Motown block OUCH!!

[novaman_68]

http://www.sallack.com/Product_Warnings.html

[LowBuckX]

uuuhhmmm ouch. reminds me of a local guys mega buck billet "YES.... NO" crank.

[79T/Aman]

well people are always quick to blame the part that broke but a block just does not break for no reason .

[novaman_68]

well people are always quick to blame the part that broke but a block just does not break for no reason .

Could it have been a crappy casting? Low nickel? Hitting the wall at 150?
I can't see what would have caused that if it wasn't a poor casting.

[MarkM66]

Cry...

Who knows what really caused it. Maybe it was the assemblers fault. Hire a metallurgist and analyze the block I guess...

Like the saying goes, "That's Race'n."

And the other one, "Gotta pay to play."

[rocketman]

well i have never seen a block break the mains out,but i would use a dart.that my prefernce.but anything man made will break.

[TonyHuntimer]

He said...they told him it was the wrong application. You have to wonder what he was doing with it. Was it hanging from a crane as a wrecking ball?

That kind of failure doesn't just happen. Maybe the mechanic installed a 40 under cast crank and expected it to live.

Tony Huntimer
RaceHome.com

[zbugger]

Well, I don't see where they lied. The caps didn't give up, did they? Besides, engines break. What did he want? Lots of builders go less races and actually inspect the engines they are building.

[Hrod382]

I've seen plenty of Engine explosions, whether it be a stock block or a mountain motor Merlin : ((. That one is just flat out wicked.

[Nicks67GTO]

After the machine work flaws my friend expierenced from World Products with his sportsman II heads i would be VERY hesitant to order anything from them. The heads were BAD. To where he had to have a machine shop go through and fix things before he got to put anything together. Over on team camaro a guy bought a 427 Crate motor and was having all kinds of problems. He dis assembeled it and found clearace problems that were out of this world...like .015 wall to piston clearance, and a bunch of other stuff i cant recall off the top of my head. Again good old softcore Mitchell wouldnt stand behind the product and got away with it too because the poor kid pulled the motor apart so it void the warranty!!!!!!!

[87sstpi]

from what i understand that motor was used for circle track racing. i think the majority ruled that he probably over torqed the main bolts. if so you know he won't admit it. and how can anyone really point any fingers when theres so many dang variables?

[Charley Lillard]

Nothing a little JB weld won't fix.....

[Steve68]

Funny Charlie very funny, I had a set of 462 SBC heads I did that to back in the 80's, big explosion when the JB weld came off, LOL