Is it just me?

[peterzs]

Originally Posted by p_b82

Well you can always launch it in second if you dont worry about the clutch wear

or !st to get it moving, second to get to some speed and then as you change to third see the petrols fly past :'(

Though hopefully now the head has come off the damage has been identified (huge amounts of overheating munched the HG - and with hopefully some headstuds, and a wire&grooved head i should be able to give a 0-60 time to give a few petrols a scare....

possibly late 6's to early 7's

I think I'll stick to the rolling starts and not worry about the 0-60 time. What caused the overheating?

[p_b82]

getting greedy and injecting too much fuel in.... in all honesty it was not coolant overeheating, but the temps\pressures at ignition of the fuel lifting the head. the gap created then sucked the coolant through and the HG was compromised.

Ah well, we learn from our mistakes!