There is so much i guess i should have Tripple checked instead of just checking for bearing side play hand crank her a couple times and check her out good. @ Blackawdtsi really? Thats interesting i never knew that neither regarding the rocker. Since she cranked and turned over nice. It sounded like it had good compression, Now that i think about it did take a while to get the car to start which i blamed ignition timing and old fuel for. Since after i got ti started once it always started fine.
Regarding the timing, no crazy 8k pulls. . .280camms on stock springs ect. I know those springs wouldnt be able to support hard driving but for a gentle drive that didnt go over 5k for all i know and less then a mile it should of held up. At this point im just trying to figure out what exactly went wrong, which i have a feeling is impossible. . .could something have been seriously wrong previously that i missed when i checked the bottom end?
Like was said i should of pulled the rod bearings and main bearings but i didnt my fault. I still dont get how that knock just appeared test drove it once twice no odd noises. A compression test would of most likely revealed valuable information. My Timing marks on the crank and camshaft were spot on before the engine was hoisted in the car. It took me 3 trys, because research stressed that even a tooth or half a tooth with such large camms would make for disaster so i was dead dead on. Even after the car broke down, we checked the timing MARKS again and they were still ON!
Anyways hear are some more pictures, i pulled the pan and didnt like what i discovered one bit. . .
a few more could of happened simulations would be nice!
