[Land-speed] Oct meet

[drmayf]

Yeah, my first thought was blown head gasket and that putting boost into 
the radiator. That will also let water intot he cylinder as well.
mayf
ddahlgren at snet.net wrote:

>Here is a more likely alternate theory..
>You lifted the head gasket sent compression from the now dead hole into
>the cooling system and blew the cap off..You would be amazed at how much
>water an engine can ingest and not get hurt... Also  how easy it can be
>to lift a head gasket as well..
>Dave
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>From: land-speed-bounces+ddahlgren=snet.net at autox.team.net
>[mailto:land-speed-bounces+ddahlgren=snet.net at autox.team.net] On Behalf
>Of Scott Cowle
>Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:49 AM
>To: land-speed at autox.team.net; Sparky
>Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Oct meet
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>As near as I can tell Sparky, the rad cap backed off to the point where
>once it built up pressure it released it all at once and the air filter
>for the supercharger is right in line with it.I think the engine
>ingested a large amount of fluid all at once.When I took the filter off
>there was a puddle of fluid in the intake pipe leading to the
>supercharger.I do not know yet but maybe the engine experienced a
>hydraulic lock in two of the cylinders and broke pistons or bent rods
>but one cylinder had no compression at all, so I did not bother to test
>the other-I knew I was done. At first I thought I had left the cap
>undone but upon inspection I realized the cap was not clamping onto the
>rad tightly enough and vibration may very well have backed it off enough
>to cause the disaster we experienced .But we live and learn and next
>time before each run Jim and I are going to do a thorough inspection of
>the little things to try and avoid a repeat of this. We will be back
>asap. Scott
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