You were lucky. My carb stud came loose and destroyed my last 455. It windowed the block, broke the lifter valley, the cam was in three pieces, the rod snapped in half. destroyed the oil pump and windage tray and put a big hole in the pan. The head was not hurt at all.
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1979 Trans Am WS-6 .030 455 zero decked
flat pistons
96 heads with SS valves
041 cam with Rhoads lifters 1.65 rockers
RPM rods
800 Cliffs Q Jet on Holley Street Dominator
ST-10 4 speed (3.42 first)
w 2.73 rear gear
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469th TFS Korat Thailand 1968-69 F-4E Muzzle 2
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