Stock 302 block destroyed! (link with pics)

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  1. YellowStangDuan

    YellowStangDuan Member

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    YellowStangDuan, Oct 21, 2006
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    WOW that sucks....yeah no :badwords: thats no dart block:16suspect
    think there is something missing??:hmmm:


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    Wow! I hope my engine dosent do that after I get it built.
     
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    scooper77515 No current projects.

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    KOOL!!!

    Just gives you a reason to start over with a newer and bigger project. Say goodbye to low 11s and hello to low 10s (or 9s) (y)
     
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    That's why I like the one piece main bearing girdle. caps and girdle are forged as a unit. Line bore it bolt it on. It gives you about 1/2" deeper sump because the rail is supported by the pan surface. That really stiffens up the bottom end.
     
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    And THATS why we dont use nitrous!! (y)
     
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    Ouch! Guess what they say is true, if you ain't breakin' parts, you ain't goin' fast enough!
     
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    Max Power Vintage Ford Mafia

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    Blammo!!!
     
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    bmcdaniel Senile Member Supporting Member

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    Most times when a block lets loose they find that a crack starts at one of the main cap bolt holes and goes up through the main web and into the lifter valley. General consensus is that a main girdle will just hold together the pieces when the block splits so that some of the parts might be salvagable. So often guys will have their blocks machined for 4-bolt main caps only to find out that they just weakened more what was already a weak spot in the block. Sure wish I could afford a Dart block. :rolleyes:
     
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    That's a late model block...
    Very thin webbing.
    You don't see a lot of early blocks do that.
    Not that they won't, but it does take more to do it.

    The guy was spraying nitrous when it happenend.
    I wonder if the thing wasn't detonating...
    Gas igniting when it isn't supposed to will push down on the crank when it is coming up. It was a 347 as well, so detonation would have had plenty of leverage and extra weight to work against the forward motion of the crank, and in turn blow it all apart.

    Dave
     
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    I hate to say it, but the girdles w/ just hold the split two pieces together as you pull it out of the car...(y)
    Everything else is a gamble...:yikes:

     
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    heres my fav [​IMG]
     
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    :D The block is easier to lift into your trunk when it's in two pieces like that.
     
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    yeah a little JB weld will fix it:biglaugh: :rofl2:
     
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    yeah i was thinking along the lines of duct tape always worked good for me :biglaugh:
     
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