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A few years back, someone posted a chevy small block that was being run w/o oil or water to see how long it would run. Does anyone rember this and if so can you post it again.

i dont remember that but i do remember a "slick 50 " salesman coming to a gas station i worked at in the mid 80`s and demo`ing a briggs engine with the whole sides cut away and it ran for 30 minutes as he talked to us .. sold me .. and slick 50 has saved a few engines of mine ,, drove my 460 tbird 4 miles with no oil pressure once .. sure was noisey with all the lifters collapsed but a new oil pump shaft was all it needed ..

Here is a link for (prolong) you may have seen it before but i couldn't find the sbc without oil.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ9-yx3NRV4

Richard

I've seen that one. The one I was looking for was run out in a yard, had a blow head gasket, run w/o water or oil and ran for about 5 minutes before catching fire. I was amazed that it ran that long.

I had a oil pick up come loose in a 327 engine I had in a 55 Chevy, lost pressure and before we could get off to the side of the 4 lane highway it was knocking. We put new lower bearings in but it didn't help. I just put another engine in; I didn't have the money to rebuild back in the 60's lost a fast engine.

Richard

This one went almost 5 minutes. I still don't think it's the one your talking about though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1nzHMG7Iag

Richard

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. :-)

Originally Posted by ford2custom

This one went almost 5 minutes. I still don't think it's the one your talking about though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1nzHMG7Iag

Richard

That one is pretty good, but the one I 'm talking about was on a car stand and it was near dark and the engine was literally melting with the headers bright red. It actually caugh fire at the end.