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RE: Performance drawbacks

To: "Brent Schwartz" <brentschwartz@qwest.net>,
Subject: RE: Performance drawbacks
From: Joe Short <buster_balz@operamail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 12:00:15 -0400
Brent wrote
>
>Also running the engine a tad on the rich side might help the pinging and 
run-on but probably will sacrifice some economy and emissions.
>

Be carefule about how rich you get. You don't want to wash down the cylinders.
The DPO had done this on my car, the end result was piston slap so bad it 
sounded like a rod knock. The only fix was to rebuild the engine and overbore 
the cylinders.

Joe
'75 B Roadster
    Lowered and loud.

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