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07-27-2019, 06:47 PM | #1361 |
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Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit.
It usually takes a spun bearing and a half of rod to bust up a cam.
I think I see the latter, only. At least they were light. :-(
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Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit.
Good news is the oiling issues were fixed, all the bearings look perfect and it had 75psi when it exploded. The bad news... the rod came off the piston and was swinging like a steel baseball bat. Total destruction!
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Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit.
The block you chose to use had a cam hole that appeared to indicate the block had a lot of core shift and the cam and crank centerline were offset to one side. Pictures were not real clear but it looked like that block was offset at the cam hole.....
Combine a block with this issue and some aftermarket rods with much larger big ends than stock and you may have had something hitting in the bottom end. I built a 383 for a street car and ran into this problem. Had to use different rods to get comfortable clearance. Rods hit block on one side badly and cleared no problem on the other bank....Grinding the block may have hit water... A 383 with even a stock rod will hit the cam on 2 cylinders every other rotation....I built a lot of them.... I always checked them with cardboard strips where the rods would nearly hit the cam on those 2 cylinders. Always Ground the rods at the inner bolt for clearance.....and that was with stock 5.7 rods... Don't know if that had anything to do with your blow up but I thought I'd mention it since I saw the cam hole issue way back....
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Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit.
That's a bummer. Sucks because this was a nice little piece till it broke, not a record setter but I feel like it was strong and safe. Cam was the same, luckily without me knowing, the cyl head guy here sent the cam to be checked the first time we had issues, now at least we can have a duplicate made.
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Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit.
might be time to call one of the well known engine builders and get a complete motor or at least send your parts to them. then you could rebuild it when time comes to learn a few things. At least you may get on the track this year.
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A well known engine builder or a guy building outside in a tent can't do anything about a defective part.
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Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit.
So sorry to read and see the news Todd.
I am a bit perplexed as to why a quality aftermarket rod(s)? would fail … we always are in hopes that using better/stronger components will avoid these issues. How did the block, crank, and heads fair in this? I continue to wish the best for your families adventure, God Bless Glenn
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