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Originally Posted by Wally
Dozens of hours of trackdays. And I really mean a full trackday, so hours in a row of continous 'Nigel-driving' (his foot is heavier then mine), mostly with passengers onboard as well.
Twice his V-belt of the alternator/cooling did come of and a full lap was done before noticing...the engine was soo hot, it pinged at idle...
New belt, exhaust bolts reattached (they came out because of the heat) and it started directly and went on for more laps and track days...
They have been tortured I just want to say!
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Its during 'events' like the overheat that quality stands up to be counted, cast pistons, or even poor quality forged ones would have seized or collapsed completely.