So it'd appear I'm a bigger slacker than even I knew
Finally pulled the blowed engine a few weeks ago. Pulled the pan and found these neat little metal pieces on the oil pump pickup. Started loosening rod caps to find the culprit, got to #2 and it clunked
There was absolutely no bearing left!
I kept searching for another 22r block, then finally remembered I had one in storage
Got it home the other day, checked the cylinder bores and found out it's a 20r that's been bored .60 over
Time's a wastin, so I'm going to pull the head off the blowed block and stick it on the 20r bottom for now. I'll possibly get another 22r block later, or just tear down the bad one and rebuild it with my .50 over pistons
That or start looking for something else...
I'll have to update the first post since I did actually snag a couple more parts, though I don't think this one will be built up for trail use necessarily. I'd rather take one of my shortbed 2wd's and convert it so I have a better wheelbase.
Sad update I know, but since I'm actually doing a LITTLE to this I wanted to bump this to the top. I'll get some pics of the carnage on the old engine later too.
