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I haven't seen the video... but since we are telling stories... :-)

I used to torture the smallblocks I ran is a series of early 'Vettes, a '57 and '62 Biscayne, a '63 Nova and a '69 Camaro. Most were 11:1 solid-lifter engines, with four speeds. I would usually shift around 7500-8000, and if I missed a gear, they always survived the 8500 "buzz".

I only lost one engine in that 15 year stretch. I had bought back the Nova from a friend who had put the engine in a '55 Chevy drag car, and dropped a used 307 into the Nova. That night he told me it used oil really bad, so I checked the oil and left for home about 25 miles away.

It ran out of oil about 5-6 miles from home, at 70 MPH. It started smoking heavily, and "pulling down". I didn't care about the motor, so I put my foot in it. It ran about 1-2 more miles, then I heard a loud bang, and the rear wheels locked up! I kicked the clutch in, then let it back out, and it fired and took off again for about a half mile, before it locked up for the last time. I coasted as far as possible, and pulled off the road. The next morning I towed it home. When I looked underneath, it had two rods hanging out the drivers side of the block!

I wish I had added a "wonder product" to the oil that night. It would have saved me the trouble of hitchhiking home at midnight. :-)