Reminds me of the 1979 SCCA Runoffs at Road Atlanta. Steve Johnson showed up
on the FP race grid in his Spitfire with all the gauges covered with duct
tape. He went on to win the race and the championship. I seem to remember
his engine was put together from a collection of parts from several engines
that week. I don't remember if I took a photo or if the image is burned into
my memory! His victory lap photo was used in a British Leyland magazine
advertisement. Last I knew Steve is retired in the Caribbean somewhere.
Clark
Clark W. Nicholls
1972 Stag (LE7931E), 1974 Spitfire (FM14571U) and 1 rusty GT6 needing new
owner
"Reality, it's not what you think."
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Kas,
I guess in this case, "Ignorance really is BLISS"! :)
Joe C.
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I've said before, oil at 225 makes more power by far than at 180 or so. When
in the old days and my TR-3 in about 5-7 laps the oil got to 300 and as we
were not allowed to have oil coolers, I did the next best thing, I took out
the gauge. Never made a bit of difference in longevity, and gave me peace
of mind.
Kas
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