The engine plant used to run them on a hot test stand back in the day.... They would start them and run them real quick to get everything primed and moving... That would prime any empty lifters...
I heard stories from the old days when the operators would get bored, they would install the distributors on the 440 six pack engines with some extra advance... Then when they were started in the hot test stand, they would back fire and shoot flames out the center carb almost to the ceiling of the factory... :eek:
Sometimes they needed a little entertainment... :rolleyes: :popcorn:
