A weak rod would have failed a lot earlier in it's life that this did. (36 years)
He keeps saying the piston was fine until the rod broke & then that damaged it. WRONG! A broken rod isn't going to pull the bottom out of a piston. At that point the broken rod is only along for the ride. The piston is carrying all the weight & inertia. My guess is the piston failed & then the rod got twisted up & broke. Probably from too much cylinder pressure from boost or a hydraulic situation in the cylinder. The "cam bearing material" found before may have been little pieces of piston mixed in as well.
I always love the guys who say they stick to chevy "because that's what I know." As if anything else is all that much different & they are so full of chevy knowledge they are manipulating every last ounce of HP out of it! LOL! I find they usually don't know very much of anything & they just blame the brand of car for their short comings!
Go piss & moan on the chevy websites & see how helpful they are if we are such bad guys here! I'm sure they'll love hearing about your 1/2 mopar project & have plenty of insight there. Like someone else said "Don't let the door hit you..."
