Or a mustanger's bad day..





more pics here...

http://www.corral.net/forums/showthr...hreadid=387871

and owner, ET's

Josh Whitehead
1989 LX Hatch
Stock Shortblock, FTI Cam, Novi 2K, TFS TW Heads , Track Heat Intake, 70mm TB, 42 lbs Inj., Hooker LT, Dr. Gas x-pipe and Borla XS Mufflers, SDS EFI and More

480.2 RWHP and 425.2 RWTQ at 10 psi and 93 octane http://home.sc.rr.com/joshwhitehead/joshblower.JPG

333.3 RWHP and 353.3 RWTQ Old N/A 331 setup
12.55@113.06 MPH on DR with 1.85 60ft
12.22@107.3 MPH on ET Drags with a 1.609 60ft, (with a blown headgasket )

 

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wha happend to that block? drop it off the engine stand or what?

 

What is boost...

 

Too much pressure in the crankcase
Or just too much boost ...

 

factory 5.0's do just do that around 500hp... Ford lightened them to the point that between skirt and block flex they eventually just split like that

 

So thats what a stress relieved ford block looks like

 

Did anyone else notice the solid motor mounts?

Looks like bad chassis setup cracked the block. The pistons are also melted, so I assume there was some detonation at some point, which probably didn't help anything.

Lessons learned the hard way I guess.

 

yeah we made 530 RW in Don's car with a stock block for some time. the engine builder did tell us to change blocks during the overhaul due to cracks, now I know why.

 

Looking at how the cylinders seperated from crank mains, there isn't all that much material holding the block together.

ATOMonkey - Good point about the solid motor mounts, although it is hard to say that rubber motor mounts would of prevented the destruction.

Not many people got to brag about how they "split" a block.

 

 

you know.... you could make that into a intresting coffee table......

 

excuse my language, but that would be absolutely PIMP!
can you imagine the you would get?

 

i already have a indy car transaxle lamp/end table i made...

end of the 2001-2002 indy car season.. last race was at Texas motor speedway... i was sitting between turns 1 and 2.... only crash of the race.... car hits the turn 2 wall rear end first.....


after the race, i snagged his transaxle... the case was cracked, but it looks pretty damn cool.

 

hell yeah, bead blast, hot tank, clear coat, little green fuzzy felt thingys with the sticky back and a nice round piece of tempered glass and the Ford jokes would go on and on...

 

yup.. EXACTLY what i was thinking.

athough i would get a couple pieces of scrap metal and hook the 2 engine halfs together so that you can see how they cracked with the gap........


and as long as it hooks together and not bolts, you can pick up and move the table easily as 3 pieces.... top, and each half....



edit, btw, you dont have to clear coat it if you dont mind wiping it down with some light oil once a month or so... thats what i have to do to the other "intresting" pieces of my furniture...