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The block, 4 rods and 4 pistons and you've got an interesting coffee table.  |
Doug;
I'd have a better chance of seeing God in my living room than seeing a coffee table made out of those parts in my living room.....remember wifey is the second meanest woman in the state of Louisiana......and she ain't too happy about the motor, still has no clue of the cost to build another motor, thankfully!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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What did the timing chain look like?
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Mark;
Looks fine, I didn't see anything wrong with it....after I removed the broken piston/rod combo and the damaged piston/rod combo next to it, I turned the motor over by hand a number of times checking the other piston/rods,the cam was still in the block as was the timing chain and everything worked fine.....
How the cam was not damaged is beyound me, as the flattened rod cap was stuck between the rod and the block up against the cam...I should have taken some pictures of that...
The only thing I can think of is that when things started "going south" I put the car in neutral and killed the motor very quickly... From the first "knock/noise" to shutting off the motor was maybe 5 seconds at most and at the time maybe turning 2,000 rpms when it all started. I think that may have saved some parts.....
Actually looking at the block right now, the only damage is to the bottom of the cylinder skirts on the two rear cylinders, it's looks real ugly and is, but the water jacket is not broken and nothing else I can see it broken.... I really believe the block could be re-used for a stock or mild engine,although I'll never use it again, it's gonna go to the junk man.......
David