Engine Builder Liabiliy
A very similar thing happened to me recently. I bought a R/M 565 HP from a friend of mine with 150 runs on it. My engine builder replaced the lifters and springs and i ran it the rest of last year. I had it completly freshened over the off season. I put in in the car, took it to the track to test and on thr first burnout it blew the oil filter down and oiled down the track. When i got back to the pits i took the oil filter off and the adapter was loose, he had put GM factory bolts in and they are to long for a Dart Big M block which has blind holes in it. It dumped over 5 quarts of oil. I called right then, sunday afternoon, to get his opinion on what to do. Even though he built the motor and he put the adapter in he told me i should have checked those bolts. All i wanted to know is what i should do. I always do whatever my engine builder tells me because i am not an engine builder. So i put a lock washer on both of them, changed the oil & filter and made 4 more runs that day. Went back next Sunday and put 5 more runs on it. On the 5th run when it shifted in to high gear it blew up. It had kicked two rods out of the pan, broke the bottom skirts out of 5 & 6, trashed 3 pistons, bent 2 exhaust valves and burnt the S$$T out of 5&6 rod journals. What do you thunk he should have done about it. I am very curiuos what yall think Thanks Don