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Re: [Healeys] A bit of tuning advice

To: John Harper <ah@jharper.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] A bit of tuning advice
From: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:54:12 -0700
Ahhhhh ... the original LBC EGR valve.

bs


John Harper wrote:
> I realise that with the way that A-H head ports are laid out this is 
> unlikely but I had an Allegro/Maxi engine that would not produce any 
> power but would idle perfectly. It fooled many 'expects' for some time 
> but in the end we discovered a blow through in the manifold gasket 
> that allowed exhaust gas to feed back into the inlet manifold. Clearly 
> as power started to build up the exhaust gas would contaminate the 
> inlet mixture and reduce the power available.
>


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