Out by that much?! Yikes but that does make one wonder what all the fuss is about being so accurate adjusting valves when they can be that far out for what must have been years and years and the engine didn't self-destruct.

Just playing the Devil's advocate here but things like this do point out the resilience of these engines and the oft-times huge differences between theory and practice.


Woody
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