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01-24-2003, 09:39 PM

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j9fd3s

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Originally Posted by Apex13B' date='Jan 24 2003, 06:01 PM

its not....trust me

that is complete bullshit that motors are dying that often..are you sure these ppl arent ******* with you...putting glass beads in motors,(seen it done to a ferrari) are you breaking them in right?

how often have you seen carbon lock? ive seen it twice in 10+ years

mike

01-24-2003, 11:03 PM

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1Revvin7

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how would that even occur? Driving it like a grandma??

01-24-2003, 11:05 PM

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he said "his first 7 in 83 with 147K on it no problems but i used to race then" maybe the problem is he doesn't rod it enough, but carbon build up in 18K, extremely unlikely, but i'm no expert

01-24-2003, 11:12 PM

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sleeperRX7

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i seriously feel your pain as my motor is fubar and snafu at the moment, hope you fix it, hope i can fix mine too,later man good luck :bigok:

01-25-2003, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by j9fd3s' date='Jan 24 2003, 07:39 PM

[quote name='Apex13B' date='Jan 24 2003, 06:01 PM'] its not....trust me

that is complete bullshit that motors are dying that often..are you sure these ppl arent ******* with you...putting glass beads in motors,(seen it done to a ferrari) are you breaking them in right?

how often have you seen carbon lock? ive seen it twice in 10+ years

mike [/quote]

My 83 12A had carbon lock

01-25-2003, 04:12 PM

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Apex13B

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i had carbon lock about 4 months ago right before i join this glorious brotherhood of sevenness....now i redline the motor every 3-5 weeks through 1st gear

01-25-2003, 04:19 PM

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Leetheslacker

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My n00bness is showing but, what is carbon lock and how does it happen?

01-27-2003, 09:53 AM

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agrillo

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how would that even occur? Driving it like a grandma??

:smirk: Naaa I enjoy the preformance to well to let any carbon form in the engine.....seems what ever locked up the engine once it was cleared one apex seal was broken..

On my 84 it took 3 motors just to get it out of the shop.. The first went 20 miles and started blowing coolant out the overflow. The second was damaged in shipment, they didnt notice until the motor was in and they were connecting cooling lines. The third went in fine and ran 30k until I sold it and the jerk that bought it totaled it.

I am hoping my 88 will run like it is supposed to I sure miss driving it . Luckly I have a spare car, it has pistons but since it is a 1967 chevy. classic I can justify driving a boinger..... :bigthumg: