16 Dec 2011, 18:00 (Ref:3000908)
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Originally Posted by historic racer
I looked after Stuart Fowlers car it being ex Colin Hawker , came to us with blown engine and soon found out why. They suffered from chronic oil surge in right hand bends and no matter what baffles we welded in the sump could not cure it. Really needed a deeper sump but under the GP1 rules couldn't do that, so the inevitable happened, so broke the car up and sold it off.
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Brilliant post! Many thanks for the contribution. That car, or at least its engine must've been a severe headache?
Last edited by chunterer; 16 Dec 2011 at 21:39.
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