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firehawkclone View Member Profile	Jun 26 2005, 05:22 PM Post #2
Grumpy Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,722 Joined: 1-January 04 From: Bakersfield CA Member No.: 81	QUOTE (trackbird @ Jun 26 2005, 11:02) John, Looking through this wreckage: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/fir...ne/DSC00690.jpg Every rod bolt I can see is still intact and attached to a portion of the rod (but I'm guessing they are not all there in that picture). Did you find any bolts that were broken? Or, 1/2 of the cap without the matching section of rod? Also, the "body" of that rod (the center) looks blue on the bottom, as if it spun a bearing and heated the rod. I don't think I've ever seen one get hot enough to fail without breaking the bolts, but it's interesting to see the coloring on the lower section of the beam. If a bolt didn't break, I'm guessing you pulled a rod apart under compression braking when the crank runs it up the bore with little compression (because the throttle is closed or it's on the exhaust stroke) to slow it down and no positive pressure to help it change direction, the rod can be pulled apart. I just wondered if we could determine which failure it was. I pulled some stuff out of the pan, on a side note all of this was in the pan(except for 2 piece's) when i dropped it. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/fir...ne/DSC00708.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/fir...ne/DSC00706.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/fir...ne/DSC00707.jpg

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firehawkclone It was a bad weekend! May 22 2005, 06:45 PM

slowTA Ouch... I feel your pain. Just remember, this tim... May 22 2005, 06:49 PM

98_1LE I am very sorry to hear that John. Were there any ... May 22 2005, 11:50 PM

mitchntx Yes, please share the conditions when the motor le... May 23 2005, 12:51 AM

firehawkclone I was losing power right before she went, but i th... May 23 2005, 01:40 AM

Glenn98ZM6 explain hot. cause my motor ran 250+ all weekend f... May 23 2005, 01:59 AM

35th_Anniversary_AS_Camaro_SS sorry you lost your engine. I don't think I... May 23 2005, 02:37 AM

firehawkclone Glenn it was about 230+, and i haven't even to... May 23 2005, 03:00 AM

CMC #37 Bummer about the motor John. Soon as you drop ano... May 23 2005, 05:05 AM

Teutonic Speedracer QUOTE (Glenn98ZM6 @ May 22 2005, 20:59)explai... May 23 2005, 10:55 AM

Glenn98ZM6 you got me?? we worked all weekend trying to figur... May 23 2005, 12:49 PM

rmackintosh QUOTE (firehawkclone @ May 22 2005, 21:00)Gle... May 23 2005, 03:45 PM

Sam Strano This is where I ask what oil you were using..... May 23 2005, 05:01 PM

cdb95z28 QUOTE Posted on May 23 2005, 11:01 ---------------... May 23 2005, 05:20 PM

JKnight I don't want to steal John's thunder, sinc... May 24 2005, 12:00 AM

firehawkclone QUOTE (Sam Strano @ May 23 2005, 11:01)This i... May 24 2005, 01:25 AM

cdb95z28 Hmmmm............... Makes me want to stay away f... May 24 2005, 02:00 AM

rmackintosh QUOTE (Sam Strano @ May 23 2005, 11:01)This i... May 24 2005, 02:40 AM

y5e06 QUOTE (firehawkclone @ May 23 2005, 19:25)i p... May 24 2005, 05:02 AM

mitchntx I was running with the guage pegged at 250* and th... May 25 2005, 12:01 PM

Glenn98ZM6 well i use M1 15-50. it saw 250-300+ all weekend w... May 25 2005, 01:20 PM

AllZWay QUOTE (Glenn98ZM6 @ May 25 2005, 07:20)i... May 25 2005, 03:05 PM

firehawkclone Well it's taken me a week to jack the car up t... May 29 2005, 03:14 AM

nape Ouch, that's rough. May 29 2005, 08:54 AM

CMC#5 Sorry to hear this man. You'll get it back tho... Jun 3 2005, 08:13 PM

firehawkclone Well here's some pic's of the BAD and the ... Jun 26 2005, 03:24 PM

trackbird John, Looking through this wreckage: http://img.... Jun 26 2005, 05:02 PM

firehawkclone QUOTE (trackbird @ Jun 26 2005, 11:02)John, ... Jun 26 2005, 05:22 PM

trackbird I do see one in the top two pics that snapped (rod... Jun 26 2005, 07:02 PM

firehawkclone Can you change the rod bolt's on a motor witho... Jun 26 2005, 09:53 PM

98_1LE I know it can be done in an LS1, but if it has man... Jun 26 2005, 10:02 PM

trackbird If they are pressed in bolts (SBC/LT1) you should ... Jun 27 2005, 12:17 AM

firehawkclone Well that solve's that! Well i'll thr... Jun 27 2005, 12:30 AM

firehawkclone IT'S ALIVE :drive: the motor that is. I am dea... Jul 16 2005, 03:41 AM

slowTA It's always something. Last time I built a mo... Jul 16 2005, 12:47 PM

firehawkclone QUOTE (slowTA @ Jul 16 2005, 06:47)It's a... Jul 16 2005, 05:18 PM

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firehawkclone View Member Profile	May 22 2005, 06:45 PM Post #1
Grumpy Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,722 Joined: 1-January 04 From: Bakersfield CA Member No.: 81	Well i will keep it simple.... I blew the motor up in the second session of the day on sat (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif) I just had this motor rebuilt 10T mile's ago (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/banghead.gif) A few rod's went through the Canton pan! I will post some pic's later, but im sure all of you have seen hole's before! Im just in a daze still.........I expected something to happen(do this) just not the motor! I WAS still the fastest guy on the track, turning a 1:37.5 a lap before she went!