Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.
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Isaiah 6:5
“Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”
Flywheel is toast. Broke the nose off the starter. Over 10 deg. play in the timing chain (stretched out). Taking motor out and tearing it apart today. Have a bad feeling the crank is bent. Maybe a few rods too.
I had a racing clutch explode years ago, but not near as violent as this one was. I'll fix it, one way or another, even if I have to find a new motor. It won't be cheap.
Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.
Good luck on just finding that short block- those are rare and aren't cheap. Hopefully, you can just overhaul yours. Scatter shields are pretty expensive as well, but looks like the way to go with that much HP- and just because it's Cobra script, it'll be x3 as much for that as well.
Sorry to hear about the pressure plate blowout!
The clutch would have gone sooner or later, but probably not as violently. I'm gonna use top-shelf parts to rebuild it. Staying with the cast heads if I can, they looked ok, at least on top.
I'm sure I'll find a block if I need one. There's some die-hard sprint car and drag racers around here and some of the old guys have parts lying around from their racing days. If they don't
have some old parts, they'll know someone who does. I've even looked into Shelby International at complete FE motors, they're around $17,000 and up. I'm not going to go any bigger than
500 HP, that's more than enough in a 1900+ lb. car with a 90 in. wheelbase. I know a guy who has one with a 427 punched out to 482, it's over 600 HP and he's scared shitless when he
drives it. I got mine to enjoy it, not be scared to throw the ass-end around every time I shift it.
Yeah, shit happens. I'm just glad it had the blow-proof bell. If it didn't, I'd probably be dead.
Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.
Geeko Sportivo (10-28-2020)
What's infuriating is that the morons don't know they are morons.
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anonymoose (10-27-2020)
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