Just for fun - the small block rod thread got me thinking. I have a 400 shortblock with a bent connecting rod, it is bent slightly in the non thrust direction.

I also have a friend with a 67 HP 440 sitting on his garage floor that he grenaded around 74, it has a couple of broken LY rods and a few that actually bent about 90 degrees and did not break. The engine is so screwed up that you can't get it apart. He shifted it around 6500-6800. Obviously he broke it with excessive RPM. And it had heavy TRW 6 pack slugs in it.

What stories do you guys have?

Now I need to pin those needles, got to feel that heat
Hear my motor screamin while I'm tearin up the street