Doubtful any race car engine gets close to 400 miles (equivalent) before hitting the racetrack. I'd cry like a baby if my car came home with an engine lookin like that. BTW, agree 100 percent with the OP, the stock rockers are the first thing I toss in the trash.
How to destroy a 440
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Doubtful any race car engine gets close to 400 miles (equivalent) before hitting the racetrack. I'd cry like a baby if my car came home with an engine lookin like that. BTW, agree 100 percent with the OP, the stock rockers are the first thing I toss in the trash.
There’s more going on than just a failed rocker arm, it looks like it was badly overheated…
Holy crap Alex. You certainly have a helluva mess on yer hands!
Yes, Eddy dual plane intake and one plane telegraphed all the shrapnel into 4 cylinders. Quite effectively I might add.
I agree. The rocker is the first thing I saw with the valve stem gone and spring sitting loose. Looking at other rockers they are hitting the edges of the retainer. After I pulled the head off the intake seat was gone. Well, not gone completely. Just got spread throughout the engine.
khryslerkid
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Nick's Garage had an engine like that on one of his episodes.
I have not considered a warranty but will back up my work somehow and anything I offer will be conditional. Not offering a 5/50 but should do something. Most shops do nothing that I'm aware of. Time to get advice from some machine shops. I'll be installing it so will verify the cooling system is up to par. A rev limiter will be added too. A complete build sheet documenting clearances and so on.
I have no idea who built this. The car was purchased from a dealer in TX for a whole lotta cash.
I only met her when the engine arrived. And she was wearing a skin tight mini dress and a white leather jacket with MoPar and Charger logos. Me thinks this is a tactic to get the price down.Definitely an ugly mess......she must be a fun girl to be around if she drives hard like that.
Either factory iron or Eddy performers.
khryslerkid
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HA! Thanks a bunch! Yep, I built my 72 911T and it managed to stay together. That was a fun build. I didn't pull the engine out of this car or ever saw it in person. Here is the car 1970 Dodge Charger
of the car or the girl? Both.
(But you knew this was next)
(But you knew this was next)
Yep sure did! I just thought it may have been a little rude asking for her to pose for pics.
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Best looking grill on a 70 Dodge ever.... 1970 Dodge Charger
Sunroof coupe. Nice. Mine was a leaf green 72T sunroof coupe. 2.4 MFI. I'm also a member of the R Gruppe and was friends with Cris Huergas (RIP)If she thinks a 440 is $$$ to rebuild wait until she blows up the 911S ,
I own one and it's 3 times the cost of my mopars
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Yep this will be built to withstand her lead foot. I use 3/8" push rods and iron adjustable rockers (or similar) on every performance build that requires more than stock valve spring pressures. Springs and weak parts do crazy things at high RPMs and I like all the rigidity I can get. Weak rockers and push rods act like secondary springs and it's important to make sure they never go into a resonance.
You definitely want to seat the rings and that can only be done with several repeated WOT blasts. But you don't hit redline that soon.
You may want to add a few of those tell tale overheating buttons the rebuilders use. If you use the Edelbrock heads, the RPM heads have better seats and valves than the E Street.
My theory would be that the valve bent from sideways loading.
Stuck open was hit by the piston and then the explosion erupted.
Stuck open was hit by the piston and then the explosion erupted.
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