| Well I got the Nova all set for the Road, got it registered and inspected and after a WEEK of driving it on the road happily I took a ride on a Saturday morning to get gas, I was all pumped and excited about driving my car legally. On the way home from the gas station, no more than 2 miles from my house a loud clicking started which quickly turned into a loud tapping, to a loud clunking to a very loud banging and POW! the motor blew, instantly I could smell antifreeze and knew it was major. I drifted to the side of the road and waved to the mustang I just passed and stared at the motor for a while knowing that this sucks and the motor is toast and contemplating the next step. So I decided to turn the motor over first to see if it would spin, yes. So I said fuck it and decided to drive it the 1 mile home, so I started it up with a huge cloud of white smoke and a loud banging and drove the sucker home. When I got there I removed the head and here is what I found. The valve was hitting the piston ever so slightly and fatiqued the stem enough to break and... well... there you go.....I cracked the block in the #7 cylinder and cracked the head and really messed up the piston as you can see..... |
