Tom, you have pistons with holes in them, and a lean
condition contributing, surely with the accompanying
detonation your bearings and crank did not like this
as well........
did you record data for the gasoline tune, with
methanol??? might make for interesting analysis
ie egt's, oil pressure, air fuel, etc.....
hope it all gets remedied to your liking!!
like you said, engines are easy to fix, hearts
are not......
Joe
Quoting "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>:
> List,
>
> Part 2
>
> We put the car on the trailer and prepared to take it home. I had a
> seminar to attend in Dallas, scheduled to fly out of Salt Lake. I stayed
> Tuesday and spectated a bit and then left for Salt Lake Wednesday
> morning to wait for my Friday flight. while I had nothing to do for a
> couple of days, I used the time to reflect and do some serious research
> into my misfortune. Here comes the stupid part...the real confession!
>
> In November, I prepared the car for the lakes meet to run on gasoline.
> Guess what? It was still prepared to run on gasoline, only I was running
> alcohol. Gasoline nozzles and the dial-a-jet box was loaded with
> gasoline jets. I was jetted about .015 lean, even if I had had the alky
> nozzles in it. How it ran 225 MPH with that setup I can't imagine. Wait
> this is not all...when we pulled the engine to change pistons, we found
> lots of copper in the lifter galley...further inspection uncovered the
> rear and front main bearings in shreds. (I sure do miss my engine man,
> Randy, who succumbed to cancer in June) Normally, I would have refreshed
> the engine myself, but I was pushed to get the rest of the car back
> together, so I sent it to Randy's shop. I took the engine back this
> morning to see if they can figure out what happened. They will fix the
> damage, but I am still not sure what caused it. I just hope they uncover
> a clear reason for the failure.
>
> Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/FCC
>
> PS: When put in the proper prospective, really, this is minor stuff! I
> was so saddened by John's accident. He too, thrashed to get to the meet,
> only to pay the ultimate price for the quest for speed. I will miss him
> greatly. He was a good friend and great competitor. I will always
> cherish the ten plus years the we swapped records back and forth.
>
>
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