Thread: help exhaust is backfiring or popping
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Old 10-16-2004, 11:42 PM
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If you are shooting fireballs, it is most likely due to blowdown. It is when the exhaust valve opens before the compression stroke is done and it sends some of the explosion down the exhaust pipe.
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