This happened in September at the local dragstrip about 20-30 yards from the 1/4 mile mark. It still ran a 13.7 at 90 mph. It wasn't my Camaro, thank ***, it was my S10. I just thought it would be a great reminder to be careful.

 

here it is

 

look at the back of the block above the bellhousing? does anyone know of the correct way to fix this. I have heard a lot of diff. methods. ( braze w/ a nickel rod, JB weld, Magnumsteel, arc weld with cast iron rods)

 

that sucks, and you still ran faster then i do...

 

there is a chunk of the block missing right above what used to be the flywheel. I still have the peice thats missing.

 

what exactly happened there??? you can weld the broken piece back on your block but i hear cast iron is really hard to weld, you gotta know what you're doing

 

Not sure. Even my transmission guy was in awe. It also broke the yoke off of the rearend, flattened my exhaust tube, blew my right front tire out (flywheel teeth), punctured my gas tank, and put a baseball sized hole ih the floor board. Oh yea check out the starter and the framerail in that pic.

 

you alright? i'd going to get a trans shield for sure now.. damn, thats a big hole...

 

Yea I'm fine but I was very lucky. I later found flywheel teeth under the carpet.

 

I think Its pretty Obvious your Flexplate Came Apart.

What Kind of parts are we talking here... stock flexplate or what ?

What Sort of power levels ?

Your a Lucky guy, I think we all take fo granted just how fast that stuff is spinning down there somtimes.

 

It was a stock flexplate. I'm guessin 300-350 hp not sure b/c desktop dyno is full of crap. My combo is 010 block .030 over (355) home ported 041's, screw in studs and guideplates, aluminum roller rockers, Comp XE268, 9.73 to 1 hypereutectics,weiand Xcellerator,holley 600. This engine and trans. had 19 miles on them after break in. That was the first and only run down the 1/4. No chance to tune.

 

I bet the Ring was Cracked Prior.

Thats a rough break, Man. Its hard to tell form the pic, wich part of the block broke?

Sructural, Or just sorta "there" ?

 

If you really want to weld the engine case, I'd suggest investigating the possibility of using nickel filler. It makes a very strong alloy with iron.

 

You are THE man.

As far as repairing your block goes, is there any reason that it can't be replaced?
Sounds like you've got a lot of work to do, repair, replace, whatever. Good luck.