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Originally Posted by bucketfoot
Actually they can occur in either the intake or the exhaust system (afterburn).
Now I have no clue where the ones in a tuned 86 happen as I have no interest in being that kind of an @$$hole  |
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Backfires are any combustion outside of the cylinder where they belong. Can be on intake or exhaust side.
The most common way to get tuned backfires is by pouring excessive fuel into the exhaust so you can actually hear it.