VIR/Gold Cup Vintage Races
06-11-2005, 06:45 PM
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Sorry to hear that UB. 
Racing is very expensive, that is why Robert isn't doing it anymore. I wish he would, but .........................
JoAnne
Racing is very expensive, that is why Robert isn't doing it anymore. I wish he would, but .........................
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06-13-2005, 12:44 PM
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So I got back Friday and removed the engine Sat morning and then went jet skiing for the rest of the weekend.
BTW this was the first time I pulled a 356 engine. Working slowly and without help, it took 90 minutes. Next time 60 or less. Helps to have four post lift and a transmission jack., and quick connect oil and gas lines.
Uber
BTW this was the first time I pulled a 356 engine. Working slowly and without help, it took 90 minutes. Next time 60 or less. Helps to have four post lift and a transmission jack., and quick connect oil and gas lines.
Uber
06-15-2005, 11:41 AM
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"Uber":
Sorry to hear about your motor. Any idea why it holed a piston? Lean mixture, carb jetting...? I run my 356 in HSR / SVRA events. Fortunately, no holed pistons yet. Lots of other issues ... but not the motor.
Are you doing to rebuild? Just got done building a spare [hotted up] motor over the winter. If you are building / repairing, let us know how it progresses.
Jason
Sorry to hear about your motor. Any idea why it holed a piston? Lean mixture, carb jetting...? I run my 356 in HSR / SVRA events. Fortunately, no holed pistons yet. Lots of other issues ... but not the motor.
Are you doing to rebuild? Just got done building a spare [hotted up] motor over the winter. If you are building / repairing, let us know how it progresses.
Jason
06-15-2005, 04:16 PM
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Jason:
The motor leaves for Ecurie tomorrow morning. Hopefully I will have it back in time for the vintage race at VIR next month. If I don't make that race in time, then I will be back at the SVRA race at VIR in the fall, and maybe the G&W Fall Fling, though I might run an E30 for that.
I think (but am not sure yet) that the cause was that I had a cylinder head temp sensor under the spark plug in cylinder 1, and I am not sure I was getting a good seal, which may have let air in and leaned the mixture. I'll wait til Mark calls and tells me which cylinder was bad. The motor was a little down on power at the Jeff 500, could not accelerate out of 10 in third, which kills the lap time. BTW I noticed that you opted to run a 6 cylinder car at the Redmond race.
The failure was interesting - no noise, no loss of power, but cockpit filled with smoke and I started looking at pulling the extinguisher. I cruised around back to the pits. Smoke and oil were going in to the overflow from the oil fill tank. The crankcase oil, which was very fresh, had turned an odd grey color and smelled like gas. Luckily the piston did not break up and trash the motor. I was gonna send it back to Mark this fall anyway.
Ub
The motor leaves for Ecurie tomorrow morning. Hopefully I will have it back in time for the vintage race at VIR next month. If I don't make that race in time, then I will be back at the SVRA race at VIR in the fall, and maybe the G&W Fall Fling, though I might run an E30 for that.
I think (but am not sure yet) that the cause was that I had a cylinder head temp sensor under the spark plug in cylinder 1, and I am not sure I was getting a good seal, which may have let air in and leaned the mixture. I'll wait til Mark calls and tells me which cylinder was bad. The motor was a little down on power at the Jeff 500, could not accelerate out of 10 in third, which kills the lap time. BTW I noticed that you opted to run a 6 cylinder car at the Redmond race.
The failure was interesting - no noise, no loss of power, but cockpit filled with smoke and I started looking at pulling the extinguisher. I cruised around back to the pits. Smoke and oil were going in to the overflow from the oil fill tank. The crankcase oil, which was very fresh, had turned an odd grey color and smelled like gas. Luckily the piston did not break up and trash the motor. I was gonna send it back to Mark this fall anyway.
Ub
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06-30-2005, 12:19 AM
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Hey Steve:
Just got back to this thread. Mark E. used to build a few 2.0L six motors for us and support a car ['68 911] we used to run in HSR. Had fun hanging with Marie and the pink flamingos which seem to take over his paddock area.
RE: Jeff 500 2005:
I ran my 356 in the Briggs Cunningham race and the Marlboro Cup. I ran the '66 911 in the Eiffel where I think you were running car #56, 1964 vintage?
Typically in the Eiffel [my experience] is that there are a lot more modern p-cars and I didn't want to get run over [hit] in my 356. You looked to be clicking off 1:32s which is pretty fast there for a tub.
Cheers,
Jason
Just got back to this thread. Mark E. used to build a few 2.0L six motors for us and support a car ['68 911] we used to run in HSR. Had fun hanging with Marie and the pink flamingos which seem to take over his paddock area.
RE: Jeff 500 2005:
I ran my 356 in the Briggs Cunningham race and the Marlboro Cup. I ran the '66 911 in the Eiffel where I think you were running car #56, 1964 vintage?
Typically in the Eiffel [my experience] is that there are a lot more modern p-cars and I didn't want to get run over [hit] in my 356. You looked to be clicking off 1:32s which is pretty fast there for a tub.
Cheers,
Jason
