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Old 11-10-2014, 04:44 AM   #10 (permalink)
Frank Lee
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Blue - '93 Ford Tempo
Last 3: 27.29 mpg (US)

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Last 3: 69.62 mpg (US)

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Only one lonely piece of advice of his was worthy: Drive smooth and steady. The rest is

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D. Vizard has a build procedure for prepping the cylinder walls, using scotch brite pads to gain almost 10 HP through reduced friction. he freshly built, fully assembled long block can be cranked over with 2 fingers on a breaker bar, whereas a normally assembled short block (no heads) takes in excess of 100 ft-lbs to turn!
Oh, we're gonna have a goooooood time!
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