they had the new engine on order anyway. ford recently celebrated their
100,000,000 (100 millionth) V8 motor. no shortage of blocks :)
we think this was a failure in the head- the valve came apart.
james
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Kelly" <lollipop487@attbi.com>
To: "John J. Stimson-III" <john@harlie.idsfa.net>; "James Creasy"
<james@thevenom.net>
Cc: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: not for the squeamish
> Who needs 8 cylinders anyway? :) Looks like the block is still good. That
> become important down the road. :)
> --Pat Kelly
>
> ----------
> >From: "John J. Stimson-III" <john@harlie.idsfa.net>
> >To: James Creasy <james@thevenom.net>
> >Cc: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> >Subject: Re: not for the squeamish
> >Date: Tue, Jun 17, 2003, 12:33 PM
> >
>
> > Ahh, so that's what the "TAK TAK TAK TAK TAK TAK" noise was as the car
> > was pulled back onto grid after its last run. I heard that they
> > were about to replace the engine anyway (the new one was already on
> > the way).
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 09:12:33AM -0700, James Creasy wrote:
> >>
http://www.norcal-cobras.com/misc/ffr1046-engine_damage/images/P1010001.jpg
> >>
> >> borden's new valve arrangement.
> >>
> >> so you need a windage tray on slicks, do you think?
> >>
> >> james
> >
> > --
> >
> > john@idsfa.net John Stimson
> > http://www.idsfa.net/~john/ HMC Physics '94
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