Motor's done..threw a rod

**cam02ss** · 07-17-2011, 12:43 PM

Well, looks like my 408 is done. Was down at the rack dialing my suspension in and one of the rods let loose. Went through the side of the block and through the oil pan. Sucks, but this is a part of racing. I'll know this week if the head is ok, I'm sure the crank will be worthless. The heads are TEA/TF 235s, if they are ok I'll figure out another bottom end from there. I know someone who has a 440 LSX, so I was thinking about having the heads reworked to 245's and continuing on.

Carnage:

**transamtom** · 07-17-2011, 03:02 PM

Ouch,that looks expensive.

Have you figured out how it happened?

Did it get leaned out on the juice?

I lost one like that.

**cam02ss** · 07-17-2011, 03:31 PM

We think the bearing went first, vibration caused the rod to go and the result is what you see here. That or a rod bolt broke. Nope, it was an NA run, we were dialing in the suspension and had planned to make nitrous passes later that morning.

**transamtom** · 07-17-2011, 05:01 PM

That sucks big time,did the damper fail?

**cam02ss** · 07-17-2011, 05:59 PM

I dunno, oil starvation seems to be the verdict. We had switched the setup over to solid roller and were revving out to 8k. I'm getting a hell of a hook up on a 440 LSX so I'll use a dry sump this time.