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Old 12-29-2016, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by upallnight View Post
Or a block exhaust system could also be the problem. In my younger day, I had an OPEL 1900 that couldn't get out of the way of a bicyclist until one day I removed the exhaust. What a different that made. It felt like I dropped a V8 in that 4 bangers.

Remember an engine is nothing but an air pump. It can only breathe as much air as it exhaust.


Air in, Air out. It has to have somewhere to go
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