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Topic: really hot windsor
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ASTIKHOSSW
Journeyman Posts: 88
From: UPLAND CA SAN BERNARDINO
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 07-30-2003 09:07 PM
   
check it out,and how could this happen.
www.hangar18fabrication.com/swtracing.html
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steve'66
Gearhead Posts: 6522
From: Sonoma,CA,USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 07-30-2003 09:13 PM
How could what happen? Only the chebbie runs? The other two are under construction. Or, that the big three can get along and work together?  SteveW
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ASTIKHOSSW
Journeyman Posts: 88
From: UPLAND CA SAN BERNARDINO
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 07-30-2003 09:16 PM
did you see the windsor with the melted cylinder head.
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steve'66
Gearhead Posts: 6522
From: Sonoma,CA,USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 07-30-2003 09:39 PM
Sorry,I misse that, where is it on their site? SteveW
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ukracer
Journeyman Posts: 65
From: South Wales UK
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 07-31-2003 11:40 AM
They explain how it happens. Cylinder ran lean, causing detonation which broke through the gasket. Combustion gasses then escape through this small gap at high velocity and effecively torch the ally away. Fun, eh? It can be scary how hot the guts of your engine get.
Cheers, Martin.
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blown 351
Journeyman Posts: 64
From: Seattle, Wa. 98258
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 07-31-2003 12:17 PM
I guess I had better not raise my compression to 12.8:1
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ukracer
Journeyman Posts: 65
From: South Wales UK
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 07-31-2003 12:20 PM
Oh, go on! Just remember to post the pics of the blow-up here for us all to see! Nothing like a bit of mechanical carnage to get the interest going. He He
Cheers, Martin
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BlueMule
Gearhead Posts: 858
From: Kent Island, MD USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 07-31-2003 12:23 PM
A 'swallowed' valve makes a bigger mess. Don't ask me how I know. After 31 years, it still hurts. ------------------
-Paul 70 Mach1 351C
79 Ranchero GT
97 Expedition XLT 5.4
00 SVT f150 Lightning 4149 of 4966 Born on: 06/26/2000 'If you're not the lead dog, the view never changes.'
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TomP
Gearhead Posts: 4812
From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 07-31-2003 02:57 PM
trick cars! The fenderwell headers on that Fairlane are weird but cool.
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JCQuinn@work
Gearhead Posts: 422
From: Lakewood, CO, USA
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 07-31-2003 03:16 PM
The beauty of aluminum. That head is an easy fix. That is the main reason I like to run aluminum heads on a race car.That said, I am going to build my next motor with cast iron because of the rules. John
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