It was not the original engine. It was a replacement from an 03' with 55K on it. I did about 10 events on it before it started to drink a lot of oil and feel low on power. 4 events later it developed a "piston slap" and had to be put to rest. I did not replace the oil banjo bolts and the retainers/valvetrain were the originals (I do frequent valve adjustments and everything was always kosher). This could have been an oil starvation issue, a cooling issue, or a fuel injector issue (or a combination of the three). In any case, I think it was more or less a fluke - simply the casualty of racing. Its a risk we take, right?

My original engine lasted nearly 40 events and probably would have lasted many more, but it was damaged when a very close friend miss-shifted the car. Thankfully, aforementioned "very close friend" financed the purchase of engine #2. Lets hope engine #3 is a keeper!

Also worth mentioning that all of my engines have been 100% stock with the only addition being a catch tank off the PCV.

Monday morning (beer bottles work great to stop leaking radiator hoses):


Monday morning again:


Monday afternoon:


Monday evening:


Tuesday morning:


Wednesday evening:


SATURDAY!


-Aaron

 

race on sunday, repair on monday.

 

All I can say is WOW. That was one of the best track vids I've seen that I can recall! :bowdown: That's going to be posted on my FB, lol.

 

Great driving by both of you. We need more of this and less hellaflush BS on S2Ki.

 

Amen!

 

i love the first slide that you did at the 1min mark, it was clean!

 

awesome video!

 

yay putnam park... our home track!

 

Thanks for the video.

Now I have a wear spot in the carpet from trying to it the brakes. lol

Great Driving guys. Talk about balls out!

 

wheel/suspension specs on the NFR?