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Old 06-16-2002, 02:40 PM
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overheating took out my block <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> ... how about you guys?
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hydrolocked. mine
Old 06-16-2002, 07:11 PM
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Bent pushrods. . . when I first owned the car four years ago. Crate engine, clutch, flywheel, pressure plate, and rear pinion seal all replaced under warranty knock on wood. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" />

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Appeared to be detonation that killed my pistons. My rocker arms were hitting my retainers and the only thing we could come up with was the valves got hung open in the process and took out several pistons secondary to detonation. I had to replace 8 intake valves because they were tweaked from hitting the pistons and I had a balanced and blue printed forged 346ci shortblock built with valve reliefs this time around.
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broke a piston in the oringinal one, broke a couple of rods in the one from more perf.. and looks like a few spun bearings/headgaskets in the one from are.
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Damn MM! Is that a record?

Oil Pump failure, spun a bearing, threw rod thru the block.
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by MelloYellow:
<strong>Damn MM! Is that a record?

Oil Pump failure, spun a bearing, threw rod thru the block.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">yeah lol David has had the worst luck with motors i sware! But ARE is treating him well he's got a new motor that should be soon and hopefully 4th times a charm <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />

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Snapped a timing chain and bent most of the valves and some nice dents in the pistons.

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Old 06-17-2002, 02:10 AM
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I ran over a bird once.
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oil pump turned evil and threw a rod out the side of the block! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" />
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First motor was H,c + nitrous, I spun a bearing a few months after putting it together.

Second motor was Westech, and it had issues and broke a timing chain not sure why.
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S/C detonation took out #7 cylinder.
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Pretty sure it started from a rod bolt letting go. Within a fraction of a second, the whole rotating assembly ate itself and left through various holes in the block :-/
Another theory was that a piston disintegrated for one reason or another and caused the mayhem. Im not sure, since all I have are crumbs of aluminum :-/

Saving my pennies for a MTI 393 all bore.

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Hydrolocked my engine




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