I will post more details as I get them, just passing along my experience.
I have a stock short block, that I have disassembled and checked, reassembled and have run for a while. This has been a hobby and learning experience for me just to qualify. Short block had a 110K miles on it, around 200 plus passes at the drag strip, plus an annual consumption of 15 to 20 gallons of methanol for the past 5 years, lots of street hits.
Today, on the way back from the grocery store, I layed into it, watching scan master. No knock, 10.6 ish afr, and pow . Had it towed home. I have to pull the engine and do the checking, but the block split catty corner at the rear main. Not sure if it is my tuning, which I thought was pretty good, or I just won the lottery on a stock block defect.
I will post up findings as I go. Just thought I would pass along.
I have a stock short block, that I have disassembled and checked, reassembled and have run for a while. This has been a hobby and learning experience for me just to qualify. Short block had a 110K miles on it, around 200 plus passes at the drag strip, plus an annual consumption of 15 to 20 gallons of methanol for the past 5 years, lots of street hits.
Today, on the way back from the grocery store, I layed into it, watching scan master. No knock, 10.6 ish afr, and pow . Had it towed home. I have to pull the engine and do the checking, but the block split catty corner at the rear main. Not sure if it is my tuning, which I thought was pretty good, or I just won the lottery on a stock block defect.
I will post up findings as I go. Just thought I would pass along.