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Old 03-25-2001, 01:20 PM
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Default Re: 68 yenko camaro

CE is a warranty engine. It most likely is only a short block but it not an original engine block. The big blocks were problematic back then. I had a 1970 SS454 and it used oil right from the get-go. 500 mile to a quart was normal, the car was a the dealer so many times they were sick of seeing it.

I know fella that had a 1971 SS454 and he blew up the engine in the first few months he had it. Beat the hell out the car in the 2 yrs he owned it, anyone who wanted to drive it he let them. I know another that blew 4th gear (could not shift into 4th) in his trans on a 1969 442 and drove it for years without fixing it because his warranty was up. I remember riding with him and he was hard on the car, scare the crap out of the passengers. I don't thing he ever did fix it, car was a piece of junk when he traded if off for a 1975 GMC Jimmy.

[Edited by elcamino (03-25-2001 at 08:20 AM).]
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