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What let go
Crank/Bearings 76%  76%  [ 19 ]
Rods 12%  12%  [ 3 ]
Piston 12%  12%  [ 3 ]
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Beanie
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So had my second super sprint yesterday.

Practice was great, got my fastest time ever... Lined it up for race one got the jump on the Alfa GTV :D 6200 in third, popped it into fourh got to about 5000rpm and... it... went BANG :shock:

Rolled back into the pits popped the bonnet no holes in the block no oil leaks...
Hmm first i thought it was the gear box but after trying to re-start it in neutral the god awful racket was still there.

F*%K....

So what died inside?

Stay tuned motor comes out today

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Bugger.....

Get it fixed and get back out there! :D

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:(

My condolences too, but pics please when you open it up.

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Spewing buddy, I know the feeling!
I was gonna go to that but had to work. :(

Could a valve have let go, that's what went in mine. Sounded awful when it happened and yeah, no holes in the block.

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ran out of fuel? :)

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Compression still evident on all cylinders (finger test).

If it is a bearing, it's the noisiest bearing I have ever heard that has let go.

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Broken/cracked crank is pretty common, and noisy....

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drmini in aust wrote:
Broken/cracked crank is pretty common, and noisy....


Ain't that the truth! Scared the crap outta me when it happened.

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sorry to hear that :(

what was your best laptime?
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1:33 in Practice.
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Not NOKIA timing... a real 1.33

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whats wrong with stopwatch timing?

congrats on the 1:33 beanie
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In order to win an arguement at brickworx about a lap time you must have an official time around mallala.
ALL others are invalid!!!

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i was under the impression that at supersprints they still utilise stopwatch timing
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Some they do,
but the same person does it everytime. with set markers on the track to get times from.
A lot more accurate than i/you/we could do from the pits.
We can only get a general idea of times from our own timing, and they can easily be misjudged.

Bring yours out to a supersprint and get a time...

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