Four banger?

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- Daniel M. Dreifus
  
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19 years ago

Tue, Sep 21, 2004 4:57 PM

Four banger? Anyone know where this term originates? Toyota four cylinder engines seem smooth to me.

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- Jason James
  
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19 years ago

Tue, Sep 21, 2004 6:26 PM

It's an old term (at least in Australia) which has been around since Jesus was a boy. Probably refers to the noisy sound of T model Fords (they sold

1000s of them out here) and such.

Jason

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- Philip®
  
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19 years ago

Wed, Sep 22, 2004 12:04 PM

If a four seems smooth to you, then you've never laid hands on a V16 (the other end of the spectrum).

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- john smith
  
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19 years ago

Wed, Sep 22, 2004 10:48 PM

Pistons bang up and down. You may be aware of another use of this term in a more procreative way. Your four banger is used to differentiate it from a six banger, eight banger or more. It signifies the number of cylinders. Probably coined when engines did alot more banging.

Don

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- Wolfgang
  
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19 years ago

Thu, Sep 23, 2004 1:07 AM

thought that was 4 sausages for breakfast.

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19 years ago

Thu, Sep 23, 2004 6:20 AM

And a "couple of hubcaps" means two eggs over easy.

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