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    Default IT Spec*tacular 2012 bad engine

    OK, here's the damage to the engine that happened during the main race on Sunday.

    Boooooooooooo


    Saturn Enngine Bad.jpg

    Even with that, I still feel that I had a very successful weekend.

    Can't say I wasn't pushing the Saturn to the limit.
    Last edited by RacerBill; 07-30-2012 at 05:11 PM.
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    That sucks, Bill......looks like your Saturn got to close to Uranus.....LOL.

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    Talked to James Walker (car builder) today. The engine that let gohad been in the car since 2000 - 12 year old engines don't owe you much.

    Good news, there are some good engines available if I just want to do a quick swap.

    I will be getting the contact info for the gentleman who built this engine.

    We're on the road to recovery! From what, I'm not sure of!!!!!!!
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    I had a gopro camera in the car for the first time this past weekend and I gotta say...I am addicted. What an awesome picture and just watching the race a few times with friends I have found a few places where a slight change to my driving could make up a few tenths a lap.

    Now I need to go buy my own.

    Goal for the next time at Mid O: Make it into the 1:48's!

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    Quote Originally Posted by RacerBill View Post
    ...engine that let go had been in the car since 2000...

    wow.... we count how many laps on each engine... you count decades

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    Quote Originally Posted by lawtonglenn View Post
    wow.... we count how many laps on each engine... you count decades
    And we dyno'ed it at least once a season to keep an eye on it and it actually had more HP than when I bought it. It is an amazing engine. You could ping it off the rev limiter (7500) all day long........
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    Quote Originally Posted by JLawton View Post
    And we dyno'ed it at least once a season to keep an eye on it and it actually had more HP than when I bought it. It is an amazing engine. You could ping it off the rev limiter (7500) all day long........
    Welllllllll, maybe not ALL day long. LOL.
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    It takes alot of talent and abuse to kill a Saturn!!! Trust me, I know... I tried and failed
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