The following are pictures I took last time I rebuilt the motor in one of our Grand Nationals. The rebuild was required due to a mishap at a Buick, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac event in Reynolds GA. A vacuum/boost hose popped off at the 1000 foot mark while running 22 PSI of boost. This line was tee'd off the line going to the 3-BAR MAP sensor (DFI car) and the computer suddenly saw 10 PSI. Being a good computer, it promptly cut the fuel in half and advanced the timing 6-8 degrees. Both head gaskets blew.

When you find a lot of metallic crud on your magnetic oil drain plug you know you have a major problem. A lot of water had been injested in the engine since one of the water jackets passages had blown into the intake. The lubrication of the cam lobes was affected. Three cam lobes were wiped; #1 intake, #3 exhaust, and #4 exhaust. Lost about 20-30 thousandths of lift. All in less than 45 seconds. The car ran 12.29s at 79 MPH.

Here's a bunch of pieces waiting on the bench. Most of this is stuff you take off before you pull the engine. Look at that 4" sewer pipe used for an intake to the turbo.

More pieces waiting on another bench. Mostly stuff from inside the motor. The tranny in the background is the project I was in the middle of when the car broke prompting this engine rebuild.

Here's the empty engine block. Note the main studs and the head studs.

I have broken the pictures up into categories because it took so long to load. A lot of pictures.