster
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i do it on mine to clean the plugs or they foul up and car wont start........
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willay
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so this isnt just train car park faggotry?
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broster
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in your case, yes, a punto and audi shouldnt have to do it, they just think it looks cool
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Matt H
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I do mine in my 2.0 as well because it sounds cool
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Rileysport
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quote: Originally posted by Matt H
I do mine in my 2.0 as well because it sounds cool
same here... but yours will sound cooler than mine
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willay
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so reving the engine and instantly turning it off achieves what exactly?
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abdus
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quote: Originally posted by willay
so reving the engine and instantly turning it off achieves what exactly?
coolness
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Steve
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sends unburnt fuel into the cat if u have one which is bad for it. Its cardinal sin to do it on a turbo car, best way to shorten the turbos life
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Rileysport
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quote: Originally posted by willay
so reving the engine and instantly turning it off achieves what exactly?
A fireball in my case
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willay
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Okay steven, I lack a turbo and cat
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mwg
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Yeah I always thought it wasn't good for it...
and its gay
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Lucky B
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They're probably seen Tiff do it on 5th gear...
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Ry_B
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quote: Originally posted by abdus
quote: Originally posted by willay
so reving the engine and instantly turning it off achieves what exactly?
coolness
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broster
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quote: Originally posted by Steve
sends unburnt fuel into the cat if u have one which is bad for it. Its cardinal sin to do it on a turbo car, best way to shorten the turbos life
on an injection car it wont.
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Steve
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that may be true of the fueling, but will wreck your turbo injection or not
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Jas
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with mine not having a cat would it now make the car smoke?
or pop
[Edited on 30-03-2006 by Jason2004]
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Ian
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Doesn't do much on modern stuff. Used to be a way of emptying the carb so you didn't flood the car next time you started. Can't see a Punto flooding somehow.
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SportBoy
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best way to go about fubaring a turbo
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jamesvalver
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you have to do this on rx8's aswell. have to hold it at about 4k rpm for 10secs otherwise the plugs get shitty and it wont start next time
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Gregor
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I do it untill I see smoke because it makes my 1.2 8v more responsive
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ed
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You do it on aircraft engines, you never let the engine idle or the plugs foul so you always set the throttle to about 1200rpm. I doubt there are any road cars where you actually have to do similar, it would be a very very very poor design if you did in my opinion.
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N90ATH
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lol well willay in essex come on u know it makes u cool to rev ur car when ever u stop, even cooler when in traffic to rev it up to the rev limiter for a few secs (especially down the end)
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Steve
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quote: Originally posted by ed
You do it on aircraft engines, you never let the engine idle or the plugs foul so you always set the throttle to about 1200rpm. I doubt there are any road cars where you actually have to do similar, it would be a very very very poor design if you did in my opinion.
i hope your talking about internal combustion aircraft engines not jet engines
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