I had a boo boo today. Yep, it's time to make a phone call. Poor little 406 is no more.:CRY:
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I had a boo boo today. Yep, it's time to make a phone call. Poor little 406 is no more.:CRY:
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Ya gonna go Bigger for new engine?
What happened pro? To bad about the 406. What ya going to use now?
Just build another:confused: :p :cool:
632 Stroker. :D
Man I love your car pro. I like the way it sits and what you have done to it. That is my taste of muscle cars right there. Sucks about your engine man. What happened to it, just blew up or what? If you don't wan't it anymore you can just send the car to me and I'll fix it for you but don't count on getting it back.
Hmmmmmmm. Just like most flight recorders. Ends with the same two words!
Let me guess . . . hic-up on the laughing gas????
Oddly enough, I didn't have a burp, it just sort of went away. It was at 8200 and 130mph, when I went thru the traps it just started shaking like crazy and I could see all the track safety people running up to the barrier watching me go by. It was at that point I figured something was wrong. There was so much smoke, they all thought I was on fire! What I didn't know was, I was dumping oil and water all over the place and somehow it didn't get under my tires! As soon as I came to a stop, the safety crew was right at my door. If there was a fire, it would have been taken care of pretty quickly. It took them about 10 minutes to clean up my mess, and it was back to racing.
Now, as far as a replacement motor, and there will be one, if I go with MORE cubic inches I think I'll have to do some chassis work. My chassis guy is gonna take a peek at it and see if it will hold up to more. I like Prozzz suggestion though. I see Sonny's has a nice motor on sale.....hmmmm...... 762" and $56K, hmmmmm... we'll see......
Oh well, if racin' was cheap, everybody would be going fast. Tough luck about the motor pop. As the professional race experts say, "chit happens"!!!! Anxious to hear what ya put in the chebbie this time, let us know.
Whether you go Small Block or Big Block I vote for a stroker!! I love the idea of a LOT of metal moving around :3dSMILE: My next engine will be a BBF Stroker but I'll run what I have for now.
Good Luck with your future choice/build
Once again your string of luck continues. While you had catastrophic failure, you didn't lose the one thing you couldn't replace. Your life. Hell you didn't even hit the retaining wall. Its much less work to replace just the engine than to replace the engine and the whole right side. Its kinda suprising that you didn't have any indication during the run that something was gonna come undone like that. Maybe it was the car's way of telling you that it didn't like that engine.
As for your next endine....There's no replacement for displacement.
Those are my feelings exactly, on everything you said. I am supprised also, but I could have been low on oil pressure and just didn't see it with trying to concentrate on everything else.Quote:
Originally posted by Tommycat
Once again your string of luck continues. While you had catastrophic failure, you didn't lose the one thing you couldn't replace. Your life. Hell you didn't even hit the retaining wall. Its much less work to replace just the engine than to replace the engine and the whole right side. Its kinda suprising that you didn't have any indication during the run that something was gonna come undone like that. Maybe it was the car's way of telling you that it didn't like that engine.
As for your next endine....There's no replacement for displacement.
Yep, it's hard to concentrate on everything when you're sailing through the traps at Mach II with your hair on fire, so to speak. Those who haven't been there wouldn't undrstand, eh Pro?Quote:
I could have been low on oil pressure and just didn't see it with trying to concentrate on everything else.
You got that right!Quote:
Originally posted by Henry Rifle
Yep, it's hard to concentrate on everything when you're sailing through the traps at Mach II with your hair on fire, so to speak. Those who haven't been there wouldn't undrstand, eh Pro?
Either that or the engince didn't like the car.... :p But yeah at least nothing happened to you, it's just an engine anyways, there's plenty more of them out there, just need the money for it, which a lot of us seem to lack.Quote:
Originally posted by Tommycat
Once again your string of luck continues. While you had catastrophic failure, you didn't lose the one thing you couldn't replace. Your life. Hell you didn't even hit the retaining wall. Its much less work to replace just the engine than to replace the engine and the whole right side. Its kinda suprising that you didn't have any indication during the run that something was gonna come undone like that. Maybe it was the car's way of telling you that it didn't like that engine.
Sorry I was Navy(submarine force). Everything is important.
I kinda thought I was on borrowed time with this motor anyway. It hasen't been freshened up in at least 4 years. All I had to do was make it two more weeks.:CRY: I'm not upset, I knew the consiquences when I got back into this sport. You are right about the BB Chebby, but the jury is still out on the Huffer. It will be bottle fed though, that I can guarantee, I'm hooked!:LOL:Quote:
Originally posted by Streets
Sorry Pro.. Did Prozeee tell MOM on ya?? At least ya din't Red Lit and THIS won't be the LAST one ya break neither.. :p I Vote BB Chebby w/Huffer.... hehehehe
How often do you rebuild your engine when you are racing it?
With the punishment I was giving it, and the amount of spray, it should be re-done about twice a year, at least.Quote:
Originally posted by FMXhellraiser
How often do you rebuild your engine when you are racing it?
It would look kewl to have an injection hat stickin' through that cowl hood scoop. HE hE He .......... and sittin' atop a respirator. :) I didn't tell Mom ..... it wuz' Streets!!!!!:oQuote:
Originally posted by pro60chevy
I kinda thought I was on borrowed time with this motor anyway. It hasen't been freshened up in at least 4 years. All I had to do was make it two more weeks.:CRY: I'm not upset, I knew the consiquences when I got back into this sport. You are right about the BB Chebby, but the jury is still out on the Huffer. It will be bottle fed though, that I can guarantee, I'm hooked!:LOL:
Somebuddy gut some splainin to doooo, and stop tellin on me!Quote:
Originally posted by pro70z28
It would look kewl to have an injection hat stickin' through that cowl hood scoop. HE hE He .......... and sittin' atop a respirator. :) I didn't tell Mom ..... it wuz' Streets!!!!!:o
That would look cool though. I'll have to start up the Photochop to see what it will look like.
What a bummer. I'm glad you didn't wreck it. Now you got an excuse to get a bigger engine and go faster.
not too bad I guess. I thought that the old engines wen't out faster than 2 years, esp when racing. I am just glad they don't go out like a dirt bike engine or where you have to rebuild after every two races. :DQuote:
Originally posted by pro60chevy
With the punishment I was giving it, and the amount of spray, it should be re-done about twice a year, at least.
Sweet ride, I vote for another 406!
That's why I use the big "idiot" pro lite that falshes RED and says "Hey stupid, shut me down before I blow!!" :LOL:Quote:
Originally posted by pro60chevy
Those are my feelings exactly, on everything you said. I am supprised also, but I could have been low on oil pressure and just didn't see it with trying to concentrate on everything else.
But seriously, I use the pro-lite and an oil accumulator. Good insurance IMO!
Good Luck
Make a note to self. Install one of them lights. Thanks. I will be putting a diaper on the new motor also. If I get the motor I want, I'll need a diaper on me too.:DQuote:
Originally posted by Phantasea427
That's why I use the big "idiot" pro lite that falshes RED and says "Hey stupid, shut me down before I blow!!" :LOL:
But seriously, I use the pro-lite and an oil accumulator. Good insurance IMO!
Good Luck