<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I just had a great weekend at Summit Point, perfect weather, four days and lots of track time, some quick laps and good racing. <div class="">After my last session, I noticed some dripping oil as I put the car in the trailer.</div><div class="">Got it home to find a half full catch can (1 pint?), and evidence of oil blowing out of the valve cover cap vent hole.</div><div class="">Tonight I ran a compression test and leakdown test. Cold engine results:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1 - 200 and 2%</div><div class="">2- 180 and 6%</div><div class="">3 - 180 and 9%</div><div class="">4 - 195 and 0%</div><div class="">5 - 190 and 0%</div><div class="">6 - 185 and 0%</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Note - I suspect my longacre leakdown gauge may not be reading quite right, as when i have the air side set to 100, the leakdown % on the last three is slightly below zero. So, perhaps the leakdown on the first three is higher. </div><div class="">There was no excess oil until the last session. Oil pressure is about 50 hot at idle and 65 - 75 at speed, depending on RPM.</div><div class="">EGT readings remained in the 1200 - 1250 range across three monitored cylinders at top speed</div><div class="">What do i have - failing rings? </div><div class="">Any diagnosis or tests you recommend before I start pulling the thing apart would be appreciated.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Triumphs racing - I’m sure I’m missing a few but this is who I remember.</div><div class="">TR3 - John Hasty, Henry Frye, John Styduhar</div><div class="">GT6 - me, Paul King, Jason Sukey, Jay De Pol until his diff case broke</div><div class="">Spitfire - Russ Moore, Marty Sukey, Jeff Govert, Kent Bain, others </div><div class="">Tr4 - Mark Wheatley, Allen Goode, I’m missing at least another one</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Scott Janzen</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>