BOTH BLOWN AWAY MY 8\'s DESTRUCTION

[exiled-viking]

some of you by now know of my orange 8 and a few weeks ago we had a little problem , whilst driving south bound on the M1 jct 20 the car went with two small pops from the supercharger then a loud bang then a large back fire from the main engine and a little blue smoke from the exhaust.
 
the destruction
 
within 500 yards and at 5000-6000 rpm the car was dead:driving:flamed
 
any way that was then and this is now
 
the good news, the polishing of the supercharger was not a good idea as the numpty polished the weld out of it if you would like to see the odd pick then go to t200cad photo bucket
 
thats not good news you might say how ever modding is all about a learning curve (and putting a little £££££££ just in case of the odd miss hap)
 
the engine has blown a tip or thats what we think
 
the other news is i have a good back up team as in trimar sports cars
they have been first class i now have a new supercharger from the USA
and will have a new engine in a week or so
 
thing is because all involved kept there cool/heads, did not go down the road of the blame game and worked together we have for once got a customer and supplier that have a good end result :Giggle:Giggle:Giggle
 
the car will be back in a few weeks thats because i let my favorite :godmechanic go on his honeymoon for two weeks:Hammer
 
thanks to all involved another up date soon agent orange aka tango tony aka tc

[Will66]

Hard luck Tony, it sounds like you were unlucky.  At least it will be back running soon!

[exiled-viking]

yep then i am selling:Giggle it

[Will66]

Ah well, I\'m keeping mine even after the new motor has gone in!