Here's a scenario for you, I ran a 73 nova footbrake car for about 7 years. When I bought the car it had a 11 to 1 hydralic flat tappet 396bbc motor.
I knew the guy real well who originaly owed the car and he had been street racing the car at an area here in memphis we call rivergate.
He loved nitrous and probaby had sprayed the car everytime he ran it, which was every weekend and thursday night after test and tune at MMP When I bought the car from him he removed his famed nos kit which I think wasa 250 shot. I ran it like that for about 4 years and later put a 150 shot myself, anyway the point is this motor lasted over 14 years and was not pampered in anyway I routinely wound it up, I performed only routine maintenace never changed a valve spring or a lifter nothing just oil filter and plugs etc.
It had a bone stock bottom end, cast crank and stock rods.
It finally slung a rod out the side of the block one night at the track, I had a 454 waiting in the wings cause I knew it was getting close. Nobody could believe that motor had been in this car that long and who knows if I had went into the motor and FRESHENED it up, it could have still been alive today.
I actually wanted the thing to go though so I could put my 468 in it and go faster, I was leaning on it pretty hard the last few years so I guess you can say it was my fault. I killed it, I admit it but hey it was fun while it lasted.
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