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Old 02-05-20, 09:56 PM
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where does this underbonnet heat come from? Is it more excessive than the non turbo engines? Was the engine the 400? this was basically an overbored 383 with a reduced compression ratio of i believe 8.2. Not exactly a hot engine. Easy to see why they went the
turbo route to get more hp.
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