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Old 06-19-2012, 11:31 AM
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That method is what we called power timing back in the late 50's, early 60's. An easy way was to nose the car up against a tree and set the parking brake You could work the throttle from under the hood. I did it once on a '57 Dodge D500 and ended up blowing a head gasket.
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