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Old 07-25-2017, 12:17 PM
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Yeah. I guess running 22 to 1 compression for 22 years is a bit stressful for the too-thin main web area. Seems like the pistons were trying to shove the crankshaft out the bottom of the block. The new blocks were redesigned to handle this stress (and made out of a different iron formula, too.
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