expensive lesson

[ray1970]

I'm not really a big block Chevy guy, but can't you go at least .060" over on a 454? Maybe even more?

[car-15]

I'm not really a big block Chevy guy, but can't you go at least .060" over on a 454? Maybe even more?

yep actually i've seen a few .100 over

[trlcavscout]

502 is where the fun starts!

[Mtn.man]

I've grenaded alot of engines over the years.

502 Ha, Ha I got one in my Blazer.
632 is where it's starts.
and then you go to this:

[ray1970]

yep actually i've seen a few .100 over

Obviously I can't really tell from the pictures but it looks like the block could probably be saved.

[blacklabel]

That's going to take some work to clean up.

It pays to overbuild your valve train.

[kwando]

That's one thing I miss about my Honda S2000 is the 9000 rpm redline

[car-15]

almost got it all back together today, just need to get a brass Distributor gear tomorrow, and fire it up.

[spyder]

Nice Vette.

[Tweety Bird]

That is awesome. Next time we have a 15 liter Cummins throw a rod I will snap some pics when you have a piston and rod the size of a coffee can end up upside down the damage is awesome

Here's another awesome failure:




A GE CF-6 HPT failure on an AA 767. Happened to mechanics during a ground run at LAX.