Ouch.
This gets expensive real quick. Not mine.
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Dumped the basement out of that one
Knock on wood I’ve been blessed over my years to never having done that to a big or small block. I would say 8.60’s@155mph with a stock 440 block and 9.38@138 with a stock 360 block is pushing them pretty hard. Probably a little quicker than that with my current 360.
Newbomb Turk
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moparstud440
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oof, for something to be that tore up I wonder just what was the cause of it.
67Dart273
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How to tell if you might be running way too much power:
(In the spirit of "you might be a redneck if................")
Aw come on, some JB weld, duct tape and baling wire will fix that right up. LMAO!!!!!
Professor Fate
Push the button, Max...
Fixed it for you.
Professor Fate
Push the button, Max...
That's not expensive- only about ten cents per pound at current prices.
It’s usually not about to much power. Good chance it was an 11 second engine.
Dartswinger70
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Max RPM eh?
Improper tune, bad assembly, abuse, etc, etc, etc.
I'm guessing N2O may have had a part in this one...
Yes! 11 sec Bracket car It had a 727 and something bolted to the morning ears on the block, no motor plate.
I like engines with “sight glasses” built in. You really know what’s going on.
Seriously I hope the driver was not hurt. Lessons learned but once you loose a foot, blankets make way more sense.
Seriously I hope the driver was not hurt. Lessons learned but once you loose a foot, blankets make way more sense.
Anytime I build something that is intended to run in
the 8's, I use an aftermarket block. Never had a converter
explode, and I have killed my share, but at that point it really
wouldn't matter what block it was behind.
the 8's, I use an aftermarket block. Never had a converter
explode, and I have killed my share, but at that point it really
wouldn't matter what block it was behind.
33IMP
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I've spun a bearing or two, but never any devastation like that!
I did wound a converter slightly, in front of a glide with a brake (and no two-step).
I did wound a converter slightly, in front of a glide with a brake (and no two-step).
I’ve taken stock forged 440 cranks out in two pieces, one piece with lots of small cracks (every three years) 440 block with a crack up through the mains that I found during rebuild after 275 (8.60 passes) and a few connecting rod mishaps but nothing that looked like that. I’ve been blessed.
junkyardhero
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it appears that the front fell off... and that's not typical.
Ant
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I wonder what the experience was like in the car when it happened.
Now that's a lot of carnage.
Turbo440Dart
crank runner over-er
No cardboard derivatives.
junkyardhero
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you think we could use some cello tape to get it to the next round? or maybe to another environment?
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