hey
I just felt the sting that some of you guys have felt. I bought a 540 from a guy who knows a friend of mine ,the friend said the guy takes great care of his motors. I put it in my dragster started it up and my carb put to much alky in it i changed the oil sent the carb to rupert got it back worked great. Took the car to the track started it and heared somthing ,shut it off and took it home. Pulled the intake off found 2 bad lifters that didn't match the others and a lifter boar damanged,took the heads off and found that the boars were worn out (have to boar to larger size) crank has a crack in it, an at some piont while the guy raced it a screw got into two cylinders and beat the pistons and head up, rod bushing all no good ,intake valves all bad. And he said you did put alot of alky through it . Machine shop says the guy is full of it . GUY SAYS THERE ARE ONLY 25 PASSES ON THE MOTOR ,oh yea was about to spin three bearrings. Just found out they had the wrong head gaskets pistons were hittig the heads.