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Old Oct 29, 2013 | 10:29 PM
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I could make you cry if I showed you a picture of what a broken exhaust valve from low mileage A&A Edelbrock heads does to your motor. So....I won't show you. I'm done mourning and moving on to stuff (and parts) that does not suck.
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Old Oct 30, 2013 | 07:45 AM
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Sorry about your loss.

I can relate to it. I dropped a valve quite a few years ago. It trashed the whole motor. I still have a couple lobes of the broken cam sitting above my tool box.

But we still like pictures!
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Old Oct 30, 2013 | 11:23 AM
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Did it break at the retainer? The only motor I ever trashed was a 426 Hemi in my Challenger. Believe me, I understand the pain (in the heart and wallet) but that can sometimes be the price of high performance sometimes.
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