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914World.com _ The Paddock _ Papa Smurf got some winter upgrades

Posted by: naro914 Mar 19 2013, 06:04 AM

So we spent all winter fitting up a new decklid, wing, splitter, lightweight fiberglass roof, etc only to break a Carillo rod on the third lap out at the Roebling Road PCA race.

No idea what happened, still working on that....

But here's a picture of Papa with his new clothes. They still need to be painted, no the exhaust is not for him (its from the M3 off to the right)...oh, and the engine is not in the car in this picture....yes, that's how stiffly sprung it is...

Posted by: wndsrfr Mar 19 2013, 07:47 AM

QUOTE(naro914 @ Mar 19 2013, 04:04 AM)

So we spent all winter fitting up a new decklid, wing, splitter, lightweight fiberglass roof, etc only to break a Carillo rod on the third lap out at the Roebling Road PCA race.

No idea what happened.......

Ouch! Curious to see what's up with the rod......hope for not too much collateral damage...... popcorn[1].gif

Posted by: naro914 Mar 19 2013, 08:00 AM

Broke a rod, damaged a piston and couple cylinders, and ruined the crank. Minor damage to the case, but fixable.

Interestingly, it's the same rod that spun a bearing in the fall....

Posted by: pcar916 Mar 19 2013, 03:18 PM

Bummer! Hope that's a quick turnaround or you have a spare engine just sittin' around for that rebuild.

Good luck

Posted by: naro914 Mar 25 2013, 05:44 PM

Well...finally got a chance to send out the crank so it can be inspected and figure out what went wrong. Had another crank that might need some work too, so it went with it, along with the rods, bearings etc so they can all be matched up correctly.

Ordering new 11.5:1 pistons (figured now a good a time as any to upgrade from 10.5:1), few cylinders (damaged 3)

Need to flush out the entire oil system for metal parts.

Gotta get the wing/decklid/roof painted, uprights powder coated and a bunch of other little things.

Need a little repair on the case, nothing major. Once all the parts come together, back in the car with the new 915 trans.

So much for a relaxing Spring....

Posted by: stownsen914 Mar 30 2013, 06:15 PM

Sorry to hear of the bad luck with the motor. It's no small feat to break a Carillo rod ... will be curious to hear what happened.

Car's lookin' nice wiht the wing!

Scott