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It was a "Lift and Shift"...had 958 miles when I left the Garage.
I am OK with it. God had these things bolted together so we can fix them otherwise they would be welded.
Not sure what the ultimate failure is/was. Would love to be able to tear into it myself but it will be a warranty deal since there are no mods.
Last time I had a Motor loose a Rod was at the NHRA Nationals in Chicago. We had just finished up a new Motor and were trying a set of Tri-Y Headers. During the warm up it sounded funny but we thought it was new Headers. Did the burnout, staged the car and let the hammer out and pulled second gear at 10,000 RPM and bang. Thought I had lost the tranny. Turns out a Rocker broke on the exhaust side. Windowed the Block.
We took the motor to my Engine Builders buddy at Joe Gibbs racing. They CSI'ed it and found the Rocker was compromised when one of my crew was check Spring pressures and mis-positioned the Push Rod.
That motor had no warranty, no free tow to the dealer but we did have a spare bullet and were able to make a pass in the next round of qualifying. You can bet I'll be at the dealership Monday. Fortunately I went to High School with the Mechanic that will be working on it.
500 Inch Motor prior to unscheduled high speed disassembly...and after...
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