I broke my motor

[CamBirdRacing]

saturday night. I will let you know what happened when I get it pulled and apart. Funds are low, wife's out of a job, might have to race the Kodiak for the rest of the year.

[kod99]

Crappy luck. Hopefully it's something fairly minor, cost wise!

[Scooterz]

Sorry to hear that!! I hope it works out so you can still have some fun this year & not brake the bank!! Scooter

[curtisreed]

Man that sucks, hope it's not to bad.

[CamBirdRacing]

Might find out this weekend. So upset, I havnt' unloaded the car out of the trailer yet. Never heard a motor have a "dinking" noise from the crankcase before. Just bought a Ohio rotation assy 2 years ago. Hope it's not that. Hopefully it's the block, I want as Indian Adventures II block and build a 505 for my Firebird. Wet dreams, haha.

[THERATTLER]

If you can , drop the pan before you pull it...
I had a windage door come aloose one time and the crank ate it,,,made a terrible sound but did no damage to nothing but the pan , just a thought. :) Paul

[CamBirdRacing]

Thought about that, but I can't get the motor high enough to get the pan off. Only takes about a hour to get it out anyway. Pontiac's aren't that hard to do, if you have done as many as I have, haha.

[CamBirdRacing]

Well, I finally got off my dead butt and tookt he motor out and mostly apart. There is not a #2 rod bearing anymore. Doesn't look to hurt the crank or rod to bad. It doesn't appear to have hurt the #1. So that's a good thing. Taking it to the machine shop sometime this week. Now if I can talk the wife into letting me buy the Kaufman block and a set of 4.375 bore pistons and build a 511, I would be OK, haha.

[mopar1968]

Must'a been a ''CHEBBIE'' [Just Kidding] sorry to hear this.


''JUST MY TWO CENT'S WORTH''

[CamBirdRacing]

Close, distributor turns the wrong way. It's a 455 Pontiac.

[mopar1962]

Moparrrr,I got an injected 504 bb chevy in my 73 duster,its the heartbeat of mopar,shes bakes a 5.60 down the 1/8th, :lol:

[mopar1962]

Movin to saltville in 3 weeks mopar,ya want a 73 400 engine or a 68 383? Cya at Bristol :roll:

[CamBirdRacing]

Well, I spun the #2 rod bearing, actually destroyed it. There isn't much left of it. Got the crank turned and rods resized. Got the rest of my parts in today. Now I can go racing on saturday. WooHoo

[TS1955]

Glad to hear you're getttin it back together!!!

TS1955

[CamBirdRacing]

Thanks. Now if I can find an oil pump pickup. have a stock depth pan and need a p/u wiht a 3/4 tube.

[ashbros]

I think I have one in the shop. I will check tomorrow if you are interested.

If I have what you need I will just give it to ya. No big deal.
Barry

[CamBirdRacing]

Thanks, but I have the local speed shop getting me one. Hopefully be here tomorrow so I don't have to drive 70 miles to get it. Oh yea, I live 60 miles from where I work and the speed shop is only 10 from the job.

[CamBirdRacing]

Well, got it running friday. Went to the track saturday. Just like nothing ever happenend to it. Ran a 6.86, 6.82 and 3 6.80's. Went 3 round until I broke out by .007. And I blipped the guy 3 times, slowed down 4 mph and still broke out.

[cepx111]

Went 3 round until I broke out by .007. And I blipped the guy 3 times, slowed down 4 mph and still broke out.

Dont cha just love bracket racing!

Glad you got it fixed.