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Originally Posted by 71tahoe
When my son and his friend did a cam swap, they just started taking stuff apart. Whatever was on the intake wound up in the intake runners. I don't know if the same care was taken putting it back together or if it happened on teardown but somehow a washer wound up in #5 cylinder. Beat the living crap out of the piston and ruined the head. I still don't know if the block is ok. It was a 2000 mile crate 350. Very sad day. |
There is more damage possible from that scenario. You will definitely need to have the crank checked for straight and the cylinder wall checked for cracks. I had a friend drop a small bolt into my carb swapping breathers on a propane setup once and the big cam and big valves let it into the #8 cylinder. It cracked the head, the block, busted the piston rings and bent the crank. Pretty much junked the motor. You might not have this much damage with a washer. Keep your fingers crossed.