Engine go BOOM!

[@ronphillips1211]

Chris, my deepest condolences! As a drag racer in my teens (late 1970's) I had plenty of hard lessons with part failure. I've been autocrossing a 1969 Corvette for the past 20 years, and let me tell you, the Accusump is your only friend in this sport; spun bearings galore without it. My vote is for a broken crank, inflicting the secondary damage you see on the outside. My saddest story comes from a gen 2 Camaro racer that had two LT1 350 motors built at the same time. He spun bearings in both of them in three weeks time, and nearly caused a divorce. She did calm down, after a good while, as she is a Saint..... Cheers, Ron.

[@ta3355]

Threw a rod.

[@mwilson426]

Cracked main web, starving pair of rod bearings of lube until separation

[@owenthomas8131]

that puppy deconflagurated. fosheezy.

[@martindoesntcare8398]

I am going with flux capacitor.

[@gaffojones]

Incorrectly sized muffler bearings...

[@Anarchy-Is-Liberty]

@@gaffojones Oh man, I thought maybe the headlight fluid was too low!!

[@YippeeKiYayMrFalcon]

Cracked main web is my guess.

[@A-BONEpickup]

main bearing webbing broke

[@moparedtn]

I'm not good at guessing these things, Chris - but I'll just offer to buy a dang tee shirt if that helps? Ok fine, a guess - water entered a cylinder through a blown head gasket, causing a bit of hydrolock - which in turn caused a broken rod, which ventilated the block. How's that for a W.A.G.? - Ed on the Ridge

[@henrymeynier5072]

I concur

[@ferdinandcuevas8457]

My guess is that a piston broke and took out the rod then ventilated the block . Hopefully it didn't destroy the crankshaft or the camshaft . Best Wishes & Good Luck . Keep Us updated Thank You . 🇺🇲 🇵🇷 🦊 👍

[@gaffojones]

Crank is salvageable, cam seems fine.

[@ferdinandcuevas8457]

Great at least it's not a total loss

[@gaffojones]

@@ferdinandcuevas8457 Oh yeah, we'll be back. I'm especially pleased that the '64 518 heads are okay!

[@petelanciers7801]

Sorry Bud I’m gonna guess #3 rod divorced itself from the crank…

[@EvansBrosRacing]

Sorry to hear this Chris !

[@sandozman6085]

Did you do herb mccandless oil mods on the block?

[@smilsmff]

wow sorry this happened , bad times for engine costs and parts. hope you can reuse some stuff.I would think lack of oiling to parts maybe.

[@mitchelfagan3871]

Sounds like a broken rod took everything with it. Been there done that!

[@brianreynoldson1965]

Hindsight is 20/20. Your going rounds, you figure the weather conditions are the reason for the e.t. drop-off. If it means anything, I've "greased down" a track and earned the ire of my former competitors. My guess is a rod let go.

[@rong4189]

Dang. Sorry to hear that. I’m going to guess that a rod cap broke. 🤷‍♂️

[@qwiked]

Spun bearing, tossed a rod…build a 272” for V/SA..start a go fund me campaign😊

[@gaffojones]

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[@gaffojones]

Video from my friend Ben Morgan