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Hi all,
Well things didnt work out so well for us at World of Speed this year. Certainly, we had a good time there----you just cant help that when your on the salt, but our little truck didnt do so well. Starting with the first pass, it ran like jack-the-bear through 1st, 2nd and 3rd but was running a bit goofy after I got into high gear (4th) and on up to around 155 or so. It was surging and the power was down. I eased out of the throttle at about 2.5 miles then went back into it again, trying to get a feel for what was going on. The gauges all looked fine with the exception of the pyros which were running higher than normal at about 1330*.
On the second pass, things were less good and especially odd in 4th again. This time around, the engine sort of stumbled and slowed with a great big cloud of oil smoke.
Turns out we suffered a failed turbo. The braided stainless oil supply tube to that one had a flaw in it which dramatically restricted oil flow to that unit. Our day was over.
We are headed back down on Oct 6 for World Finals. We have things all fixed and are expecting a strong performance. The little 6.2 Diesel Depot engine is running quite well and we are confident in getting closer to the record set by that big ol Duramax at 166.85 mph. If not this time around---we will eventually capture that title.
Looks like we have Paveltolz and both Avants with us and we look forward to a fun time!
Anyone else who would like to join us is welcome---we would certainly enjoy having you. How about you this time Turbine Doc??
Well things didnt work out so well for us at World of Speed this year. Certainly, we had a good time there----you just cant help that when your on the salt, but our little truck didnt do so well. Starting with the first pass, it ran like jack-the-bear through 1st, 2nd and 3rd but was running a bit goofy after I got into high gear (4th) and on up to around 155 or so. It was surging and the power was down. I eased out of the throttle at about 2.5 miles then went back into it again, trying to get a feel for what was going on. The gauges all looked fine with the exception of the pyros which were running higher than normal at about 1330*.
On the second pass, things were less good and especially odd in 4th again. This time around, the engine sort of stumbled and slowed with a great big cloud of oil smoke.
Turns out we suffered a failed turbo. The braided stainless oil supply tube to that one had a flaw in it which dramatically restricted oil flow to that unit. Our day was over.
We are headed back down on Oct 6 for World Finals. We have things all fixed and are expecting a strong performance. The little 6.2 Diesel Depot engine is running quite well and we are confident in getting closer to the record set by that big ol Duramax at 166.85 mph. If not this time around---we will eventually capture that title.
Looks like we have Paveltolz and both Avants with us and we look forward to a fun time!
Anyone else who would like to join us is welcome---we would certainly enjoy having you. How about you this time Turbine Doc??