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Vapor Lock????
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Posted: 10/02/08
05:40 AM
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purchased a 55 2 weeks ago and have only driven it a few times. Runs strong, 383 mild build w/ electric fan added to stock radiator. Motor shut off a couple times and fired right back up, until I guess it got too hot and vapor locked????
Anyone had experience with this? I researched it, and apparently it was an issue back then.
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Posted: 03/17/09
10:21 AM
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shur was but the 383 os an ok motor but what the hell something that old needs a big block to haull its body weight but if your into small blocks that ok
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Dave632
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Posted: 09/21/09
01:09 PM
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Vapor lock usually occurs when the motor is shut off for a short period of time and then restarted. The motor and fuel lines have time to heat soak and boil the fuel out of the carb/fuel lines. I doubt what you had was vapor lock, more likely some other kind of fuel starvation or ignition problem.
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canted
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Posted: 09/21/09
02:41 PM
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^ what he said.
Jim
70 El Camino
461 solid, m20,
pics in readers rides
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