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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 02:23 AM
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Hello all,I just joined this forum, it seems everybody has conflicting opinions regarding how to tune these engines. Is it too much to ask that the people building/working on them have the proper knowlege??
Anyways, thanks to your info and articles the mystery is solved....much appreciated!!
BTW the car is a 69 convertible, 350 (380hp dynoed), 4-speed close ratio. My third vette and by far the favorite.
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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 05:23 AM
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Glad you found benefit to the articles on my websites Tech articles page.
As I always say, don't thank me, thank the generosity of the authors who wrote the articles and allowed me to post them up for everyone's use.
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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 05:53 AM
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I have to tell you, between your article, Lars & John's papers, and another hot rod friend of mine, I am comfortable now tuning my own ride, and this comes from an Athlete that had oil change knowledge before, and I have been through engine, transmission and working on rear end/tranny conversion now. Couldn't have done JACK, without all the help from every angle

Most people on CF, just plain ROCK, If I had a brewery, you would all be invited!
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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 08:04 AM
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I have to tell you, between your article, Lars & John's papers, and another hot rod friend of mine, I am comfortable now tuning my own ride, and this comes from an Athlete that had oil change knowledge before, and I have been through engine, transmission and working on rear end/tranny conversion now. Couldn't have done JACK, without all the help from every angle

Most people on CF, just plain ROCK, If I had a brewery, you would all be invited!

Proper knowledge, proper guys, and a proper good time.
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