DP #24 Engine failure....

[Rich Biebel]

It is a basic engine....really nothing out of the ordinary. Bore/stroke/crank pins/rod length/piston and rod weights.......all similar to hundreds or thousands of engines........The design/sizing/parts are not unusual.....The heads are a bit different than a wedge or a porcupine like a BB Chev or a Cleveland Ford.......but nothing really out of the ordinary in the bottom end.

So, the diagnosis is simply that an overly agressive burnout led to an rpm that caused the rod bolts to break???..........

What exactly was the problem with the first engine? I don;t recall hearing any details of that one....

And what about the valve issue where the heads were pulled and fixed by the Pro Stock engine builder. Had some sort of dragging valve issue and hit a piston ???.......

Personally I don' t see anything all that unusal in the bottom end.

Shouldn't be all that hard to make one stay alive........


P.S. I have an SFI diaper on my dragster......Makes me feel a lot safer at 170.........I also have 2 sets of brakes and a parachute.........

If you ever oiled your tires up from a blown engine you'll be wishing you had a diaper......

I did lose and engine in low gear and was fine, then a little voice in my head said go over on the grass so you don't slop up the racetrack.......not a good idea....came within inches of tagging the guardrail......

Grass next to the racing surface was another bad idea......luckily I did not hit anything......