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|    Roy Witt to TOM WALKER    |
|    Value tap / cam noise    |
|    30 Oct 11 11:41:11    |
      29 Oct 11 09:59, TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT:                      RW>> If your Dodge had the Hemi V8 engine, it would have a dual coil over        RW>> with dual wires, one to a plug in the cylinder under it, the other        RW>> to a plug in the opposite bank. Yes, they have two plugs per        RW>> cylinder. One coil fires when the cylinder is near tdc, while an        RW>> opposite coil will fire the 2nd plug when that cylinder is on an        RW>> exhaust stroke. All in the name of emissions control. Someone told        RW>> me a hundred years ago that the Chrysler hemispherical combustion        RW>> chamber was inefficient and I guess this proves it.               TW> Think that could be a reason for the Performance advantage??              What performance advantage? Even a 5L Mustang can beat their Hemi powered       Challanger...hands down. Factory Mustangs and Camaros run in the high       to low 13s at the dragstrip, Challengers run in the mid to high 14s...               R\%/itt                      ... Only 5% of all humans have the privilege to live in America.              --- Twit(t) Filter v2.1 (C) 2000-10        * Origin: SATX Alamo Area Net * South * Texas, USA * (1:387/22)    |
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