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OOOOOH that Smell!!!


>From: parkkj@orion.crd.ge.com (Keith Park)

>Can't you smell that smell??
>     OK I have one for everyone.  ON the 71,2, and 3 Sqbks I have had and 
driven
>over the years each one would pass a fart of exaust gas into the interior
>when the accelerator is lifted completely and swiftly from highway speed
>(~3300rpm).  Its short in duration and clears quickly but is quite pungent.
>     Yes the exaust system is stock and tight, NO LEAKS  Body seals are all 
good
>as well.
>     1 interesting note,  the 67 Fast I had once didn't do this at all.  This
>has me thinking maybe its inherant to the flowthru fresh air systems of the
>71-3's or maybe just the Squares.

This doesn't ring a bell, but I wonder if your exhaust is really as tight as 
you think.  One possibility that is rather off-the-wall is that there is a 
large puff of crankcase gas vented through the breather when you let up on 
the throttle.  If there were very little gas going into the intake, I 
suppose some of this could blow out the aircleaner intake and get mixed with 
the intake cooling/heater air and get piped inside.

This is a long shot.  I've never seen such a thing, but if you can get your 
car to do this repeatably you could test the theory by removing the breather 
hose from the air cleaner and seeing if the effect went away.

Jim
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