Well I was getting ready to leave for NV to do 2 weeks of open road stuff.and started the truck up and felt a slight miss.Then I remembered feeling it at the turn around in Wendover.[forgot about it]So I decided I better ck it out.Well I burnt #4 piston or broke the rings 75 lbs of compression.So the parts are ordered and the hd is almost off.should have it running by Friday.
And before anyone asks NO it was not caused by the chip.I was running over 150 on 7 cyl.!!I feel that it was caused by running in excess of 14 hrs at WOT, plus awhole lot of open track stuff.Stan

 

Sorry about your problem, Stan ... I think the constant
WOT stuff will kill the weakest part ... in our trucks, seems
to be the plugs/rings/rods ...

 

Stan,
Were you still running stock pistons and rods? What are you going back with?

 

Running stock bottom end for now.But before next season will have a new bottom end .Since I am so close to the aircraft industry I have bought [dirt cheap too] a slab [3 feet by 4 feet 3 inches thick.so can you guess what I plan on doing with it?And its not steel or alum.Stan
PS will be going back with stock for now since I see now need in upgrading something I plan to remove by the end of the yr.

 

That sounds like a huge slab of "Unobtainium"(unobtainable to poor folks).

 

Do I see titanium connecting rods in your future???

While you are att how about titanium pistons, heads, and why not a block. That would be cool.

 

OH its obtainable IF you want to spend the $.But what I bought was scrape at 25 cents a pound.I don't have the cert for aircraft tracablility but I know that it came from there.Stan
Don am looking at a block that will take sustained 1000hp proto in done and running and if all goes well with the $ should have it too sometime around Xmas.[would be a nice present]Stan

 

That sucks and great at the same time Stan.

Watching what you do is always thrilling.

Daniel

 

When I talked with Mark earlier, he told me about your two messages but at the time wasn't sure about next weekend. Best of luck putting it back together!

Spike
BTW, if you have extra time out here, there is similar work I need done on an engine

 

Stan,

I have brand new production pistons and rings that I could send you for the price of shipping.
I also have brand new production short blocks.
Built short blocks with good rods and pistons .

All this in stock.
Let me know if I can help


Jim@JDM
732-780-0770

 

Hope it all works out for you Stan. Good Luck on you NEW project