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Old 08-27-2009, 09:36 AM
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I ran my 73 Formula 400 once to 7500 rpms and it just bent a few pushrods. Not easy to blow up a Pontiac.

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Old 08-27-2009, 10:04 AM
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I ran my 73 Formula 400 once to 7500 rpms and it just bent a few pushrods. Not easy to blow up a Pontiac.
Tried to kill my original Pontiac 350 and it wouldn't die. It had been smoking like a freight train which is what prompted the "test". I finally gave up yanked it out of the car.

Pulled it apart and found a clogged oil screen, broken rings on 6 pistons, a handful of lifters seized in their bores and a blown head gasket! Damned thing still had alot of power right to the end!

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Old 08-27-2009, 11:22 AM
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Sure, I've killed lots of 'em. I ran at the demo derby once. Also bought several cars just to run into each other and have fun.
It's a blast.

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