Post by NoShowJones on Mar 30, 2012 9:28:13 GMT -5
WHen you feel your Hot Rod commence to shudder doin a burnout, it usually doesn't turn out so pretty...at least in my experience 
I felt just that... a shudder. I didn't know whether it was that new converter we had just put in earlier that day or the trans actin stupid or what...just a pretty violent shudder. My first thought was...Oh $#!+ ! then I reached up and hit the quiet switch. {sometimes I wish my ol lady had one of those ;D }
I started pullin plugs out and found #8 looking rather sad...electrode all smushed sideways and flat...so I figured that cylinder was gonna have at least "some" damage. I pulled that head off, expecting to see a booger'd up piston...but....WHAT Piston!!?? There is only a rod with a wrist pin staring at me! Upon looking into the bottom of the cylinder, expecting to see two rods on that journal...I only see one, the one staring at me.
Strangely enough...the heads don't "appear" to be hurt. But TRUST me, they WILL be dis-assembled and throughly checked. The crank and the block are...as suggested in the title of this thread...Boat Anchors. The cam?... further inspection needs to be undertaken to determine if it's any good or not. Good News, though....the Harmonic balancer and the headers are just fine
I felt just that... a shudder. I didn't know whether it was that new converter we had just put in earlier that day or the trans actin stupid or what...just a pretty violent shudder. My first thought was...Oh $#!+ ! then I reached up and hit the quiet switch. {sometimes I wish my ol lady had one of those ;D }I started pullin plugs out and found #8 looking rather sad...electrode all smushed sideways and flat...so I figured that cylinder was gonna have at least "some" damage. I pulled that head off, expecting to see a booger'd up piston...but....WHAT Piston!!?? There is only a rod with a wrist pin staring at me! Upon looking into the bottom of the cylinder, expecting to see two rods on that journal...I only see one, the one staring at me.
Strangely enough...the heads don't "appear" to be hurt. But TRUST me, they WILL be dis-assembled and throughly checked. The crank and the block are...as suggested in the title of this thread...Boat Anchors. The cam?... further inspection needs to be undertaken to determine if it's any good or not. Good News, though....the Harmonic balancer and the headers are just fine
....ummm...I'm sorry, but I am cursed with a condition that leaves me overly caucasion...so I will NOT be dancing 
