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I think I figured out what killed the valve in my last adventure. I was cleaning the pistons on the original motor that I wiped the crank out in back in May and when I was putting the piston rings on the #1 piston something was keeping the top compression ring from seating correctly.   :stupid After a closer look I saw that ring groove was smashed down a tad. I figured I had dropped it or something.

But I started looking at the top of the piston and son of a bitch if the valve hadn't been hitting the piston when the rod bearings went out on the 1 and 2 journal(remember they were pretty much non-existent when I pulled it apart). Not only had the valve been hitting, but the combustion chamber had some interference also.    :beat

So when I built the other short block(the .040 block) I took those heads off the first motor. Ended up putting right bank head on the left making the old #1 into the new #8 (the hole the intake valve failed in) and the intake valve had been banging the piston in the old motor and just decapitated its self. :break

What do ya think? Do I have a case here, can I sue the engine builder for damages  :drink  :rotflmao

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I think I'd string him up myself!.. :rotflmao
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Fire that SOB  :stupid


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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 24 2003,10:09 am Post # 4 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply

Quote (GoFastRacer @ Nov. 24 2003,6:29 am)
I think I'd string him up myself!.. :rotflmao

I'm all ready HUNG :alien

:laugh ..

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Yeah in your dreams!... :rotflmao
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