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Once upon a time in my youth I built a motor from scratch. New block, new crank , new rods, new Pistons, fancy new complete heads only recycled parts were the timing cover and the oil pan. I babied the motor for 1500 miles. Started getting down on it and 500 miles later a easy burnout she stopped. Fired it up and made terrible noises, ran horrible and pumped coolant out the exhaust. Took it home and it looked like that. Found a valve had broken about an inch below the keeper. Valve fell down and windows the piston and the block. Obviously a parts issue. I lived near the big name brand head mfg so went to their store they looked at it and said yep we had s few of these. Guy went in the back and came back with one new head.... I asked what about my short block, he said that was he could do was one new head... I almost fed it to him. Went home cut the car up with a Sawzall and swore off hot rods for a full 3 months till I bought the next one......