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I saw this page today and found it interesting. I see quite a few examples of this at work.
fastener failures

but never having had an internal fastener failure inside an engine myself, I am curious as to what you have seen with rod bolts and such. Or is the carnage usually too great to really tell?
 
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Carnage was too great for me to tell. Either I spun a main, or the rod bolt failed. Crank was broken in 3 pieces, with 1 rod bolt's nut off the cap. And this was in a 5800 rpm 12 second Olds.

It is also why I believe every dedicated bracket car should have a diaper.


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Originally posted by ChuckT:
Carnage was too great for me to tell. .


that is kind of what I thought I might hear. So far only a spun rob bearing and lifter wheel for me.
 
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Originally posted by ChuckT:
Carnage was too great for me to tell. Either I spun a main, or the rod bolt failed. Crank was broken in 3 pieces, with 1 rod bolt's nut off the cap. And this was in a 5800 rpm 12 second Olds.

It is also why I believe every dedicated bracket car should have a diaper.


Spun bearings will show heat! So its tuff to miss these! No black and purple colored parts anywhere would indicate a catastrophic parts failure first then pow!
 
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