Sounds more like bad friction than head problems. Do you have an oil temp
gauge? If your oil temp climbs rapidly you can pretty much assume it's a
seized piston or a spun bearing.
-----Original Message-----
From: jaboruch [mailto:jaboruch@netzero.net]
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 5:59 AM
To: Friends of Triumph
Subject: Watkins Glen Race Report
I was at the Glen this past weekend for an SCCA double race weekend and
the season finally for the Volvo Historic Series. As has been the case
all season if I did not have bad luck I would have no luck at all. I did,
however, get to finish the 2nd race, although 3 laps down. The car was
over heating, and I now suspect a bad head or head gasket - I have not had
time to tear it down yet. I was getting wild fluctuations in the
temperatures. When I got on it hard, the temps would quickly rise up to
250 deg F. , but would fall back to 190-200 when I backed off. I made 2
laps in the race on Sat. and had to come in because the temp stayed at
250. I found a split top radiator hose. I replaced that, and qualified in
the rain on Sunday. The max temp
was 230. Went out for the race (not raining at the start) and after
5 laps it was up to 270 so I pitted. I put a gallon of water in and went
back out to finish while taking it easy. It did start raining during the
race, and I think that helped keep it cool enough to finish. That was my
only finish this year. My biggest competition in a Volvo p1800 has had a
similar year, having built his 4th motor. He came in on the 2nd lap and
was done for the day, on a new motor. We can only hope that we got all of
the bad things over this year, and next season will be much better.
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