Re: Eric's 1925 Packard Barchetta Speedster Project

Posted by Eric Boyle On 2008/7/24 1:07:52

So, after seeing the damage up top with the cracked cylinder, and the broken #8 rod, I have come to this conclusion: The dent in the pan possibly happened while the car was driving, and broke off the oil pickup tube from the pickup, this starved the engine for oil, and since #8 rod broke, it siezed on the crank, and broke the rod. Now, how does that crack the cylinder? My guess is that the cylinder got cracked like that when all this happened, by pushing the piston pin into the cylinder wall when the rod went sideways trying to find someplace to go. The outside of the block and the cam are fine, however. I got lucky there!

Only a theory, but I think it's a good one. Incidentially, this is actually good news to me in a way, as I planned on using 288 rods anyway, and I won't be needing the 327 rods at all.