what is done to the L20 motor in the sunny to keep it up there in the tops of the 2 sr20 datsuns???
cheers, ryan >From: "Mark Alford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Ozdat discussion list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Motor Racing story. >Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 18:33:55 +1000 > >Hey guys, > >Not strictly Dat related but some of you may Relate to this. > > I have just returned homw from a weekend of racing at Wakefield Park - >crewing for a good friends car whom I race with (when I have a car - new >one still coming). Check out this for a race weekend from HELL! or delete >it if you don't really give a damn!!!!!!!! > >Friday; > >8am - get picked up by owner/driver of car (Toyota Sprinter - highly tuned >20 valve 1.6) >9:30 - arrive at Wakefield Park - and unload. - Big day of testing >planned, We could seal the championship this weekend. >10:30 - Hit the track for the first sessions of the day. Complete 6 laps. >10:38ish - Car comes into the pits, driver complains of lack of power >(nothing new there!). He swears something is wrong. >10:40 - I jump into car - and we start to roll back down to the pit garage >- engine stalls - weird! >11 am - after chasing what is thought to be an electrical prob. I check the >crank and it is locked up solid - the engine is seized! > >12pm - We give up all hope of racing this weekend and head back to Sydney. >5pm -owner pulls engine out ready for rebuild - expected that engine has >dropped a valve (expected to be very costly) > >Saturday: > >9am arrive at car owners house and head out to engine builders workshop. >(after a bit of a chat) >11am arrive at engine builders workshop - strip engine. All valves >accounted for, no head damage, no piston damage?????????? >Finally get to bottom end - destroyed big end bearing - conrod is basically >welded to the crankshaft!!!!!!! >12pm - decide that we can fix this and go racing tomorrow (What were we >thinking?????????) >6:30pm After replacing the crank, rods and bearings - the new engine has >been re-assembled and is ready to race! >7:30 get home and start preparing car for re-vitalised engine. >Midnight - start the engine - everything ok, but oil pressure a little >lower than normal? >1am - we have oil problems - pressure is low at times, and oil has bubbles >in it - weird. Decide to load car on trailer and get ready to go back to >Wakefield Park tomorrow. >2:45 - arrive back at my house (closer to Goulburn) go straight to bed. > >Sunday: > >5:30am - after two hours sleep, we hit the road again - headed for >Wakefield Park. >7am - to the suprise of many fellow competitors we are back in the race. >9:30 Race 1 - start from rear of grid (didn't qualify on Saturday!) Engine >is deemed as "run-in" after the two warm uplaps. Complete the race in 10th >position, and pick up crucial point towards championship. Engine >survived.Oil prob dissapapears >1pm - Race 2 Start from tenth and this time no holding back on the engine! >Finish in 7th position (1st in under 1600cc)and the owner/drive is over the >moon. He is now all but un beatable in the club championship. Engine is >"fantastic" - Phew. >6pm - get home - type this pointless email and wonder why the hell I am >still awake????????? but knowing that we have acomplished an amazing feat >in one weekend. > >For the Record - the car was quick enough for 5th place - but having to >fight our way through the field in both races, made this very difficult. > >PLUS - Wait there's more (and it's dat related) > >Also 1st place in the race was DATSUN 1600 (SR20) > 2nd place was a DATSUN Sunny (L20) > 4th place was a DATSUN 1200 coupe (SR20) > >GO THE DATSUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
