I'll give you a hint...it ain't fun to find out at 6500 rpm

We'll assess the damage tomorrow, but externally it looks a little better than one would expect

 

sorry about your engine, hope it isnt to bad.

physics: 1
rods: broken

 

add another one up for physics

took a while my 78 celica went down also


too bad nic hope things work out

 

I usually give physics the nod.

Hey rx7 you remember that one time in band camp when I had more posts than you? LOL you almost got twice mine... I guess I been hanging out at LS1.com too much.

 

what happened? I dunno if you have nitrous or not, nitrous explosion? over-rev, mis a gear? fill us in

 

Short rods lose to physics, six inch H beam rod beats it.

 

Oh man not Nic. That's not cool man. You're probably one of the most respected Stang owners on this site. Sorry to hear it man. Let us know what's up when you get the assessment done.

gmgod: You live in Springfield huh? What kinda of car you got? Maybe we can hook em up sometime. I'm only about 45min away.

 

hehe I have been spending way too much time at superhonda.com and teamfc3s.org or rx7club.com


my post avg is going down to 3.95 post per day

 

Looks like a new crank, and rods. Have a buddy that runs FFW S/W that's hooking me up with some of his spares and another that owns a machine shop so it should be back on the streets within a few weeks. Had I not just put $325 into a custom cam and another $600 into lightweight pistons for a 306 I'd just go ahead and throw a 347 into it

 

Update...found a good roller shortblock. Going to have Lewis get started on the machine work here soon and picking the crank up from Tim mid next week. Still not sure what to do about the rods...use the ones out of the new shortblock? Maybe have them shot peened and balanced? A new set of forged rods isn't very expensive...go with those instead? I'll see what Lewis thinks. Looking at 310 cubic inches and just a tad over 11.0:1 now with a bottom end that'll be safe to 7,000 rpm.

 

hey nic, this is way off topic, and i dont mean to be an ***, and im not cutting mustangs because im a fan of them myself personally....but i hope you dont mind me asking why you guys do hang out on these boards?........did you previously own a camaro?....i hope i dont come out rude because i really dont mean to be, im just curious..... o ya...i had a 77 1/2 camaro z28, with th350 and swapped gears from 3:07 or something, to 3:73, that thing was not meant to be drivin on the interstate, tossed a rod busted one of the water jackets.....block was destroyed...sucks....

 

My favorite one out of the girls I'm dating drives a '98 Firebird, is that close enough to owning an F-body?

I like anything fast and it's fun to come shoot the **** with you guys. Outside of the local boards, this is my favorite forum to come to. I'm also a member of turbobuick.com (although I haven't posted there in several years), supraforums.com, ZX2.com (no longer around), fxtreme.com (I'm kind of partial to hyundai's...they put food on my plate, mods on my car, and help pay my tuition), and jeepforums.com (although I stopped posting there when some moron tried to beat it into the ground that you could make more power with a naturally aspirated motor than you ever could with a turbo or supercharger and almost every other idiot on the board agreed with him)...basically, just into any and all types of cars but happen to own a Ford because I wouldn't be allowed to park a GM product in my driveway, seriously otherwise, I'd own an LS1

 

hehe

you should try it with 4.11.... no wonder why my camaro started getting old quick.. but never busted anything that ***

 

sweet man id second that opinion, i like all of them that go fast...

 

mmm....4.10's, 3 speed automatic, 3500 rpm stall converter, and 26" tires are no fun on the interstate, but it's a blast coming off a stoplight

 

ah hell...