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Re: [Land-speed] The hunt for the Missing Boost...

To: <drmayf@mayfco.com>, "LSR" <land-speed@autox.team.net>,
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] The hunt for the Missing Boost...
From: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@beyondbb.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:33:18 -0600
And the beat goes on. LSR will always bite you along the way Mayf. It's just 
part of racing.
Glen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "drmayf" <drmayf@mayfco.com>
To: "LSR" <land-speed@autox.team.net>; <tigers@autox.team.net>; "Alpines" 
<alpines@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 2:25 PM
Subject: [Land-speed] The hunt for the Missing Boost...


> Repeated the leakdown... still hasn't healed itself. So, on Skips
> advice, tore it down. And the news is not good... burned the top land of
> #3 piston plus looks like it was getting a bit hot in other places on
> that piston.  Interesting in that all the others on that side show
> moderate carbon on the pistons but this one is pretty darn clean. Very
> little combustion product on it at all. So I am thinking maybe the
> injector wasn't firing or is plugged or some how farkled.  I also found
> that the waste gate controller hot side gasket was blown out on one
> side. So now I am going to have to track some of those down ans well.
> Life is grand, ain't it.  Gotta call D.S.S. for pistons and rings and
> maybe bearings... how much fun can a guy have, lol...
>
> mayf
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