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General MKB => General Banter => Topic started by: F Body on June 13, 2006, 01:27:33 PM

Title: Titsy's billion dollar engine.
Post by: F Body on June 13, 2006, 01:27:33 PM
Well 12 billion dollars to be precise (http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/shame.gif)

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More so, Evans believes that GM's GenIII small-block also uses his technology, even though that engine has conventional cooling flow.
Title: Titsy's billion dollar engine.
Post by: 55starchief on June 13, 2006, 01:37:59 PM
My 55 motor uses reverse flow as well i have a diagram some where showing the root the water takes
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