this is what the number 6 piston looks like after punching the head at highway speed:


and this is what the head looks like:


Do you think the head survived?and can I use a head off of a '93 to replace it if not?

and if your interested this is what the block looks like:

notice part of the cam was pushed out through the hole

 

 

get it magnafluxed

sry about your motor man

 

what happened man

 

 

I might have to get it magnafluxed, but I'm not sure if the valves would have been bent. They look fine and I think I know how to check them, but it may be easier to just swap on the good '93 head I've got, do you know if it will fit? it looks the same to me.

I bought the truck with a pushrod hanging out of the oil pan, the guy I bought it from claimed he heard a noise in the top end while cruising down the highway, he then turned around to get home, went about a mile and heard a loud bang

Thanks

 

Valves are cheap replace them. The head looks fine have it checked though.

 

shouldn't the valves from your 93 head fit into this head if these are bent... head doesn't look all that bad..