Dalton
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Is there no chance of the short block being good?
There is always a chance. Depends on the rpm it dropped, how long it ran after, did you try and restart it before you gave up.
Piston has little chance of being any good, but your rods and block could be.
Got to take the head off. Don't be scared, it is too late to be worried, the damage is done now.
Brian
It still ran ok, just less power and more vibration, i probably ran it 20 minutes after I noticed it just to get back to the launch ramp. Taking the head off now.
Taking the head off now.
Those are the pictures that matter.
Bring the affected cylinder all the way down in the bore and get a good look all around the bore.
You are local to Socal right?
Brian
That's not actually a "dropped valve", it's broken. If there was no water problem on this side of the engine (which could definitely cause breakage due to thermal shock), it may be from exhaust temperature in that cylinder, or perhaps even fatigue from age or something.
It will be interesting to see, if the head is hammered I possibly may have a single one down in Parker, depends what you have.
Where is the valve head?
That's a great question. Could it of gone flying out the exhaust? Haven't snooped in the exhaust manifold too hard yet. The bore has what I would call slight damage, I can feel it with my finger nail though. So I'm guessing that is too much.
Yes sir, certainly possible, that is why I am asking.
Block is probably junk if it has any marks in it. If it is standard, and assuming you can bore it .06, that is only .03 to bore out, per side.
Bore looks "pushed in" to me, near the threaded bolt hole at 8 oclock.
Haha damn yeah it's a 468
Dart Big M, go big or go home.
Just looked them up, not crazy expensive actually
Just looked them up, not crazy expensive actually
It may have dropped, before it got tagged. Just sayin
The block can be saved, a good shop can install a "step sleeve" if that cylinder has too much damage to clean up, or more importantly if it's cracked. People tend to shy away from sleeved blocks, but think about it, aluminum blocks are all sleeved.
That being said, first step is to have the block carefully inspected, then make a decision.
Hey Barry, what's your phone number?
bore notch the cylinders to add 25 HP