Ruh Roh Rorge.

Loganville, GA The last race in Indy did not go so well due to engine problems.

One thing I failed to mention in my previous article is the fact denial also plays a large part in the racers psychological profile.

You see, I knew I had something going on in my engine, and I wanted to tell myself it was a simple head gasket issue. Denial was giving me the confidence to ignore my sub-conscious which was telling me it was something much more complicated and expensive.

So up until Saturday when I received a phone call from Brian Livengood, I was feeling pretty good about the head gasket theory.

When in fact it was my pistons had melted. This is significantly different than a head gasket issue. Not to mention significantly more expensive.

Apparently two things could have happened.

1.       The compression was higher in the cylinders than we thought it would be based on what we were told about the piston specifications.

2.       I ran lean.

Option 2 does not seem possible since we dyno tuned the bike and the air fuel was set to the specifications of Velocity Turbo.

Option 1 may be the case although we hope not.

During the piston cookout, my valve may have taken a beating. Also my cylinders lost some plating due to the heat. So these items are going to need some repair also.

If any of you faithful readers want to have a hand in the repair of my bike so I can continue racing and therefore be able to write these insightful blogs, feel free to make donations to my Paypal account under paulcav@earthlink.net.  If you do make a donation of 10.00 or more, send me your address and I will send you an autographed 28x40 poster.

If you don’t… you can still read my blogs, I am going to fix the bike and keep writing anyway.