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Pulled the head off the mini this afternoon to check the extent of the head gasket failure at castle coombe.


Im guessing we clocked up a few more laps then we thought before the symptoms was auidioble, have checked the peak boost recorded on the boost controller and peak was 13psi, I was keeping an eye on the wideband while driving and mixture was rich.
These things are sent to try me, but at least its an excuse to build a quicker one!!
Shane

Shite Shane, that is a bad do.

If it makes you feel any better I've knackered my 205 at the rolling road today!

luck doesnt seem to be on any of our side at the mo.

Atleast the bad weathers upon us, so we can get ready for next season.

You have my heartfelt symathy tom. Coombe was its last outing for 18months so this is no major setback or problem.
The block is scrap, head with a skim is salvagable, pistons crowns look fine, just hoping ringlands have survived.

bit of silicone in there and it'll be fine, NOT. been there done that and will probably be doing it next season again, lol.

carl

On 2nd Oct, 2010 shane said:
DEATH
TAXES
MY BAD LUCK

Pulled the head off the mini this afternoon to check the extent of the head gasket failure at castle coombe.


Im guessing we clocked up a few more laps then we thought before the symptoms was auidioble, have checked the peak boost recorded on the boost controller and peak was 13psi, I was keeping an eye on the wideband while driving and mixture was rich.
These things are sent to try me, but at least its an excuse to build a quicker one!!
Shane

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Thats the spirit Carl!

I'm not Carl Austin for nothing you know,lol.

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shit the bed mate, did not think it was that bad.

I have started posting on Instagram also my name on there is turbomk1golf

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Ouch gutted for you mate, hope its just the block thats terminal and the rest can be used on the next engine.

Edited by george91 on 3rd Oct, 2010.

Mate you got.to admot it was bloody worth it and we were catching thoes quick minis as well, shame but you loved it and carried on to see what would happen lol.

Thanks for.taking me out in it mate shame it ended that way, your starting to catch up with neil on the bad luck thing lol

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Gutted for you Shane - thats some bad luck you've had but like you say, just an excuse to build a faster one.

oh no! :(

I havent been near it btw!

do yo think there could have been a bit of det?

Wow! Fuck me that's shit!

What cr and advance was it running at that boost?

In the 13's at last!.. Just

ouch buddy gutted for you, you wont be the last im sure,

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A bit of a shitter yes but there is no point stressing over it as the damage is done. I went out and got shit faced last night so got it out of my system! Det is a possibility, I was chatting with a lad I know last night who owns a sylvia and uses the same boost controller as me and he claims to be having issues with boost spikes, but not 100% if this is the case with this failure as it only logged peak at 13psi. It was a +40 block with omegas and 28cc benross head so believe to cr to iro 8.2, as for the advance I believe it not to be to much, iirc 24 degrees, but have no means of checking, my desktop is dead and laptop wont work with the lead I have for the MJ.
Shane

Edited by shane on 3rd Oct, 2010.

genuinely gutted for you, again.. when my engien goes pop its expected, as its a half arsed build, yours are always done right, hope all the bad lucks out your system!

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Again?! lol there is a certain element of deja vu with my posts! just have to treat each as a leaning curve and apply lessons learnt to the next build.
Shane

Thats propper crap Shane,
This type of failure is starting to be common of late I have seen it on two race N/A motors over the last year.

Im starting to wonder is our beloved BK450 not the gasket it once was ?

thats a proper job - sorry to see it all the same

I did wonder if we had another batch of suspect gaskets as this one has covered no more than 100 miles since myself and Nic unecessarily replaced it. But on the bright side this one lasted just over a year which is a personal best I believe?
Shane