good stuff... ...ok here's some...put the domed pistons in my first "pop-up" piston engine in backwards...then driving it 3000 miles before it finally spun a rod beariing...had the cutest little "smilies" in the tops of all the pistons...
...stood between two cars on the side of the highway hooking up jumper cables...that cost me 3 months in a wheel chair and 6 months out of work......borrowed a set of heads to break in my new engine while mine were being finished, just couldn't wait ya know, borrowed heads had roller valve springs, I was running a flat tappet cam...nice...real nice...