blue92
SHO Member
Haven't heard everything yet, but the team formally know as El Toro Loco now known as Starsky and Hutch took 3rd. RRRR now known as Mash lost a clutch and ended with a engine knock. Don't know where they finished.
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jayro
SHO Member
Awesome! I always love to hear track stories. Funny thing is I was watching the speed channel on Friday night and they had coverage of an older Lemons race. I believe it was the one at the end of last year. I caught a glimpse or two of a SHO. RRRR took 9th. Some neon won.
gas it
SHO Member
Here's some pictures. http://www.murileemartin.com/UG/LTW11/LTW11.html
Our SHO lasted an hour til a rod started knocking really loud. Bring on the next engine....
Our SHO lasted an hour til a rod started knocking really loud. Bring on the next engine....
K-Dawg
SHO Member
Was this the first race on the replacement engine?
gas it
SHO Member
Yep. After we installed the engine we found out from the PO that he used Amsoil with 20k oil change intervals. It had one of those dual bypass filters on it and did oil analysis but we'll see what broke when I pull the pan. And if it's fixable or not.
The engine had good oil pressure before it broke. Looks like me the the machine shop are going to see alot of each other.
The Oklahoma City guys popped a head gasket on theirs late Saturday afternoon. It was only 76 degrees that day.
I have 2 more engines I can use, so I can race 2 more times.......
gas it
SHO Member
What were we going to do, ruin the engine? It got hot enough to melt the knock sensor, that can't be good for the rings/pistons etc.
FordLover
SHO Member
The engine had seized up after about a 1/2 hour of racing with little to no water in it. We were trying to cool the engine down any way we could. Even after 1/2 an hour had passed, water was still boiling on the valve covers, so the engine must have been hotter than 300 degrees in my opinion. You should have smelled the oil, it was cooked.
FordLover
SHO Member
That was the Chicago race at Autobahn. Great track, good race. We had a wheel bearing failure in the towards the end of saturday, so we started Sunday in 31st place and worked our way back to a 9th place finish.
There were three other SHO's at that track, one team from Oklahoma finished 8th, and there was also a SHO powered Metro.
Wow, looked at the pics, Starsky and Hutch team has been on a diet!
Wait, were Kerby and Chris (the Oklahoma guy) on two different teams?
pitaSHO
Why do I do this to myself?
SHOstang; nice...
Chris K.
Chris K.
gas it
SHO Member
Yes. Both did their own teams then came to ours to play Frank Burns and Klinger.
gas it
SHO Member
Well duh! That's why they are finishing higher each race. They almost won, but a gas stop with 40 minutes to go made it impossible to win. Too bad, everything just has to go your way to beat some of these other teams.
SuperHO
Mental Patient
I'm really diggin the SHO with the .50 cal on the roof...I'm actually contemplating a similar paint scheme for my 95. That car appears to be lowered via intrax.
yah it was a ****** situation all around, there was not much you could have done.
Did you guys ever find the destroyer of radiators? there was so much crap on the back side of the track.
typhoon5000
Ferd Enganear
So anyone know if the SHO powered stang actually finished this time around?
Crab Spirits
Member
That show had incredibly boring coverage of an otherwise, exciting race.
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