Hello all!!! I'm an F5 newbie running my first season of regionals in the Midwest Division. I've been lurking on the list for a while but haven't had a question to pose yet. My first is a doozy.
Apparently, a piston in my 494 melted down due to high water temps during a regional at Hallett on 8/6/06. There are some wonderfully shiny metallic deposits on the spark plug in the left cylinder. The crank will only turn about 45 degrees, with some metal on metal sounds accompanying what little rotation there is. I had hoped to run one more regional before the end of the year to get a national license when I renew my license in early '07. What's the best approach to remedy this situation? Redo the top end? Bolt in an entire rebuilt engine? What symptoms would dictate the need to work on the bottom end? Thanks for any and all assistance, Kenneth Kirkland MiDiv #18 www.kirklandracing.com ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
