MMM killing motors?

[Nephre]

I´m going to try to get another feigao just to try again, never really thought of lowering the timing (don´t know why really, should have done that a long time ago). Anyone got an 8XL to sell? Otherwise I have to go with an 7XL but I think that one is going to get warm no matter what

Although, I m a bit spooked by this:

Originally Posted by Nephre

Later this evening I checked the monster with a smaller motor, plugged it in and gave it some throttle. Everything seemed fine for about two seconds, then it started to cog and threw quite a lot of sparks and flashes at me. Holy mother of god, this can´t be right!!

That doesn´t seem right to me...
But what the heck, the feigaos are so cheap anyway, I might as well give it one more try before I send it back