I haven't blown one myself, but I have had a few around me go. My Dad's 82 K-20 Chevy 6.2 diesel broke a valve spring, dropped the valve, exploded the piston, twisted the rod, and windowed the block to the outside and the inside. You could look through the hole in the block and see the camshaft. That was two years ago. Just out of high school, My buddy and I transplanted a well used 70' 455 into a 73' Firebird, and proceeded to beat on it. It started to make noise, so we headed for home, and it blew the bottom end out. We skidded through our own oil and antifreeze. When I was in high school, my cousin ressurected his Dad's old 68 C-20 Camper Special with 411 gears. After he spun a bearing on the original 327, we dropped in a series of $100.00 Peddler's Post 350's and one by one blew them up too. Neutral drops with 411's and worn out old motors don't mix. When I was just out of high school, my uncle had a late model race car at the local 1/2 mile. He had a nice John Lingenfelter prepped 327 that we used for a couple of seasons. Over the winter, the block didn't get completely drained, and it cracked around a freeze plug. My uncle is an expert welder, so he welded the crack. What we didn't know, was the appearently the block was also cracked on the inside, and at about 6200 RPM up the front stretch, she came apart in spectacular fashion. About the only thing we salvaged was the intake, a valve cover, the carburetor, the water pump and the flywheel.
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Not me, but a friend's wife takes the honors in my immediate world:
Upon delivery of a brand new Taurus a few years ago, she started it up and held the gas pedal down all the way when she started it.
[Some vestige of pumping the gas pedal advice was retained in her head].
After a few minutes, a rod came out the side of the block.
Upon delivery of a brand new Taurus a few years ago, she started it up and held the gas pedal down all the way when she started it.
[Some vestige of pumping the gas pedal advice was retained in her head].
After a few minutes, a rod came out the side of the block.
Well I guess I'm the idiot around here...
I had a piston rod sheer clean off the crank, knock a hole in the side of the block, spray oil all over the header, and then catch fire. I was on the interstate and I managed to get pulled over, put out the fire, etc. It was a complete mess. Took my piston to the dealership parts counter and they told me they'd never seen anything like it. They put it up on the shelf as a souvenir.
I had a piston rod sheer clean off the crank, knock a hole in the side of the block, spray oil all over the header, and then catch fire. I was on the interstate and I managed to get pulled over, put out the fire, etc. It was a complete mess. Took my piston to the dealership parts counter and they told me they'd never seen anything like it. They put it up on the shelf as a souvenir.
Ahhh.. that ford 3.8L Gave out on me, and no longer runs, as the engine is locked up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC-rKfqJ--Y&feature=player_profilepage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC-rKfqJ--Y&feature=player_profilepage
Blew the 'mock-up" 307 junkyard motor we stuffed into my '74 V8 Vega GT with a Don Hardy kit. Was street racing light to light in Lawrence, MA (dont do this kids!) linkage bound up and couldnt shift out of 1st. Didnt want to loose so, held her to the floor and tossed a rod out the side of the block about 2000 over redline. Oooops ;( I won and lost. No biggie, a pro built 327 was going in next.
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