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Originally Posted by DanielDudley
The reason a rod can go through a block is because it is still hooked up to the crank on one end, and has the driving force of all that mass. My guess is that somehow there was some way that the weight got between the casing and the spinning parts on the shaft, and was driven out by the momentum of the spinning mass of the engine. The spring on the weight could have somehow popped off during the overrev, and may have somehow contributed to the advance weight slipping out of place later.
Or not. It doesn't sound like a really serious overrevving situation, where the engine really winds out .
Be glad it wasn't a rod, because they have been known to go too, with far more destructive consequences.
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Could be. lets contribute it to bad luck. Hope nothing else went. Glad also it happend on startup not when the engine was pulling 7500 rpm. And as to why my father blames Porsche, well you have got to blame someone righ? ;o)