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By SLYSX,
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Ah well. Another day at the track. What can I say about today's efforts?

I guess the only really good thing I can say about today is that the weather was good for racing.

The best result today was a run of 11.03@138MPH with a 1.88 60'. Nothing to write home about but still showing a good MPH.

We started the day with a high 12 and then a high 11 with a big cloud of smoke. When we lifted the bonnet, we had found the the oil cap had come loose and shot off the rocker cover to spray oil across the engine bay. Not so bad as there wasn't a huge loss of oil.

The next 2 runs lead us to more trouble as there was a loss of boost somewhere undertermined. Thanks to Nige and Karl, they managed to source the problem and solve it with little trouble.

The next run then lead to a problem of overheating and the Autronic cutting the engine at 7500 in second (1300 rpm before rev limit). It was found that the radiator had little to no water in it which we found strange as the fluids were all changed in the morning before heading to Heathcote.

Once the radiator was filled again, it was time to hit the track again.

A clean burnout lead us to belive that it was to be a solid run. The launch was fair but a big bang and cloud of black smoke in second killed the run. Marshals on the track were then picking bits up off the track. We knew this was bad :(

The car came back and the bonnet lifted revealed that the stock radiator had blown itself to smitherins.... The cap had stayed on but the top of the radiator had cracked from one end to the other spraying fluid all over the engine bay again.... Although cleaning the oil from the first incident off, it had now left coolant all over the bay.

The car was then loaded back onto the truck and we all went home in disappointment.

I must give much thanks though to those who came up and supported the running of the car again. Special thanks to Gerald, Nige and Karl for getting the car together in time to race, Jack from CityWide Towing for all the efforts he's put in to getting my car from point A to point B, James for lending me his oil cap in a time of need (I promise I'll give it back soon), Des for the lending of the battery and the SAU/FA people who came up to support the car. If I've missed anyone out, please forgive me as I do appreciate the support.

A new radiator and thermo fan will be ordered this week and fitted to the car shortly and we will most likely run again when I return from Japan on June 12. The 4,6 rotaries are on on June 19 so we may aim for that day.

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