Handy Don 16,915 #26 Posted 22 hours ago 12 hours ago, wallfish said: I'm now hell bent on blowing up an engine as a display! Perhaps the show will need a dedicated area for “demolition derby” activities! There could also be a pool--bet on how long it’ll run before it blows and the winner gets the leftovers? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 67,227 #27 Posted 12 hours ago 9 hours ago, Handy Don said: There could also be a pool--bet on how long it’ll run before it blows and the winner gets the leftovers? Our volunteer fire company did a how long will it run without oil and coolant pool on a 1952 Chevy six. The engine was warmed up, shut off, fluids drained then restarted with a brick on the throttle pedal. Tickets were sold as a blind pull, you didn't know how how many minutes you bought until you pulled your ticket from the drum. We sold sixty tickets at $ 10.00 each who knew it would run for over an hour without oil and water. It began rattling pretty good at about twenty minutes, stunk real bad at about thirty minutes then started slowing down and backfiring at about fifty five minutes but kept chugging until about an hour and fifteen minutes. The winner declined the opportunity to own the old Chevy, just took his $ 300.00 winnings and donated a hundred of it back to the fire company. 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EB-80/8inPA 2,028 #28 Posted 11 hours ago Trying to catch up a bit around here. This thread is truly special. You guys that pulled that off totally rock. Great stuff! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Retired Wrencher 6,768 #29 Posted 2 hours ago (edited) On 7/8/2026 at 9:32 AM, Pullstart said: Good job as always getting those motors running. If John and Keven are there guaranteed it would run. running. Edited 2 hours ago by Retired Wrencher 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
