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Cheap BDA?

Q Ihad an idea about a cheap and easy way for people to have a BDA engine in their classic Ford. Could you use a BDA head on a Crossflow block, and what work would you need done?

Sean van der Ude South Africa

It can be done, but it won’t be cheap and it’s certainly not easy. Aside

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