just back from testing. It all went pete tong!! Basically I have sorted out the cooling system now, but I met a patch of oil and went straight on at the corner... Straight over the curb and cracked my sump, my car took a hell of a hit and its also leaking gearbox oil. Gonna have the day off work tomorrow to take the engine out and will hopefully be able to weld it back together. Hopefully I aint done too much damage to my box, its a brand new Recon GT!!...gutted :-(
rubbish!
bummer, any pics of the carnage?
That really is not a good test day! Bad luck old chap!
I have an outing in my racer this Sunday - I hope I am luckier than you!
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Originally posted by Mr Whippy
bummer, any pics of the carnage?
Feel really sorry for you, lock the garage go down the pub and leave it alone untll the weekend, it will all seem better then. Remember it will be
worth it in the end.
No matter how much damage to the car the fact you walked away is infinitely more important. Could have been much worse from the sounds of things.
All the fun of Motorsport I'm afraid . Booked a couple of days off work, gonna take the engine out and see what the damage is in the morning.
Fortunately I have a mate that is going to help me. Kind of reassuring the amount of mates that offered to help me out the past few weeks...
if you need a sump i have a spare one you can have carl
Dave...man your phone
Unlucky mate, hope your back up and running soon without too much damage. I've also got a spare sump as i'm picking up my repaired one
tomorrow !! Let me know if you need it.
welcome to locost racing 
Craig
Do you think the guy that coined the word 'carnage', all those years ago, was a psychic?
Well a few years ago somebody painted 'CAPTAIN CHAOS' on my toolbox at work.... they got me about summed up
quick update, 1st lap of qualifying my oil pressure light came on and I had to pull up. turns out my big end bearings had gone and i didnt get to
race 
Unlucky m8, I really feel for you. At least you had the excitement of thinking you were going to race !!
Don't get too despondent , these things are all part and parcel of the experience!!
See you at Cadwell.
Craig
big end bearings have welded themselves to the crankshaft and been rotating inside the conrods. So new shaft and rods are needed... Won't be
racing for a while
Ouch!! did you build the engine yourself?? Thats going to be expensive. May be worth picking up an old engine off the bay for the crank and rods.
Then give to an engine builder to balance and rebuild the engine.
Then keep your fingers crossed nothing else goes wrong and you get to race !!
You will get there in the end and when you do it'll be worth it!!
Craig
nah, it was all done by a builder
I hope your having a word or three then!!
Can't really say owt to be honest. He has been very good and helpful with me. It could be caused by any of a number of things. He has a
theory, but I don't really know much on the subject so cannot really say. All I do know is I now have a very expensive pile of scrap...
My mates have been amazing though and they are all offering to help and Gary P offered to lend me an engine. I'm going to collect the car and
settle up the bill with the engine with the builder then think about where I go from here. I sure as hell cannot afford to have it put right.
I can help with a race engine ready to run for £600 if you are interested?
Suplus to requirements
nah, got nothing to chuck into the pit left. thanks anyhow
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Originally posted by pumpers
I hope your having a word or three then!!
Sounds almost like he is taking responsibility for something 
well I aint happy. When I got the car back it had overheating issues because I had the wrong thermostat housing fitted (as you pointed out at
Curborough John). Not what should happen when you throw a lot of money at somebody to build an engine. It appears that the route cause of the
problem was a poor design of modified oil pick up pipe was fitted.
Talk about oft heard lament. If you had been racing bikes you would prob be looking at a fooked chassis and injuries.
Last major bike racing crash i had cost me twelve months off work several operations and had to sell all my stuff from hospital bed basically to keep
bills under control. Twenty k of stuff gone for five, no option.
Character building stuff this racing lark is.
Pick yourself up, snarl and carry on regardless. Good luck. Si