After 2 years, found out what happened to my engine! Pic!!!

You have to see this.. I don't know if everyone remembers or not, but I used to have a '58 Olds 88, which I gave away to Kustombuilder's brother.

I had rebuilt the engine in that car, so I kept the original motor to put into ANOTHER '58 Olds that I got which was more complete. It was going to be a hot motor, bored .30 over, isky cam, tri-power.. it was a 371. Anyway, after my friend and I transplanted the engine, it pretty much destroyed itself withing 15 seconds of running.. I pulled the plug on the oil pan, and LOTS of water and oil came out. That was the end of that. Sold it on Ebay, done.

That was 2 years ago. I got an email from the guy I sold it to today. He sent me a picture of what happened to that engine.. apparently, one of my "professionally" rebuilt heads had a stuck valve, and when the piston hit it.. BLAM-O...

check this out...

 

OUCH!, was the guy pissed? That looks like it busted out the cylinder wall. later plmczy

 

Naw I told him the engine probably had a hole in the block he just bought the car for parts, he thought I would think it was interesting. And I do! I think it's sweet looking, though at the time... i was quite unhappy...

 

If you are going to break something you might as well break it good.

 

Looks like it has an extra exhaust port now.

 

Yeah I think I would be a little bummed too. later plmczy

 

The cylinder wall went?
Being from the North, I see alot of freeze cracks.
Are you sure it hadn't frozen, and then got pushed out by compression?

Just a thought...

EDIT: NEVER MIND... I see the piston was gone, too.

JOE