Or valve springs? It could have been worse.
--Pat K
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>From: "James Creasy" <james@thevenom.net>
>To: "Pat Kelly" <lollipop487@attbi.com>, "John J. Stimson-III"
<john@harlie.idsfa.net>
>Cc: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: not for the squeamish
>Date: Tue, Jun 17, 2003, 12:54 PM
>
> 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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