Q: I have a 454 big block the guy told me it shoots the gas in then spreads is there a way to change it to each piston
The guy I went to he said my gas shoots in and spreads to each piston is there a way to change it to where it sprays in each on instead of spreading
My car has 142000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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