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Re: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
From: andycost@att.net
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 20:35:21 +0000
Some of us are still making the trip.

Andy
> The Good:
> I ran in my first ever SCCA RGR autox, and took the ES win.
> (OK, I was the only ES entry)
> 
> The Bad:
> The best time was 1:02 (a formula car), alot of people were
> running 1:10 - 1:15, my best was 1:35.
> 
> The Ugly:
> The track was 30 miles west of Albuquerque, and I overheated on the
> way home.  Luckily my pit crew (my wife) was following me home,
> so we towed it the last 5 miles.  I haven't looked into what happened,
> but I'm wondering if one of the heli coils I installed on my rocker arm
> studs gave way?
> 
> What damage could've I caused by overheating?  Do I need to worry about
> the head gasket?  Like I said I haven't looked yet, just looking for tips
> on what damage I may have caused.
> 
> P.S. - I was planning on meeting up with The Run to the Rockies group, but
>        looks like it was cancelled, guess that works OK for me now.
> 
> P.P.S. - There was a nice 70 2000 at the Autox, pretty fast.  I'm going to
>          send him some info on joining our list.
> 
> Later - Robert - 67.5 1600 - Abq (Smiling and Crying)

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