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Old 11-28-2006, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr427
Ford´s early 429 engine is a case in study of how to do things right. =====. It could take more ignition advance than ANY comparable engine of its time and it did all this, reaching high compression and power with flat top pistons.
I generally thought that the more advance in timing an engine could take means the greater the combustion inefficiency, a bad thing.
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