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		| How can I tell if my engine's been modified? | 
	 
		| By Darel - 09/21/2002 7:22:46 AM; IP 198.81.17.37 | 
	 
		I have a '61 T-Bird with a '66 Merc engine (390 probably).  I'm pulling a steady 15 lbs. of vacuum.  Everything I've seen said this should be more like 17-20.  Other than a compression test (which I'll get around to eventually) how can I tell if someone's put a little bit of a cam in here, dropping the vacuum, before I start looking at a rebuild?  I will do a compression check shortly, but for now I'm just wondering if there's anything else I can check.  I'd really rather not pull the cam. Darel  | 
	 
 
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