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Old 04-19-2021, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Poncho Dave View Post
Hopefully the motor wasn’t built with cheap pistons featuring all the valve reliefs. You’ll want to bump the compression up to wake up one of these smog motors.
Anything is possible. There are signs of bubba everywhere. It will get pulled apart and most re checked then broken in on a stand before install. I think he was in way over his head and gave up long ago. My hunch is cam, lifters intake carb. Spraypaint.

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