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Old 04-27-2012, 05:33 PM   #424
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Originally Posted by 69bossnine View Post
Or my favorite was when GM couldn't come up with a solution to cure the fuel percolation issue in my 5.0 H.O. 1985 IROC (all of the 305 H.O.'s had the problem), but since they were relatively low-production, after 4-5 failed attempts, I got a letter from district that said "sorry, we can't fix it", and was sent down the road...
Actually, the cure for that was accomplished through...hold on, now...road racing. Yup, by GM-Canada when they created the forunner to the 1LE for the GM/Player's Challenge. One of the necessary improvements for those 1986-Canada-only L69 F-cars was an improved fuel system, tank baffles and all, that eventually surfaced on the RPO 1LE cars, '98-forward...

Tanks alot, we said...

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