Well after my weekend at Croft, I experienced some engine problems, and called it a day early on in the afternoon, with a suspected head gasket failure
stripped the head of it tonite , and head gasket is blowing by at No2 cylinder, not sure the exact cause, maybe the revving to 7300 rpm wont help
Found some wee valve .piston contact marks on No1 piston also , so will need to check that out too, Head is going to machine shop tomorrow to check its not warped , and if it is get it machined, and then get all the valves lapped back in, to make sure they are all fine
Bottom end is coming out tomorrow nite, to replace the leaking crank oil seal, and also to replace the water pump , and noisy thrust bearing on the gearbox, get a new timing belt, head gasket etc..... and hopefully have her back running again, this time next week
Ahhhhh just when i thought the cars where finished too, and I could have a wee financial break from these money pits.... ahhh well would want to chase evos and cossies round Croft flat out ehhh
:lol
im now booked on track for National day at Donnington on August 17th, so looking forward to it
heres a few photos from the weekend, showing both cars on the Sunday
Pushing my mate John round the corner lol
Ill put soem photos up tomorrow of the car minus engine,
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ST170 with High Compression Pistons, steel rods, Stage 3 head,Newman PH4 cams ,Twin 45 Delortos, Weber Alpha Management, Quaiffe IB5 gearbox,LEDA Coilovers etc .........
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, best of luck getting the engine sorted 
