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My guess: #6 hole was lean - melted the piston. Definitely not enough gasket. Probably marginal before you ever put the gas to it. Going to a Fel-pro 1008 won't make it ether. I can shoe you a pic of a 1008 that was in the process of failing in my 408 - with about 60 runs on it - and no NO2. Any power adder at all and you gotta go with a MLS type gasket. Studs aint a bad idea at that point also. JMO. The bearings look like they were a little starved for lube. Do the backs look like the fronts and do all the mains look like that? If so, you might have some block (saddle bore) issues??


Mine ran the cheap Fel-Pros with no failure after I reduced the timing. They went for years with no tear downs or maintenance.
Doug