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Subject:Re: True cost of AMC heads for 1.9L and 2.1L: bare for $240 to$216!
From:David Beierl
Date:Tue, 9 Jan 2001 13:38:00 -0500
At 11:59 AM 1/9/2001, Keith Adams wrote:
>The sodium in the valves actually melts when the engine is running.

That's how/why it works -- you can get circulation patterns in the sodium
that move the heat down the valve stem faster.

d

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