Valve Gave out

[Coors]

Driving up the free way, every thing felt fine, down shifted into forth, made a nascar move around car number 20... shifted into 5th and then it blip blip blip blip and loss of power... lugged it over to the side, got a tow from a homie, tore into it, took the head off... found 2 broken exhaust valves... GREAT

[j.steimer04]

That sucks bro. What do you think was the cause of it?

[Coors]

well the motor has over 220,000 miles on it, the head has obvisouly never been taken apart. also my valves have been ticking, and that morning i was thinking about checking them and adjusting... but i didnt..

what happend was a piece broke off and then melted to the one next to it..

[kommon_sense]

That sucks? Any damage to the head/bottom? Were you running all stock parts?

[Coors]

all stock parts, every thing else looks fine, i could have driven her home, but i waited for a tow. looks like just 2 valves need to be replaced, but the heads never been taken off so im ganna get a complete valve job, and what ever the deck may need, re surfacing and that kind of thing. piston looks fine as well. i stoped the car about a mile from when i first felt a loss of power, and the piece of valve that broke was melted into the one next to it.

[festivagt]

How were the valves broken? Heads popped off the valves or cracked or ? I haven't seen valves just fall apart. What Auburn do you live in(what state)?
HENRY