floodzilla

I just read this topic from beggining to end and im definatly going to woodys for my next 351.

ctgreddy

jeeze woody with all the business that my stupidity has gotten you you should fix it all for me for free
that was a joke ofcourse.

mjr46

so say this happens to me[&:] would hope it doesn't but what's this all gonna set you back again......you can pm answer if so desired...sucks though,,, hope it works out for you

gearbanger

i just read the whole thing and damn that sucks!

94StinkinLincoln

well pretty much another 2k, i had bearing failure and crank failure...new crank, bearings, rings, hone, clean, deck, assemble shortblock had to get another flexplate, but that is another story...right around $2,100, i should have just bought woody's short block, o well, i learned from it so i guess it was worth it.

tyler72

Damn dude, that sucks! Trust me, Ive been there. I had been running flat-tappet cams in mine, and had 2 fail. The first one was on the 302 bottom end, it ate 12 out of 16 lobes, destroyed the oil pump, crank, and all the bearings. I then stroked it to a 347 (since I had to get a crank anyway, figured it was a good time to do it), and it ate another cam. This time just one lobe. The pump never gave up the ghost, but it got repleced anyway, and again, the bearings had to be replaced. Luckily, this time I got away with having the crank polished and it was good. Now, Ive got a Coast High hyd. roller retrofit cam (reduced base circle) with stock style spider, dogbones, and lifters. It is working great so far, but it took three times to get it here!

If I were you, I wouldn't run it for 30 mins, I would trailer it to the tuner as soon as you know it will run. I would say not to let it run more than 5 minutes, because detonation will ruin an engine faster than anything else, and it doesn't take 30 minutes to start causing damage.

67mustang302

Blammo. That sucks hardcore. That's also why it's always better to start off with a colder plug than you think you need and running on the rich side. It's better to be too cold/rich than too hot/lean.

94StinkinLincoln

my car personally would run 15's afr at wot untuned, i started one wot pass and was like o crap
glad i got a tweecer