A Broken Piston?

too little octane, a little too aggressive timing, and a whole lot of detonation will blow the piston ring lands right outta any piston not wanting to take any more!  this motor was built to learn on, and i did just that, learned...ALOT!  originally, i wanted to go 13.7's on a regular basis, but then i went out and ran a 13.20 @ 101mph and the bug got me, i HAD to run that 12.999 pass everyone looks for so hard.  well, went a 13.03 @ 103mph before i blew something.  oh well....guess it's time for that 350 to go together and i think i'll see some 12.0's in my near future!

A Worn Camshaft?

When assembling the little 305, i guess we decided it didn't need a cam button to keep the cam from walking around.  Well...looks like we did need one.  I killed TWO dizzy drive gears and my third is on it's way out right now and i never could figure out why.  Apparently, the cam was walking back and forth in the motor and effectively destroyed the camshaft distributer drive gear.  A new cam has already been selected. A Competition Cams Xtreme Energy 274H cam will be replacing it.  This cam is about as radical as i'm willing to go with a street driven motor with 230*/236* duration and .487"/.490" of lift on a 110lsa.  A Summit Racing cam button will also go in with the new cam to prolong the life of the cam by preventing the ever elusive "Cam Walk".

The Swap

Ah, the swap is beginning!  While the combination has changed many times, to even include buying another v6 f-body for a daily driver because the combo was getting too wild, i think i have finally managed to get a tame enough (well...that's all kinda relative...isn't it?)combination together to drive daily while i save up for the "Big Upgrades" later on down the road, to also include that v6 f-body i want to get so much.  As you can see below, the bore size is increasing by over .250"!!! Here is the low down on the new combination, cause i know ya'll are so eagerly waiting to hear what it's going to be. -4 bolt 010 350 block bored .060 over to yeild a true 360 cubic inches. -Brand NEW Eagle cast crank with a 3.48" stroke. -OHIO Crankshaft Forged 5.7" rods. -Speed Pro Power Forged flattop 4valve relief pistons -113 casting aluminum vette heads for a solid 10.3:1 c/r -Comp Cams XE274 cam: 230*/236* .487"/.490" 110lsa -Holley Street Dominator intake (idle-7200rpm) -Holley 650 double pumper -Hedman longtube headers with dual 2 1/2" exhaust and an H-pipe. This thing aughta scream!