List: One of our former regulars here wrote this about the ring-seating deal
:
( snip ) ...... I only got your reply to this thread (I lost track of
landspeed and Spridgets on autox a couple years ago...) so I don't know where
or
how it began. I wrote a tech article for Driver ! magazine a few years ago
on the subject of how Chevrolet solved the oil burning problem with the early
265. Chevy was spending a fortune rebuilding brand-new engines, and needed a
quick and cheap fix to stop all the smoking before sales took a nosedive.
One of Engine Charlie Wilson's proteges surmised that the problem was due to
the new hones putting too smooth a finish on the bores and suggested that they
try scouring powder. After some trial and error, either Bon Ami or Babbo,
(I don't remember which at the moment) was the choice and it was shaken into
the carb throat of a running engine and eventually cured the problem. ...... (
snip )
BDF ...... Thinking somebody must have also tried Old Dutch Cleanser !
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