its a sad day for my motorsporting hobby

ive managed to lose my first ever engine today at the lookout stages in yorkshire. only managed to get 1/2 way round the first stage when i realised something was amiss.

i have all the relevant guages to tell me about the motor, but to be completely honoust, when the stages are slippy, you pay more attention to applying best part of 300 horses to the rear wheels and keeping it on the straight and narrow.

first thing i saw a whisp of something through the bonnet vent, car felt ok, nothing immediatly amiss, so carried on ................flat out. next thing car feels flat, and through the extremely effective peltor intercom system i could just here a very very faint rattling noise. then i knew something was amiss

slowed right down and glanssed at the oil pressure - ok, oil temp - just a touch warmer than i would have liked on a fookin freezing snowing yorkshire morning at 09.20hrs 150deg - but why

checked the water temp, off the fookin scale and touching the stop for a second lap

so , no compression ona few cylinders, a rattling crankshaft + the bits we cant see

now , with hind sight ( great thing really ) as with my oil pressure warning light ( large fook off amber lamp below 22psi) , i should have a large fook off what colour here lamp to early warn me of over temp

so a cheapo early warning system today has cost me , a cosworth engine, an entry fee, and travelling costs.

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moral of the story .......... dont rely on guages for fault prognosis