Re: [T3] Tweaking

["Bob Myers" <bmyers@kc.rr.com>]

> > > more than about 1/2 throttle I get the normal
> > engine
> > > sounds accompanied by a popping sound, like very
> > rapid
> > > backfiring in the exhaust system.  
> > 
> > Have you checked the torque on your head bolts?
> > 
> > Steve Bradley
> 
> I will now.  Could someone exlpain the physics of how
> this might cause my problem.  The connection is not
> obvious to me.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Tony Adams
> 1970 Square FI AT

Cold engine=space between the heads and the tops of the cylinders.
   The popping sounds like exhaust because it is.
Hot engine=no space.
BTW, look for oil leaking from the same area.

Bob Myers

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