Re: [Amc-list] 252 six (195.6)

[farna@xxxxxxx]

Sometimes context is everything, isn't it?  ;>

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Date: Tue,  5 Jun 2007 19:47:35 -0600
From: Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>

"the engine was rebuilt at high rpm"

now that would be a neat trick to do. :)

Ken

Quoting farna@xxxxxxx:

> I've got a lot of experience with 195.6 L-head and OHV engines, Marc, and I
> don't think they are particularly fragile. I've only had one that threw a
> rod. It wasn't mine, but was in a car I bought for parts. A rod cap came
> loose shortly after the engine was rebuilt at high rpm. Apparently the
> rebuilder didn't properly torque (missed?) one rod bolt. That rod snapped and
> broke the came, ripped a gash through the oil pan, and holed both sides of
> the block.

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