[Fot] GT6 Connecting rods

[Dave Hogye]

Oil starvation.  I have been told that this is the way TR3/4 engines can go too.
The bearing spins after oil loss.
An expert/experienced builder I know (Greg S.) makes crank mods to get extra oil from the center main journal to feed more oil to 2 and 3 on the TR motors.
You won't see the pressure drop on a gauge.
I'm not sure what Spit racers are doing for this, but I bet someone will pipe in on this.
It might help to start your own thread on this, directed to Spit racers.

Dave H.

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> On Dec 13, 2015, at 8:21 PM, Bud R <levilevi at comcast.net> wrote:
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> The number 2 and 3 rod caps both look like they got real hot. In the pics you can see #1 rod cap is the correct color, #2 has been hot, #3 is gone, and #4 is the right color. Now what could cause two rods to get hotter than the others? Two spun bearings? Even the crank is blue at the #3 journal.
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> Thanks
> Bud
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>> On Dec 13, 2015, at 7:35 PM, davehogye <dlhogye at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> Hi Bud,
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>> Sorry about this misfortune.
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>> To me, one photo reveals a bunch.
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>> I see a lot of heat on the ARP bolt.  I'm pretty sure that would suggest that parts were just about red hot before they went bang, rattle rattle.
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>> If the bolt broke before hand, I don't think it would not have the bluing from heat.
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>> Good luck with the rebuild.
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>> Get it fixed and bring it west for the Kastner Cup.
>> 
>> Dave H.
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