I would say it had to be a small ball bearing the marks are just too
perfectly round and each the same
I just got really lucky that it went out without holding a valve open
Rick
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From: <ardunbill@webtv.net>
To: "Rick Yacoucci" <turborick@TurboRick.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 7:01 AM
Subject: Re: Look what I found !!!!
> Rick, it looks then like some tiny stones or large pieces of grit were
> somehow ingested, evidently at El Mirage, if that was not the result of
> detonation. I have seen large pits like that before on the cylinder
> head of a serious racing Vincent, in an area remote from the spark plug,
> that we attributed to slight-to-moderate detonation. Even so in your
> case it didn't hurt the power, performance and durability of your
> engine. Bill
>
>
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