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Old Jan 29, 2015 | 09:41 AM
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You would be amazed how well an ls engine will run on 7 cylinders. Hell it will run better on 4 than I would have expected (had a coil plug problem before and was only firing 1 bank)
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Old Jan 29, 2015 | 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by thunderstruck507
You would be amazed how well an ls engine will run on 7 cylinders. Hell it will run better on 4 than I would have expected (had a coil plug problem before and was only firing 1 bank)
This is very true. I had a broken plug wire on #8 once and I probably wouldn't have noticed daily driving it if I had the radio on or a quieter exhaust. It drove exactly the same around town. I could barely hear something unusual out the GMMG's with the radio off and I checked them again.
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Old Jan 30, 2015 | 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Pulse_GTO
There are a few E85 stations around the North Dallas area, but the issue would be if I ever took the car on a long trip, i.e. Houston, Austin, San Antonio, etc.

As far as the cam degreeing goes, the machine shop and myself checked it using both methods and found the cam to be 9 degrees too far advanced. Now this could be a little on the crank, the sprockets and the cam. I thought it was a little odd to find so much, but we checked with the intake centerline and intake opening method.
Just an FYI, there is a RaceTrak on Ferguson and Shiloh that sells E85. It's only been there about a year or so. I don't know where is Dallas you are, just thought I'd throw that out there.
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