Most carnage you have seen

[pyagid]

this is coming from the following thread http://www.bulltear.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3211

What is the most carnage you have seen with a motor?



I went and picked up a jeep for a buddy. The guy we got it from said he could jump it and the motor would start right up. I looked over the jeep, looked over it. Then asked him again if he was sure it would start he said yep.

So i reached under the oil pan, pulled 2 pushrods, out of teh hole in the oil pan, 2 bearings. and I think what was remaining pieces of a rod.

Needless to say, but the block was best used as a boat anchor

Then he said, ok maybe it wont start. When we got the jeep home, the cam came out in 4 pieces, all the pushrods but 1 was bent 2 broken rods. Plus other misc damage internally. I wish had pictures of it, but it was before i had a digital camera

-Paul

[fuzz401]

my motor

[Goose]

Back when Nitrous first became available Me and a buddy decided to build a sleeper, We put one of the 2300 cc motors from a mustang II with a turbo in a stripped down pinto with nitrous..I think it withstood about 5 or 6 shots, When it grenaded It broke the crank, one piston siezed in the bore and had melted a hole in another one. I think that little motor was probably spinning 8 grand when it came apart. Pretty spectacular.

[tufcj]

Toss up between 2, both Jeep CJs with 304s.

One had a cylinder wall failure, about a 2" diameter piece of the cylinder wall in the water jacket fell out. I don't know if it hydro-locked from anti-freeze or the piece jammed the piston, but the engine siezed instantly, and bent the rod severely.

The second was mine. Broke a valve going about 60 MPH down the interstate. It broke right at the head of the valve, the stem popped up and the keepers fell off. The stem then fell and punched a couple of holes in the top of the piston before bending 90 degrees and being crushed back into the valve seat. Bent the connecting rod too, but it didn't let go. We never did find the head of the valve, all we can figure is it went out the exhaust somehow.

Sorry, but these were both 20 odd years ago, before digital cameras.

Bob
tufcj

[rollen dean montoya]

watched my uncles 69 ss396 pro street chevelle throw a rod out the side
of the block on the way to a get together. lucky for him it let go 1/2 mile
from dads house so dad and my uncle dropped a new (1000hp net)
396 into the chevelle. dad had this engine already done just needed
a chevelle to stuff it in. it was also outfitted with a 400hp nitrous kit and
dyno's at 1400 hp when used. i disconnect the switch when i drive the
brute. no pix sorry
later, rollen

[Penguin]

I had a 304 once that took out the center of the engine. The rod snapped up by the piston and kept spinning in the block busting everything out.

[Phil]

I had a 360 let go on me about 2 hrs afterI installed it. Dont know what let go to start with but, the only parts I was able to save from the whole works were 1 valve cover and the intake manifold. Crank was twisted, 3 rods broke, cam in 3 peices, all valves bent, holes thru tops of 4 pistons, peices of retainers thru 1 valve cover, block was windowed in 2 places.
Like I said I dont know what let loose to start it all but it sure turned it into a big boat anchor in a hurry.
BTW this happened in my driveway, with the motor spinning about 5500-6000 rpm.