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Italian tuneup is a slang automotive term for attempting to restore engine performance by driving a car at high engine speed (RPM) and load. This is done to try and burn off carbon deposits.

Italian tuneup is a slang automotive term for attempting to restore engine performance by driving a car at high engine speed (RPM) and load. This is done to try and burn off carbon deposits.

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[–] 9 pts 1y (edited 1y)

Back in my day, wed put transmission fluid in the windshield washer fluid tank. Unhook the hose and run it into the carburetor.

Go to a place where a bunch of people are hanging outside. Drive up real slow. About 20 feet before you get to them, hit the windshield washer for a second. The smoke is so thick it doesn't even come apart until outside the tail pipe 10 feet.

You just cleaned the carbon and smoked out 30 teenagers waiting to get into a movie

Good times.

[–] 4 pts 1y

A buddy had an old van back in the late 1970s, we used to go to the pit parties with him (keg or beers in a remote sandpit). The cops would show up and everybody scattered. Sometimes a state trooper (the only one assigned to our area) would be chasing us in the van ... the driver would downshift into 2nd gear at high RPM, the passenger would flip the engine cover off and slowly pour a quart of engine oil down the carburetor. The smoke cloud coming out the tailpipe was so thick you couldn't see your hand in front of you and didn't disperse for at least 15 minutes. Stopped the cop in his tracks every time. We always got away!

[–] 2 pts 1y

That is filthy, man. Nice.

[–] 0 pt 1y

Burning coal for people without a coal-burning truck.