OwdKasd
Well-Known Member
....................From blowing up a 318?? I mean usually what becomes Junk Metal?? The Block? Heads? Valves? Cam? What could be re-used and put in/onto a new block?
depends upon what you mean by "blowing up".
So the block is usable? Maybe?Have whats let of 318 out of my buddies Satellite. Number 7 rod broke right where rod mets the cap twisted number 6 & 8 rods into knots and almost cut the crank in half in that spot
Thanks. The reason I'm asking this is a friend blew his up. I'm sure from abuse. He had aluminum heads on it and wanted to scrap the whole thing without opening it up to see what's salvageable. I kind of told him he was crazy and he said there was no way anything would be usable.I would say heads, block, cam, crank = shot. Every motor I blew up had a hole or crack in the block, a broken cam, broken rods, broken pistons and most had a cracked or broken crank. All the motors I blew up were gm, so they were probably made out of pot metal anyway. I takes a little more care of my Mopars. My friend drove 10 miles with a thrown rod on his 318, we made it home.. It was fun riding shotgun watching smoke roll out the hood and tail pipes.
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X2. Anything could be good or bad. You have to pull it apart to see. I've seen minor to major damage with the same part failure. I took apart a small block that had sucked a valve at about 7000 RPM and except for 2 rods every part was destroyed including the balancer and timing cover! I took apart another that sucked a valve at idle and didn't even hurt the piston or head. I've seen many slant 6's throw #6 rod right out throught the side of the block with enough force to break the starter off along with a chunk of the transmission. A lot depends on luck.Every catastrophic failure is different. You pick up the pieces and see what's left.
You are asking an unrealistic question.
Every catastrophic failure is different. You pick up the pieces and see what's left.
You are asking an unrealistic question.
a small block chevy is junk regardless of wether it has a big hole in the block.