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Offline Sam

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Re: Engine fails while old pork being tested. Owner sues journalist - who's right?
« Reply #10 on: 22 January 2013, 13:13 »
Don't over rev-it or it will blow up. Over revs and sure enough it explodes. Shut case In my opinion
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Re: Engine fails while old pork being tested. Owner sues journalist - who's right?
« Reply #11 on: 23 January 2013, 00:42 »
but old vintage race engines scan and will explode at any point but if he buzzed the tits off it that would come down to him needing to fix it
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Re: Engine fails while old pork being tested. Owner sues journalist - who's right?
« Reply #12 on: 23 January 2013, 11:32 »
What! No rev limiter on a super car - I'd be very shocked and surprised  :shocked:
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Re: Engine fails while old pork being tested. Owner sues journalist - who's right?
« Reply #13 on: 23 January 2013, 16:40 »
Quote from: RickS on 23 January 2013, 11:32
What! No rev limiter on a super car - I'd be very shocked and surprised  :shocked:

It's not a supercar, its a race engine.

Even so, it's far more likely that he selected the wrong gear and buzzed the engine. Which is why the case didn't go his way. If you are doing 'X' speed and select a gear that is too low, you will buzz the engine, rev limiter or not.

The only person that will ever truly know what went on is the driver.
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Re: Engine fails while old pork being tested. Owner sues journalist - who's right?
« Reply #14 on: 23 January 2013, 19:24 »
Cut the car in half ops wrong thread  :rolleyes:
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Re: Engine fails while old pork being tested. Owner sues journalist - who's right?
« Reply #15 on: 23 January 2013, 19:25 »
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Re: Engine fails while old pork being tested. Owner sues journalist - who's right?
« Reply #16 on: 29 January 2013, 11:08 »
i'm still confused as to how they know he over revved the engine? the guy who owned the car has more than enough money to pay for repairs so i feel this is more of a moral issue of a guy who can pay forcing a guy who can't and will probably lose his home because of having to pay.
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Re: Engine fails while old pork being tested. Owner sues journalist - who's right?
« Reply #17 on: 29 January 2013, 12:34 »
Quote from: DanSN1 on 29 January 2013, 11:08
i'm still confused as to how they know he over revved the engine? the guy who owned the car has more than enough money to pay for repairs so i feel this is more of a moral issue of a guy who can pay forcing a guy who can't and will probably lose his home because of having to pay.

An on board data logger would have logged engine RPM, gear changes, throttle position etc etc, and where on the track the incident happend! Engine management would most likely have an interchangeable "chip" that would govern throttle RPM, but useless against over revving by missing a gear, or engine braking etc,
Uploading this data to a laptop, will show, and prove exactly what happened...

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Re: Engine fails while old pork being tested. Owner sues journalist - who's right?
« Reply #18 on: 29 January 2013, 16:43 »
Data logger? Engine Management? Chip? It's a late 60s/early 70s Porsche...  :huh:
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Re: Engine fails while old pork being tested. Owner sues journalist - who's right?
« Reply #19 on: 29 January 2013, 17:52 »
Quote from: MrBounce on 29 January 2013, 16:43
Data logger? Engine Management? Chip? It's a late 60s/early 70s Porsche...  :huh:

 :grin: :grin: All our Historic race cars have it... you need to know what's going on!

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