Originally Posted by
jimnielsen
Jack, I think its really down to an overboost situation that occurred last year. I was convinced it was a head gasket problem.. but no. I saw this 'crack' when I took the head off to replace the gasket a couple of weeks ago. - but though it was just a scratch from some foreign matter - it looks worse now..
We only did one lap with the overboost - of probably 2.2 - 2.5 bar. I don't think this would have been a problem, but we didn't have the injector capacity to provide the fuel for that much boost..blew the exhaust off the car though..