Finally got the bottom end pulled apart. It used to be a 383 with a SCAT crank, forged I Beam Probe rods and forged free floating Probe pistons.

Thought you guys and gals would like to see this! Let me know what you think.. Oh and when you see the rod bolts.. keep in mind that they used to be ARP Wavelok bolts.. Some of the strongest on the market!

http://www.socalmuscle.com/~mleaf/ka...24x768%20pics/

Happy Viewing...

Oh, just to let you know that at the time that I am posting this thread, there is a MAJOR rainstorm happening here in So. Cal, so if you cannot access the photos, dont worry, just try again later, and they should be there!

Have Fun!!!

 

HOLY SHEET...did the timing chain brak and cause all of that??? or what exactly caused that kind of catastrophic failure...that is a huge pile of scrap metal...lol it looks like a war zone
Daniel

 

Wow, I've never seen an engine blow that bad, thats not even good scrap. Was it turning 10000rpm when it went?
Bummer
Ron

 

i had one to do that on a 355 motor, had to cheisel the oil pan bolts off to get the oil pan off. only saved one rod and piston, which i have on a shelf in the garage. it was running in a 77 camaro on a 3/8 mile dirt track.

 

That's sickening, I don't know if I had the heart to even open it up. The only reason I would open it up was to try to determine what let go first.
Looks like pretty much everything is junk, maybe the intake is fine..

Do you know what the cause was yet?

 

*faints*

 

Sorry about the luck! That sucks..... I have never seen a SBC unwined like that.... What do you think was the cause?
It looks like someone put a gernade in your oil pan!!

 

this is WITHOUT A DOUBT the WORST looking motor i have EVER seen. What the hell did you do to cause that????????

 

At least the Opti is still in good shape. JK how in the hell did that happen, how many miles where on the motor?

 

Wow. What the flip happened??? With all the forged internals I would never expect that. Did something get in there to do that or spinning high RPM's? This males me worried about my engine now.

 

Holy Crap! Details before the carnage please.

Dan

 

So, any of this stuff going on the Part For Sale section?

 

My reaction is like everyone else. What the Hell were you doing when you blew that poor thing up?

I bet it sounded real scary listening to the motor rip it's self to shreds.

Please tell.


If nothing else, you are the Master of Disaster.

 

I told you a 500HP shot might be a bit much off idle. Seriously though, what the he!! happened.

 

Unofrutantely it doesnt take 10,000 rpms to do that kind of damage. I have a friend whose timing chain let go at only 4000 rpms and actually snapped the crank at the number two main journal and ripped a chunk the size of a main cap out of the front of the block where the number 1 cap bolted in. Never broke the bolts though. But his damage didnt look nearly as bad as that

Details please..