Well my acquired, potential drive to work, used Nova 2 door hatch back 6 cyl. had the integrated heat/intake manifold. Was going to work one day and it cracked putting 50/50 in about #3. Sitting stuck in the center of 3 lanes of traffic, all of a sudden the car filled with this funny smelling fog. Completely engulfed me and scared the begeebies out of me. At least the people adjacent to me on the curb side wiggled enough room to let me out (get me out of their breathing/seeing space) and I hit the ditch. Had no earthly idea what was going on till later. That is where I learned the benefit of adding water to a combustion chamber. By the time I got the head off, the crown on #3 piston was spotless and that was before unleaded gas as I recall.
I got through that and nursed it back home that night. Remembered the son had an old Chevy truck he got from a friend. Checked and the intake manifold and separate head (conventional fashion) were intact and decent. Wondered if it would backfit. It did a so much for Chevy's wonderful money saving idea.
That was the same 6 I was putting an electronic ignition in and had the carb intake pipe disconnected and the top off the distributor or something like that....been 25 years or so.....any way i rolled the engine to set up a cylinder for firing and the distributor sparked just as the fuel pump shot a squirt of gas across it and presto.....fire in the hold! Took me a couple of seconds to get my wits but did and grabbed a fire extinguisher hanging on the wall....thank goodness I had one and put it out before anything got damaged beyond repair.
Gave it to the oldest boy and he sold it to a friend who rolled it and killed himself.
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