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Ole
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« on: October 06, 2008, 07:08:32 am »
Hey Racers,

Last weekend we had the Bitburg season's finals, the forecast didn't look very good but we had almost the hole saturday for racing.

My second pass was a new PB with 11.35@113, that's only 1/100 slower than the car ran in 1974 at OCIR... Grin

Sure I wanted to get the missing 1/100, but when I tried the rear wheels blocked in 4th gear at almost 8k rpm... Shocked
Fortunately the car was stable, don't want to think about what could have happened...

It first seemed a rod let go, but after dismanteling the engine we saw a broken crank between the center main and cyl. 1......
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nicolas
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« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2008, 07:31:32 am »
damn that is a shame. hope not all is down the drain and that you are planning a rebuild allready. good to hear you and the car are OK as this could have been a lot worse.
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« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2008, 09:26:38 am »
What a damage!!!

Good courage has you for the reassembly.

Good job dude !!!! Wink
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« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2008, 09:43:55 am »
That's a shame! You were SO close! Hope the heads survived ok.
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« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2008, 09:59:14 am »
Unlucky Ole Shocked

Still, if you don`t break a racecar your not trying hard enough, eh Wink
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« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2008, 10:29:12 am »
That's really sad...  Undecided

Hopefully, it happened during the last season race weekend...

Good luck with the rebuild!

See you

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« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2008, 10:34:26 am »
shit what a bad news ole  Undecided
you're well and the car don't have any damage  it's a good thing  Wink
now put the  engine on the wall for souvenir  Wink
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« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2008, 11:09:19 am »
Quote from: nicolas on October 06, 2008, 07:31:32 am
good to hear you and the car are OK as this could have been a lot worse.

Yes, most important nothing serious happened to me or somebody else. You better break a crank than your neck... Undecided

Quote from: turtle racer on October 06, 2008, 09:26:38 am
Good courage has you for the reassembly.

Muchas gracias!  Grin

Quote from: JHU on October 06, 2008, 09:43:55 am
That's a shame! You were SO close! Hope the heads survived ok.

Yes, looks like the heads survived. I'm really happy about that  Smiley

Quote from: kev d on October 06, 2008, 09:59:14 am
Unlucky Ole Shocked
Still, if you don`t break a racecar your not trying hard enough, eh Wink

Yeah, that's what I keep saying... Wink In the end I've been very lucky Cool

Quote from: RedEx on October 06, 2008, 10:29:12 am
Hopefully, it happened during the last season race weekend...
Good luck with the rebuild!

Right, there could have been a worse timing... Wink

Quote from: speedwell on October 06, 2008, 10:34:26 am
shit what a bad news ole  Undecided
you're well and the car don't have any damage  it's a good thing  Wink
now put the  engine on the wall for souvenir  Wink
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Tanks Fabs. Maybe I put some parts on the christmas-tree... Wink Cheesy
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« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2008, 12:43:33 pm »
sorry for you ole! Wink
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« Reply #9 on: October 06, 2008, 15:04:08 pm »
Yes,that's very sad Angry,it's a very fast car.
Hope you'll be back next season!! Wink Wink
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« Reply #10 on: October 06, 2008, 19:27:12 pm »
Good luck on the rebuilth! 
Hope to see you in action again next year.

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« Reply #11 on: October 06, 2008, 19:38:07 pm »
OMFG  Shocked  glad to hear that you and the car are okay!  Hope you can re-use some engineparts though...
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« Reply #12 on: October 06, 2008, 20:54:25 pm »
Back luck Ole, but good luck that it was just the engine and not anything more serious as can happen when a motor lets go at 8k in fourth!!!! Take care, matt
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« Reply #13 on: October 06, 2008, 22:19:33 pm »
Ole Glad you and the car are fine.

When us young guys race these old race cars we should expect some breakages, the good news is we can rebuild it faster and better.

Good Luck and stay safe
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« Reply #14 on: October 07, 2008, 10:06:00 am »
ole good to see you and the panther is ok Wink youve got plenty of time to rebuild the motor now ready for a return to shakey next season Grin regards barry
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« Reply #15 on: October 10, 2008, 04:08:29 am »
Damn! Shame to see the internals looking like that but if thats what comes of racing the car then so be it, it's what it's built for after all. All the best with the rebuild, see you somtime next year.
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« Reply #16 on: October 10, 2008, 05:35:31 am »
 Shocked Ouch!
Is that a pic of your final toast?
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