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   Message 499 of 2,177   
   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.   
      
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    * Origin: SATX Alamo Area Net * South * Texas, USA * (1:387/22)   

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