Sandown Historic Meeting 2016
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2016 10:43 am
The Elan ran well as always and the driver left a lot to be desired as usual . A few photos attached.
I had an MGB blow its engine and blind me in a cloud of oil smoke at close to 200 kmh down the main straight. I was lucky not to run up its rear end as I was totally blinded and it reappeared through the smoke straight in front of me and only about 5 meters away going slowly luckily I had backed off and was able to steer around it
One of the Alfas you see behind me in the photo I also thought blew an engine as it disappeared in a cloud of smoke soon after the photo was taken. Turned out that a rear suspension link broke and it was the tyre rubbing on the body that created the smoke cloud. He was very lucky the final failure happened on the straight not on one of the many Sandown corners with zero run off area.
The rear main oil leak is getting worse and also a new leak from what I think is a crack in the top left corner of the front chain cover. Time for a new engine I think. Love it when I can justify a new engine build and can try a few more experiments in build design details even if my bank account struggles with it
cheers
Rohan
I had an MGB blow its engine and blind me in a cloud of oil smoke at close to 200 kmh down the main straight. I was lucky not to run up its rear end as I was totally blinded and it reappeared through the smoke straight in front of me and only about 5 meters away going slowly luckily I had backed off and was able to steer around it
One of the Alfas you see behind me in the photo I also thought blew an engine as it disappeared in a cloud of smoke soon after the photo was taken. Turned out that a rear suspension link broke and it was the tyre rubbing on the body that created the smoke cloud. He was very lucky the final failure happened on the straight not on one of the many Sandown corners with zero run off area.
The rear main oil leak is getting worse and also a new leak from what I think is a crack in the top left corner of the front chain cover. Time for a new engine I think. Love it when I can justify a new engine build and can try a few more experiments in build design details even if my bank account struggles with it
cheers
Rohan