Ken, that's a great story about trying to blow up a 6. I've got a Goodwrench 292 (hencho en Mexico) that was installed in a drycleaners truck, one of those slab-sided P10 vans. They brought it in with a knock in the middle of the motor, assuming it had a bad crank or rod bearing (120,000+ miles). One of the other wrenches in the shop got the job, and we ordered another crate motor. When all of the parts arrived, he told everybody "watch this!" and proceeded to use a 8 ft long 2x4 to mash the throttle down (in park) while he stood out of line with anything that might come out the side. That engine wound up to about 6 grand and sat there huming like a sewing machine! A huge cloud of black crud shot out of the exhaust and then cleared up. Everybody was hollering and rooting for the engine to blow except me. So after about a minute or 2 of this full-throttle stuff, the guy gets pissed and lets it idle... voila! no knock. It was carbon buildup on a piston top. We put in the new motor, and I got a spare engine that I ended up using for about 4 years. That block is now stripped and going back into the truck soon with a Deppe head and turbos. Yeah 292's!
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David
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