Posted by martin on March 17, 1999 at 18:40:54:
In Reply to: whoops Just checked connecting rod to ground clearence posted by FOX on March 17, 1999 at 01:40:05:
MMMMMM BEER.
: : my buddy built the 302 out of my maverick for his truck and got it in earlier and turned the keys and started the cam break in after about 3 min it came apart and kicked the number 3 rod out the side of the engine after some investigation we also found that it spun all the rod bearings the he never torqued the rod caps < either from lack of experince or the beer ( im going with the beer from the emptys all over>