Engine noise... can you decipher it?
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I would have to vote on the rod knock side, but either way, it isn't good, or maybe it is cause you get to swap.
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Vette(s): 1972 convertible 350 auto trans, delux int, air, ps, pb, t/t wheel, pw, 79,000 org miles Rare one year only color
that noise reminds me of when a friend of mine was looking at a 68 cuda about 25 years ago. the guy wanted $50 for it and it had a noise just like yours. my buddy ask me what i thought of it so i took it out on the road and wound it up to 80 mph for about 2-3 minutes. it stayed together so he bought it, we dropped the oil pan and found a real loose bearing. polished the crank with some 1000 paper and slipped in a new bearing. it ran for 2 more years then he sold it for $500
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Sounds like a rod knock on #6 cylinder 
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That is a great ear you've got Baca 
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might be #6 but sounds like #5 to me 
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First impression is a Low end knock and a nasy one at that.I'm not proficcient enuff to tell from a recording but its fast and mean and definetely crank speed which makes it main or rod...sorry bro'
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You guys are good!!! I agree with the experts here, lower end noise, bearing or rod...
Owen
I agree with the experts here, lower end noise, bearing or rod...Owen
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