It was 20 minutes practice, and then 2 30 minute race stints my first stint was shortened by the safety car.52 minutes of racing? Cor. Poor car lol
Yeah it was only the first stint that was affected with the gearbox and then we fixed the mount so not too bad!Looks so much fun. Shame about the 4th gear issues.
That Porshce Boxter race car getting in your way a bit towards the end.
Love the way there's radicals and the likes scooting about all over the place too.
Great stuff AndrewThat looks really good. As long as I've no killed my car by then, I'd love to join a gang of Clio's.
Was at Silverstone on Sunday...Looks awesome! Little machine putting some of the bigger boys through their paces!!
Thanks JamesNice write up, and good effort getting the engine swapped before hand!
I would be up for this next year. Looks like good fun and it would be nice to be part of a team as well.
Depends where the pistons finished up after the Elvis Presley conrod made a bid for freedom and how much oil starvation the rest of its seen.😧 Not good at all.
Anything salvageable?
No it just span the centre main it seems which then span the big end on cyl 2 and the heat etc snapped the rod bolt. Yes this was std 140K mile old rods with Supertech pistonsNot good to see James 😧
Did a rod bolt come out ? What was this the standard rod, high comp engine ?
As Mark says but doubt it unfortunately, unlike my last engine that went bang at Spa this was quite a drawn out affair so guess its done the head/cams etc but will only know for sure when I take the engine apart😧 Not good at all.
Anything salvageable?
Unfortunately I have empty pockets.
Shame.
Yes it's a full kit that cat cams put together I will dig out the details later and forward them over no worriesRefresh my memory on the cat cams kit james, the cams are specific to the lifter kit arent they? Do you know the specs, duration/lift etc? PM if you want,need to speak to you about those td pro races anyway.
Russ
Does the box include a gripper diff too?
Must resist...
No need to resistDoes the box include a gripper diff too?
Must resist...
Id say over revving on the down shift?
Its broke the ARP rod bolts.
At least Dan stayed and helped clean upGarage looks messy I'd never leave it in that state :tongueclosed:
Thankfully for once it's pretty clear,Forgive my ignorance. But what's actually happened there? Obviously the rod wanted to make a break for freedom, but what do you think caused it / what failed first?
Looks bloody messy!
Head and cams have survived surprisinglyProper job indeedy. Answers the 'salvage' question though...😂
By the time the oil temp has started to rise it's game over mate as the bearing has already spun and destroyed the crank and rod bearings closely followed by blueing the conrods.Bloody Renault engines.
Thanks for sharing James. Sorry again for the bad luck.
How quickly does the oil temp rise before it's too late? Like would you have any chance of noticing it and then turning it off. Or is it literally a matter of seconds and bang.