Well, I took one of the cylinder heads off on the weekend to see what the
damage was and lo and behold I can look right through two pistons and see the
crankshaft! That's the bad news-the good news is that the cylinders are hardly
scratched-the carburetor gods took pity on me after all.So new pistons, a
light hone and new bearings and rings and it'll be ready to rumble again-I am
an eternal optimist!I suspect perhaps the fuel pump went away on my disastrous
run and leaned out the motor because all previous testing up to 150mph showed
good fuel ratio-running on the rich side. But ingesting a ton of antifreeze
can't have helped the situation. Anyways I have some updating of safety
equipment to do and I'm switching the car over to a standard tranny so I have
lots to keep me busy until next year.Thanks again to all of you at the October
meet-your hospitality is second to none, and I'm all ready to work on the ugly
beast again. Scott,The "Eh" Team will rise again-or some such nonsense.
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