We had a race at Phillip Island on the 23rd. Well i blew up the A14. I had a big valiant chasing me down but his staright line speed was a bit much for the ol datto. So i held it a bit long in 3rd. Well 8700rpm & missed a gear was the end of my day. The crank pulley ended up on the race track at turn 1,4 bent exhaust valves & i havnt checked out the bottom end yet. she will race again.
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poor little thing ............

taking that 'drive it like you stole it' thing a little far this time

how'd the rest of the day go with the racing ??

not to good
1 black black flag for noise & another for the bonnet rod hanging out the front. then the fatal error.
on the bright side i beat by own record buy 4 seconds Ran a 2.08 old trime was 2.12

at least you improved your times

sad to hear you blew it up, happy to hear it will run again. next time youll probly take that in-line 6 to the cleaners.

Quote:Particularly if you are allowed to borrow an engine that I believe a friend of yours has just laying around.[wink, nod]

R.I.P.

Shame about the motor!

But that's getting to be a pretty respectable PI lap time! (2min flat being the RESPECT time).

In a R32 GTSt I did a 2:03! - you just a few seconds behind that with half the hp...

wow took almost 9000rpm to kill the tough A series!

as long as you sorted out those Alphas from last year...........rather than fixing the head you have, maybe a certain A13 race head could be installed.........

Freshened my old A15 a few years ago for my young cousin. It was almost a monthly occurance that it would need a new push rod or 2. Did surprisingly little internal damage.

The only time he threw a front pulley was when he dropped the clutch at full revs in third while stationary. Sheared the flywheel bolts at the same time. . . New front seal, a machine of the flywheel and 6 new bolts later the engine is still creating fun, although he will never get it back!

I would look at a bigger altenator pulley too.

Sorry to ramble. . . Long story short, don't write it off yet.