Tuscan MKII 2005 blown head gasket!

[brem]

I lost a bit faith in the Speed Six... On a track day last week I drove for half an hour on the race track and all was quite normal. 90 degree water and about 94 degree oil temp. After that parked my Tuscan and went for lunch. Back from lunch I couln't start the engine. First looked like a flat battery.
Tried to jump start but no way - engine was not turning. So we had a closer look to the engine and cyl. 4 and 6 were flooded with water.
End of track day for me!
After disassembling the engine we found the failure in the head gasket and there is some slackness in the con rod bearing on cyl. 6.
Head, valves and camshafts look good so far.

Any recommendations on what do upgrade expect the damaged parts? Car is 2005 with 24k.

Thanks........Peter


First there was a lot of fun...!



then this!!!

[brem]

Yes I was lucky that this did not happen whilst driving!
I'll have checked the con rods etc. and replace all the bearings from con rods and crankshaft. also balance the crankshaft.

I saw there is a steel head gasket form RG and also from TVR power. Any experience with those?

Other recommentations to make the engine more reliable are welcome! As the engine is out and disassembled.

Peter

[brem]

brem said:

As the engine is out and disassembled.

Peter

All the engine work is done by Eggimann Cars in Sissach (www.eggimann-cars.ch)