Pitched a rod [and a piston!]

[Jack Matyas]

Tommy - Shame on you telling such lies .......I know a V-10 Challenger Drag Pak piston when I see one .

[Tom Goldman]

Originally Posted by Jack Matyas

Tommy - Shame on you telling such lies .......I know a V-10 Challenger Drag Pak piston when I see one .

Jack, Actually I first thought one of the Mustangs finally opened the throttle all the way!

[modelman1960]

That's pretty interesting, considering an average 16 cylinder engine used in Diesel Locomotives only spin about 1500 RPM's max. Although there's a lot of reciprocating mass there.Wonder how far the house was from the unit that blew?

[Mike Taylor 3601]

I think they may live a little close to the tracks.
Mike Taylor 3601

[Bobby DiDomenico]

Originally Posted by modelman1960

That's pretty interesting, considering an average 16 cylinder engine used in Diesel Locomotives only spin about 1500 RPM's max. Although there's a lot of reciprocating mass there.Wonder how far the house was from the unit that blew?

Saw those images a few years back. I think it also pitched the cylinder assembly as well.
One thing for sure, no lightweight parts there.

[herbjr]

Isn't it funny how you put a very interesting post on here and as always someone has to comment on the Drag Pack or the Mustang. Get a life guys.

BTW very interesting post. Back in the early 90's a guy who worked for my dad had a 2 cyl. tractor he competed with in a stock class at a tractor pull. We took the motor apart and replaced the stock cast iron pistons with a venolia piston. The piston was 3 pounds lighter but by the time we balanced it whole assembly and took over 20 lbs off the flywheel he won ever event he went to. If I remember right the venolia piston was over 1000 grams, but the stock piston 3600 grams.

Herb Jr

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by herbjr

Isn't it funny how you put a very interesting post on here and as always someone has to comment on the Drag Pack or the Mustang. Get a life guys.



Herb Jr

Herb - Lighten up ......adding a little spice to a post isn't that big a deal .Just think how I'd feel everytime someone says something negative about a LS1 or an LT1and I took it to heart .Let it go - not everyone has an agenda .BTW , as you may or may not know I like those cars and believe they have a place racing with traditional cars .

PS- Also what you didn't know is that the original poster ( Mr.Goldman ) is a friend of some 39 years and just finished building a 2010 Challenger Drag Pak car for a customer in his GAS Racing shop .

Hope I've cleared a few things up ...............

[Greg Reimer 7376]

Originally Posted by herbjr

Isn't it funny how you put a very interesting post on here and as always someone has to comment on the Drag Pack or the Mustang. Get a life guys.

BTW very interesting post. Back in the early 90's a guy who worked for my dad had a 2 cyl. tractor he competed with in a stock class at a tractor pull. We took the motor apart and replaced the stock cast iron pistons with a venolia piston. The piston was 3 pounds lighter but by the time we balanced it whole assembly and took over 20 lbs off the flywheel he won ever event he went to. If I remember right the venolia piston was over 1000 grams, but the stock piston 3600 grams.

Herb Jr

A 409 Chevy piston +.060 with the pin was 1025 grams, plus rings. I used to put a 396 piston pin in those things, then we used a 396 rod in a few of them, flycutting the top of the piston to get a negative deck again. That used to eliminate over 100 grams from that whole forged mess in one fell swoop. The engine liked the long rod and the lighter mass. I also remember a story one of my buddy's dad told of a Southern Pacific R.R. engineer who lost his job when they steamed up a cold steam locomotive in a rail yard one time. They turned up the burner to build steam, but the water level was too low. They went to breakfast instead of leaving a man in the cab to watch things, the crown sheet failed, the boiler exploded and it was blown to bits. They later found an 850 pound piece of steel boiler a half mile away.I guess nobody got hurt, however.