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Old 08-12-2009, 04:00 PM   #2 (permalink)
Southcross
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Slow-n-Low - '81 Volkswagen Rabbit S
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some engines just eat timing like its hashbrowns for breakfast... what really starts to hurt efficiency is at the top end of your RPM scale, the timing advances and becomes so early it actually tries to act as an engine brake by pushing down on the piston while its still on the compression stroke.
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