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From: bcking@inmet.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Iron Duke rebuild info ?
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Date: Fri, 22-Nov-85 18:18:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 22 18:18:00 1985
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Nf-From: inmet!bcking    Nov 22 18:18:00 1985


** Duke of Earl **

If your looking for low end torque and reliability, you'll probably
want to stay away from most of the aftermarket high performance stuff
like tuned intake manifolds, headers and big carbs.  High performance
and high reliability tend to be mutually exclusive, so I'd recommend
the things which will tend to make it last longer and give better low
end performance.  These include:

1. Heavy duty crank, pistons, rods, timing gears, etc.  These high
   performance parts are available to help deal with the additional
   power that comes along with performance mods.  If you don't do
   any performance mods you can (theoretically) expect higher
   reliability.

2. Torque ground cam.  Most high preformance cams are designed to
   yield more power at higher RPMs.  There are cams available which
   offset the power curve to the low end and thus yield more low
   end torque.  I'm not real familiar with what's available for the
   Duke, though.

3. Solid core plug wires and electronic ignition offer benifits for
   all applications.

There are probably more.  As usual, you can get the best advice on
engine problems and solutions from someone who actually has one of
these engines and has worked on it.  These are just some general
suggestions.

R.M. Mottola
Cyborg Corp.
Newton, MA.

(Response posted for me by a friend, but not for long)