Originally posted by erik erikson
Sounds to me like you where to tight on your rod bearing clearance's.
you could be right.

I sould be truethfull, the engines I was talking about were from my teen years and back then I had no respect for a car, not like I do know. meaning that back then I would run an engine into the ground for a quik fix of speed.

I have destroyed many engines back then

my first was a 351c that was in a 76 ford elite.
2nd was a 440 74 dodge pickup.
3rd was a 350 in a 72 chevy pickup went through 2 engines
4th a 350 in a 84 chevy montecarlo.went through 2 engine rebuilds
5th was a 71 olds delta 88 , 455 rocket, actually only wrecked this car
and many more after these. but im sure many of you have destroyed cars , that you wished you didnt now.