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bwmog
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Fresh engine sounds awful

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Freshly built 3.5 with su carbs and 35dlm8 dizzy. Preliminary checks made, pressed the starter and it burst into life after 3/4 rotations. Only problem is it sounds like it's a 4 cylinder :cry: It idles ok and revs ok, just sounds awful. Am I missing something???
Thanks, Dave



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Post by bwmog »

Please ignore post, problem sorted. Was being a bit thick :D

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Have had that same problem ...... I now have to call them "Seniour Moments".
Mike B Drives a 1984 Mk2 Granada ghia V8.

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Plug order wrong?

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Post by bwmog »

No even dafter than that. Left one of the vacuum take off plugs out on the inlet manifold out, haha.

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