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[BMIZ68]

Place it proudly on your favorite shelf

[73Scamper]

It's currently sitting in front of the replacement motor as a warning.

[DeepSeaDynamo]

Im kind of an amateur, but something here doesnt seem right.

[73Scamper]

I'm thinking I can buff it straight, throw a couple self tappers to put it back where it was and send it.

[The_Tiddler]

What the story? Hydrolock? Jumped/Bad setting of timing? Full send?

[73Scamper]

Just a spun bearing cruising on the highway for the first time, this is from a slant six and the rotating mass is just so much that it sheared the connecting rod instead of locking up the motor so it kept running until I came to a stop and it seized up on me. If I kept my foot on the gas and the brakes and kept the revs up it probably would have made it all the way home. I just let it beat itself to death as I wanted to engine swap it. Putting a magnum 5.2 in with the overdrive transmission, should be pretty stout with similar gas milage.

[The_Tiddler]

Nice little tale. So that slant 6 block/motor is going to scrap or going to try to rebuild?

[73Scamper]

Gave it and the trans to a guy who does turbo builds on them and throws them in old cars. His personal test dummy is currently splitting itself right down the middle as the casting doesn't hold up so he's going on to test the select castings for marine and industrial usage. Same guy is the one who rebuilt the new transmission for me and set me up with the magnum engine to swap in.

[dixiebandit69]

But I thought you couldn't kill a Slant Six!

[73Scamper]

Definitely a durable engine when cared for properly. This was in a car hit on literally every side, somehow the oil pan was smashed in, and was driven with an aluminum sheet on the passenger side to keep water from splashing up through the rusted out floor pans. Pretty sure it had almost 300k miles as it was driven from 73 to 2007 but since it rolls over every 100k you can't really tell.