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Old 11-14-2005, 08:52 PM
Keith Tedford Keith Tedford is offline
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Default Re: The lemons of 1970

I might just add that our COPO Chevelle was no ball of fire as delivered. Again, leaned out carb (#68 primary jets), retarded timing and 5 of 8 cylinders with rings that didn't seat, didn't help much. A re-ring, valve job, headers and tuning made just a world of difference. To be fair, most cars were held back by the same smog rules. Good traction tires, headers, tuning, gearing etc. made a big difference to most cars. It was just that people expected a lot more from the L78 as delivered.
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