Interesting, I run a 12:1 102mm JE with FCRs and the same fuel. 110 octane Unocal. What were your mains? Also did a major name shop do the bore and properly size it for your piston? I had LRD bore mine and they claimed to have a hand in the developement of the piston and said earlier pistons had a flaw in the design or were weak in a critical area, when/where did you purchase the piston?

 

Sparks Racing did mine about 6 or 7 months ago. It ran Sweet until Last Sunday at Glamis.

 

Darin, (sp?) have you opened it up yet? Was it piston failure or rod failure? TIA

 

The only thing I can see is the piston broke to pieces and the rod hit the bottom of the case and got stuck and bent to h3ll.

 

Hey Dave, how is your kid?

 

I would think that Sparks should know their stuff, was it them that told you not to run FCRs??? I told them my exact setup when I ordered my FCRs. I also cant imagine that running one carb or another would cause any ill effects on a piston unless they could not flow enough fuel to cool it. The FCRs definitely flow enough to do the trick. Just read your last post, the piston pieces could have caused the rod failure and not a direct rod issue.

 

What broke the piston or the rod?

 

BTW I still have my stock piston in mine.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

He's doing fine. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] You can see a picture in the bomb forum under the topic, "Eaglecollector I'm calling you out" or somthing like that.

Thanks.

 

One of them told me they were having problems with them that day cuz another one did the same thing as mine the day before and look what happened. Yeah I dont fill its there fault but the company that made the piston should do something but its not going to happen I dont even want to go there.


Dave!!! I almost Past out looking at that!!! Crazy dude!!!!