Archive for August, 2010
Apologies to all who where expecting us at lydden this weekend. Unfortunatelly we had a issue with the new engine late on saturday afternoon before loading and had no choice but to pull out of the event. The engine came out yesterday and we have identified the problem. “After all the work in the last [...]
Following further investigation into the engine bay fire at mallory, the source of the fire was originally wrongly identified as the oilcooler lines. The cause of the fire was found to be caused by the camshaft oil seal been blown out after blowing a hole in the piston and the block becoming pressurised, forcing [...]
Unfortunately there isn’t too much news to report from round 5 at Mallory park due to a terminal engine bay fire in the first practice session. The source of the fire has been identified as a failed fitting as oilcooler lines return to the block. This then sprayed onto the red hot manifold and ignited, destroying [...]