The 12a, a work in progress
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The 12a, a work in progress
Here is the engine, we are about ready to drop it back in.
12A 87K miles
RB Intake, Holley Carb
Center force S/S Clutch on resurfaced fly wheel
Cleaned and painted engine
powder coated oil pan, waterpump housing (waterpump and AC pulling at powder coating now)
RB dual pully's for main drive and alternator goes on this weekend
a little chrome here and there
Full RB exhaust (ceramic coated)
12A 87K miles
RB Intake, Holley Carb
Center force S/S Clutch on resurfaced fly wheel
Cleaned and painted engine
powder coated oil pan, waterpump housing (waterpump and AC pulling at powder coating now)
RB dual pully's for main drive and alternator goes on this weekend
a little chrome here and there
Full RB exhaust (ceramic coated)
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would ceramic coating help the exhaust system? Edelbrock coats their headers, I was looking into doing this for my exhaust. I have the streetport RB system on my stock 12a.
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Here is the engine, we are about ready to drop it back in.
12A 87K miles
RB Intake, Holley Carb
Center force S/S Clutch on resurfaced fly wheel
Cleaned and painted engine
powder coated oil pan, waterpump housing (waterpump and AC pulling at powder coating now)
RB dual pully's for main drive and alternator goes on this weekend
a little chrome here and there
Full RB exhaust (ceramic coated)
12A 87K miles
RB Intake, Holley Carb
Center force S/S Clutch on resurfaced fly wheel
Cleaned and painted engine
powder coated oil pan, waterpump housing (waterpump and AC pulling at powder coating now)
RB dual pully's for main drive and alternator goes on this weekend
a little chrome here and there
Full RB exhaust (ceramic coated)
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what's wrong with fram??????
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i thought ceramic coating kept the heat in the pipes to reduce heat in the engine bay and protect agains rust and what not
We're not talking Supercharger gains here, maybe 5? 10?, but every little bit counts. When I ran suped up lawnmower engines, the header wrap was good for a tenth of a second a lap... in a 7.0 second lap. I'd take all the tenths I could get, then. (Soaking the air filter in a ziplock with water before qualifying, that was good for pole.... but nobody figured that one out. )
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that's what it sounds like to me.....if I spent the time to take mine out, I'd do a rebuild, especially with the new intake and exhaust.....If I knew how to do a rebuild of course...lol..
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We have an FC that is waiting in the wings that we are going to crack open the 13B on. With less than 100K on the 12A we felt no need to go inside as it was running fine when we pulled to do some mods and paint on the car
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FRam
Originally Posted by 79 seven
what's wrong with fram??????
on her before it goes in. good job. rx7doctor
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Originally Posted by rx7doctor
Fram/frap. See post about plugging hole because that is the only thing they are good for,lol. Detail job is looking sweet, hope you have a lightened steel flywheel
on her before it goes in. good job. rx7doctor
on her before it goes in. good job. rx7doctor
Maybe you guys aren't changing your oil often enough?
I know on my pickup its lucky to see 3k on an oil change.
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Fram
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you know what is funny with that, I have run nothing but frams on all the vehicles I have ever driven and done oil changes on, and guess what, not a single problem.
Maybe you guys aren't changing your oil often enough?
I know on my pickup its lucky to see 3k on an oil change.
Maybe you guys aren't changing your oil often enough?
I know on my pickup its lucky to see 3k on an oil change.
lets say a napa gold filter. The gold has twice the filtering media as the fram. It has a built in spring towards the top of the filter to prevent the media to lift and allow the oil to bypass the fitler, fram does not. The gold has a silicone check valve that will not swell up under extreme heat. Remember that our engines generate alot of heat unlike any piston motor. Most of the cooling of the our engine is done by the oiling system. We cannot afford to have a mediocre filter on our engines.
You can go longer in between oil changes and not worry that the filter is not doing it's job. It's a matter of dollars and sense, why not use something that is going to help you motor in the long run. Just my 2cents worth. rx7doctor
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yeah, I guess I forgot to mention that the 7 never has had a fram on it.
bought it last summer and the single oil change I gave it, put a NAPA Gold on it since it was the only oil filter that could be found. And it was the same oil filter that a co-workers quadbike took o.O
and this URL is why:
Oil filter study
it might have been from on here for all I know, but its chock full of good info.
bought it last summer and the single oil change I gave it, put a NAPA Gold on it since it was the only oil filter that could be found. And it was the same oil filter that a co-workers quadbike took o.O
and this URL is why:
Oil filter study
it might have been from on here for all I know, but its chock full of good info.
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I use Napa Gold 1347. It's the tall one and the Fram crossover number is PH2849A. I'm not sure what the Napa crossover number is for the short Fram PH3593A. I only use the tall ones because I've got plenty of room. You 1st gen guys may be able t get away with the tall one if perhaps you don't have dealer installed AC, or whatever the usual height restriction is on those cars.