[Fot] IMSA TR8 lost a conrod

[John Styduhar]

British Parts International makes a beefed-up alloy 4.6L block.

On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 12:19 PM, MadMarx <tr4racing at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Yep!
> The engine is now toasted.
> Everything except the heads is rubbish now, including the block.
> Cause were a rod bolt.
> I stupid man didn't change the bolt just to make sure.
> As I never found any problem on my bolts, as I measure them every time I
> service the TR4 engine, I thought that would be the same on the TR8.
> Seems I was wrong. I gave 45 pounds on them as usual but maybe they were
> already tired.
> I had a full set of fitting ARP 2000 bolts on the shelf which I could have
> used instead of the ARP8740.
>
> Need to start from new.
> First a new 4.6L block is needed.
>
>
> Cheers
> Chris
>
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