I brought my own fuel anad it is what I have used all season with my
other motor. Joe(B)
----- Original Message -----
From: Russ Moore <rem@CBORD.com>
To: 'jaboruch' <jaboruch@netzero.net>; 'Friends of Triumph'
<FOT@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 10:53 AM
Subject: RE: Watkins Glen Race Report
> A number of us had a similar problem the week before and there was
> discussion of it possibly being fuel related. Watkins had this 110
octane
> "red juice" they were selling that smelled different than any gas we
had in
> the past. There were a number of folks with heating and elevated EGT
temps
> during the vintage weekend, even more engine failures than normal
and fuel
> was the common factor.
> Just a heads up. I'm trying to find a place that will test the fuel
and be
> able to tell me what the results mean. I do have a sample.
>
> Russ Moore
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of jaboruch
> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 8:59 AM
> To: Friends of Triumph
> Subject: Watkins Glen Race Report
>
>
> I was at the Glen this past weekend for an SCCA double race weekend
> and the season finally for the Volvo Historic Series. As has been
the
> case all season if I did not have bad luck I would have no luck at
> all. I did, however, get to finish the 2nd race, although 3 laps
> down. The car was over heating, and I now suspect a bad head or
head
> gasket - I have not had time to tear it down yet. I was getting
wild
> fluctuations in the temperatures. When I got on it hard, the temps
> would quickly rise up to 250 deg F. , but would fall back to 190-200
> when I backed off. I made 2 laps in the race on Sat. and had to
come
> in because the temp stayed at 250. I found a split top radiator
hose.
> I replaced that, and qualified in the rain on Sunday. The max temp
> was 230. Went out for the race (not raining at the start) and
after
> 5 laps it was up to 270 so I pitted. I put a gallon of water in and
> went back out to finish while taking it easy. It did start raining
> during the race, and I think that helped keep it cool enough to
> finish. That was my only finish this year. My biggest competition
in
> a Volvo p1800 has had a similar year, having built his 4th motor.
He
> came in on the 2nd lap and was done for the day, on a new motor. We
> can only hope that we got all of the bad things over this year, and
> next season will be much better. Joe(B)
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