... a 1500 Spitfire... flat-out...failure of #3 big end...
'nuff said...
Glen
In a message dated 11/6/2007 9:33:02 AM Eastern Standard Time,
wgrosenbach@juno.com writes:
The only engine I ever lost on the street from a bearing related issue
was while using 10W40. Usually ran 20W50, changed in the fall, then
chased the Colorado 1000 (Grand) around the state in my '76 Spitfire.
Spent quite a bit of time running flat out. In a Spitfire, your not that
afoul of the law running flat out. Survived that, but not the drive down
I-25 to Pueblo for a SCCA race. The engine started producing a hammering
noise, (which turned out to be a rod bearing cap on #3
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