BBC Merlin block failure

[sg67nova]

604 BBC Merlin block failure.

http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv135/sg67nova/merlin.jpg

[Diabolical]

Damn!!!

[white_dime94]

man hate to see that!

[Mad Max]

Man, that was an expensive failure...:sick2:

[AlteredRacer]

wow, I had a friend of mine that had a 413 sbc based on a world products motown block and it did the exact same thing in his dragster

[sgblazer2]

Damn!!!

i'm with you!!

[dand355]

how much spray?? oh yea daamn

[sg67nova]

No spray at all. Electronic methanol injected Super Comp motor. 1100hp. The rotating assy all ok. All the main caps are ok. The block just broke where the main studs screw in. Only 500 passes on the block.

[AlteredRacer]

No spray at all. Electronic methanol injected Super Comp motor. 1100hp. The rotating assy all ok. All the main caps are ok. The block just broke where the main studs screw in. Only 500 passes on the block.


Thats crazy that an aftermarket block like that broke w/ so few passes

[dand355]

Damn not good

[1fast10]

ah hell it can be fixed. haha. when i raced gokarts i threw a rod through the block. i grabbed a coke can and cut it to fit the hole and some jb weld and coverd the hole. put a new rod in and kept going.lol

[Phat boy]

X2 on the DAMN!!!!