guess what happend to me today
 

ok so i was drivin my truck last night and noticed it was runnin wierd
looked back and saw a but load of white smoke
so i figured head gasket blew
pulled the head off and not had the head gasket blown.....i blew up and furgin piston
this SUX

That sucks but it's part of it. I once lost a BBC that had only 23 passes or so on it because a roller lifter took a dump. Cracked the block and all. Look at it as an excuse to build a better one.

Re: guess what happend to me today
 

I HATE IT WHEN YOU BLOW UP FURGIN PISTON(whatever that is :lol: )
sorry to hear that bowhay,,,,where the heck you been??

they got on to me for cussin on here so much so i had to improvise lol

If you broke a piston try to figure out why. I couldn't tell what you said but I think you said you broke or blew a piston. If so, How much timing are you running,what compression ratio,fuel etc.

That sucks a fat babies willy, I know the feeling, least it's only one slug and not a total loss. :wink:


One thing is for sure though, it's either got to much or not enough of something.
Chow>Cp

Currently, he doesn't have enough furgin pistons :!: :P

11:1 compression , around 36 degree timing andf 91 octane fuel, it put a big crack in the cylinder and blew a chunk out of his piston..

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11:1 & 91 octane? No wonder...

Bowhay-

That is a bummer. I know you have worked hard on it too. Hopefully you will have better days ahead.

it ran fine with 91 octane
didnt ping or detonate
but the head gasket blew and when the water went into the cylinder it over compressed witch blew up the piston then the pieces of alluminum cracked the cylinder wall

but i guess i got to look at the bright side
new forged pistons and H beams :P
but i still have to have my back up block bored cleaned and clearenced

FYI

11/1 and pump gas dont mix, round here our premium is 93 W/ 10% ethanol added and I still wouldnt run it in a 11/1 motor.

I had 396 BBC that was 11/1 > I ran a 50/50 mixture of 110 leaded race fuel and 93 pump gas, worked fine that way.

Don't fool yourself into thinking it's ok to run pump gas in a 11 to 1 motor> ping or no ping, its gonna give your problems somewhere down the line.
JMO~Cp

Ran my 383 with 10.7 to 1 on 91, when i tore it down with approx 50,000 on it there was absolutely zero ring ridge in the bores. The new engine is 12.1 to 1 on 93 this will be intresting( or expensive ) part of the fun.

It won't be interesting, it will be a disaster in my opinion.

Todd74:When i run this engine i'll let you know how it run's if it starts popping piston's i'll say it , if it runs hard i'll post video. The engine was thought out by Kirkum Engine's and Reed Cams to run on 93 and hell i only have 1500.00 in the complete bottom end. It's not that i like throwing money away but i am curious as hell to see if this can be made to run daily on 93. I don't know the particulars but i do know the key is the cam design and as they were planning on running a carb and i'll be using electronic fuel injection with almost unlimited tuning ability i'm thinking it will be intresting to see if it can be made to run. If not a new set of pistons and ballance and assorted ammenities.

Say goodbye to the tops of those pistons and rings, not to mention egg shaping the rod journals

WHY??? seems like a waste of time & money with no increase in hp . if your looking to blow something up for the fourth, firewoks are cheaper :P

I did'nt start out to build a 12 to 1 on 93 street engine it occured due to a matter of circumstances. A friend asked me if i wanted to buy a set of Brodix 11x heads ported,polished,and bench flowed by Indy Cylinder Heads, traded for a 406 block with Howards splayed main caps. When the heads came in they were bolted to the 358ci. He suggested rather than seperate them i just buy the bottom end for 1500.00 the bottom end is 71 block that has been squared,decked,offset bored,line bored to clean with a Scat light weight crank with mallory,Eagle 6" H-beam rods and JE dome pistons he then threw in a Reed solid roller 262/267 @50 618/625 lift. At this point i owed him 1500.00 when he reminded me i had previously offered to sell himm my 383 short block for 1000.00 that said i now owed him 500.00 an hour later he offered to call it even if i left my Hyd. roller and Lunati Hyd.roller lifters done deal. At this point i went out and bought a set of Crower solid rollers and a Edelbrock Pro-Flow2 fuel inj unit and figure i'll run it and see how it works out. I wanted to look into having the pistons fly cut but no can do they have the same profile on the bottom as the top. The cam was designed to bleed off cylinder pressue and if it does'nt work it's not like i have a ton of money in it. I was originally building a 415 with a Vortex ysi supercharger this is just a little side trip.

NO DRINKIN BEER OR CHASING WOMEN IN THE SHOP WHEN THE TOURQUE WRENCH IS IN USE!! :wink: :P

awwww maaaaaaaaannnn....those are the best part though lol

WELL, I GUESS YA CAN HAVE FAT CHICKS & BEER WARMED IN THE HOT TEXAS SUN :idea: :P

Always, ALWAYS poor some beer down the carb before starting your motor for the first time.

hey aint nothin wrong with hot beer, still gets ya drunk lol
but big negative on the fat chicks, no chubby chasers round here lol

Bowhay , you need to get you a FORD truck , check it out :lol: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIRYqba0XQs

Yah, but you drink that lonestar stuff hot or cold and get drunk, you think they are all skinny. God that the worse beer i've ever tasted.

Zip.

Zip, is it worse than Mexican beer? :P Ya gotta put a lime in it, to make it drinkable.

yea no on the ford thing...ive owned one and i never will again,
and no, not lonestar...KEYSTONE lol, nah only when im broke, ima coors man

Alright Bowhay :lol: , you're in my cornor now, Coors Light all the way and Keystone is cheap coors, yes Bomb it's worse than Mexican beer but not by much i hate that crap too.

Zip.

I love BEER.I Haven't had one in 9 1/2 years though... :(