Engine pictures

[jfkheat]

Well, I finally started taking the engine apart to see what damage there was. I pulled the intake and found one broken push rod on the #6 cylinder. I then started removing spark plugs. The electrode on the #6 one looked like it had been hit by something. I decided to remove the head from that side. Here is what I found. The engine is still in the car since I didn't have anyone here to help me remove the hood.
James

Pushrod

#6 cylinder.

[Jeff H]

Yikes! Looks like it was rotting out from the inside but there might have been something like a coolant leak into that cylinder that caused it to hydrolock and blow out the cylinder wall? I saw someone else do that to a small block this summer, but that was a 900+ hp race motor so you can't compare what happened or why it happened. Time for a new motor! I say stick with a 427 and make it look like a 396.

[MosportGreen66]

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I say stick with a 427 and make it look like a 396.

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Thats what I would do too. Detail it all the same... could have some real fun with this car!

[SuperNovaSS]

James,

Keep my 512 Block in mind.


Jason

[musclecarjohn]

Well time for a new motor is certainly an understatement!

Sorry I gave you false hope before...lets hope my DZ302 fairs better!

[SuperNovaSS]

John,

Did you get the PM I sent you?


Jason

[olredalert]

-------Did someone say 502???..........Bill S

[jfkheat]

They must have whispered it cause I didn't hear them. I think I'm going to build another 427. I have always been partial to the 427s. Maybe I'll built the only 68 Beaumont COPO in existance. Numbers matching of course. Anybody got Bain's number????
James

[Z-11 396]

James, really sorry about your engine, I hope you'll be able to get things rolling again. .....Kasey

[SuperNovaSS]

The previous owner of my old Harrell Camaro told me stories of the many times it had seen 10K RPMs! 8000 is very do able. It is when you let off of the 427s that you have problems.


Jason