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Old 01-21-2024   #1
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Default Re: Horsepower difference ?

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>Mild port/polish on intake and exhaust ports.
>better blending of the ports just above the valve seats
>Three-angle valve seats
>"Sleeve spacer" between the head and injector housings to improve alignment
>Revised cam timing but cam profiles remained the same
>Revised calibration
>New exhaust manifolds...which actually cost 5-hp but went to production to solve a problem with the engine ingesting debris if the cat converter substrate failed at high rpm.
Always glad to have your wisdom around, Hib. I had forgotten all the details and especially about the cat debris ingesting problem. --Bob
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Old 01-27-2024   #2
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Always glad to have your wisdom around, Hib. I had forgotten all the details and especially about the cat debris ingesting problem. --Bob

Some of that info came from GM press info that was distributed in the 1993 long lead book.


The rest of it came from a conversation I had many years ago with Graham B.
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