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Old 09-15-2021, 08:29 PM   #13
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Re: Big block problems (Chevelle)

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That would make sense. The intake and exhaust pushrod lengths are different in those things so it could explain why only the exhaust is breaking.

Just doesn't seem like a failure would happen where they are breaking even if they were heated up too much, should be breaking down where they are loaded.
They both snapped exactly where the lock set screw bottoms out to the stud . Once it cracks the nut backs out from the stud
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