Well my bottom end let go. From what I can tell it broke the crank. I was at the track and it broke at about 6000rpm in third gear. The only parts found on the track was the oil filter, oil sending unit, and a freeze plug. It bent that nice AI cam and bent both the valves on the #8 cylinder. Every exhaust valve hit every piston. It actually cracked the timing cover up the middle and broke the cam plate in half. It was a budget bottom end. It had an Eagle cast crank, SIR Rods and Speed Pro power forged pistons. I don't blame the manufacture, I was making more power and spinning it over what it was capable of. I'm going to do the same setup exepct with stronger parts this time so I can spray it. Looks like it will be down about a year. Here are some pictures enjoy!

 

My cast Eagle crank broke in the EXACT same place as yours. **** that junk.


You got one hell of a souvenir right there.

 

I know that's the truth!!

 

Impressive......good excuse to spend some money though

 

that block looks repairable

 

JB weld!!!!

 

LOL!!
All of us LT1 guys think the same.. LOL

 

wow i hope when it happens to mine i do it right like you did lol

 

If you need to get it back on the street I have a couple tubes I could loan you!!!
Seriously thats a major Bummer!!! Thank god Short blocks are easy to come by cheap!

 

This makes me think twice about the Eagle cast cranks I was looking into!

 

+2.

So did mine.

You say you aren't going to blame it on the manufacturer? **** I would! Eagle cast cranks are garbage. You, ferg, myself, and countless other people are a testament to how poor their cast parts are.

 

damn you should have just stayed with the stock one and played your luck what crap good luck on the next build

 

Damn that was an expensive mishap. It's a shame it broke all of your nice parts too.

Good luck getting it back together.

 

Joe, I hope you aren't referring to the crank in your new motor! Are you?

 

eagle cranks are garbage...believe they are made in china FWIW

 

WOW!! You owned that block and everything inside of it!

 

welp looks like we are in the same spot.







snapped right after the number one journal. i think ******* eagle is not sooo good. i will never buy another product from eagle. scat crank for me!!!

 

Now thats the catastrophic damage I like to see!


Shitty to hear, but now it is a reason to go bigger and better.

 

It is not the fact that it is an Eagle crank. It is the fact that it is a cast crank. Show me a forged steel crank that has done that on an NA LT1.

 

now i know this is gonna start alot of **** but i was told by my engine put togetherer. that its was a steel crank. SO I WAS TOLD........................