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Thrown Rod at Daytona

Well, after 5 years, and 30 plus racing weekends, my 2.8 let go at the PCA club race this weekend at Daytona. Some of you may remember my build documented here based on the pre-release version of Wayne's book in 2003.

Clearly a thrown rod on #3. Looks like the rod bolts let go. The mistake I probably made was using stock rod bolts and stock rods on a engine I was running up to 7500 RPM. Anyway, let me know if you all are interested in me documenting the dissection and rebuild as it progresses.

Thanks,

JP
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