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10-08-2007, 07:30 PM

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Cobra Make, Engine: NAF 289 Slabside Early Comp Car with 289 Webers and all the goodies. Cancelling the efforts of several Priuses

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I once "Closed up the gap" in a NGK plug when I miised a shift on a 1800 cc Datsun and buzzed it close to 9000 RPM with stock rods. One rod momentarily stretched and allowed the already close dome to impact the electrode. I thought I had bent a valve until I saw the plug.

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