See attached, the headgaskets, pistons, even bearings look really good...is this just a case of pushing the stock rods too far? I knew it was time to upgrade the parts...and I have been pushing my luck with stock crank and rods for about two years, just want to make sure I am not missing anything else...
Pic of slightly out of spec rod....
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That's alittle bent. What kind of times were you running b/f you hurt the engine?
i have 1 exactly like this hanging on the wall i took out of my 76 TA that me and a buddy transplanted a 350 chevy motor into back in the day . i didnt really notice any major change in performance . but we were very young back then and went thru alot of engines , they were easy to come by back then . i think i know the exact moment i did this to it , as i had a car load of peoples and was whippin the poor thing to death , and i felt it , like it missed a beat . everything else was ship shape inside motor .
Whoops...Any tuning mishaps?? A local guy here with a shortblock similar to what you are describing bent one so bad it looked almost like a horseshoe (upper 20's on boost, pump gas in the tank, 10 sec. car, no good). His headgaskets blew (Cometics), but only after bending I think 4 of the rods. My guess you had some detonation and at your level it doesn't take much to do damage.
Didn't you say you hurt a HG at Norwalk?
Which hole was it?
Didn't you say you hurt a HG at Norwalk?
Which hole was it?
Bent Rod
Collin, the damages ended up being this rod and a badly cracked passenger side header...combined to make those strange pecking noises
I am going to throw a crank/rods in it and try to make Columbus...I have another motor I am working on but it won't be ready till BG ...so ole "semi-reliable" will go back in....after all the pump gas runs I had made I was very happy with how the pistons/gaskets looked...this motor originally went together to run 11's and things got a bit out of hand...I was way overdue to upgrade.
Hope to see you guys next month...John
Collin, the damages ended up being this rod and a badly cracked passenger side header...combined to make those strange pecking noises
I am going to throw a crank/rods in it and try to make Columbus...I have another motor I am working on but it won't be ready till BG ...so ole "semi-reliable" will go back in....after all the pump gas runs I had made I was very happy with how the pistons/gaskets looked...this motor originally went together to run 11's and things got a bit out of hand...I was way overdue to upgrade.
Hope to see you guys next month...John
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