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Old 03-05-2008, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by jhodg5ck View Post
the Only cheap means of getting more power from your car (once everything is in proper order) is replace the spring loaded portion of the throttle linkage w/ a solid bit, remove the ignition reference resistor (takes initial timing from 3 to 12 degrees initial) and drop in a K&N (I find the 560's a bit starved for air on the dyno).

After that it gets expensive, i.e. exhaust, cams, head work, forced induction etc, etc...

Jonathan
I know this is an old thread, but on the throttle spring, do I replace that with one of the rods like the rest of the linkage? What is the benefit?
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