Racing a Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16v

[Thurbs]

Here is the video from the shakedown we did yesterday. Things didn't go brilliantly and we may have done a crank .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpFBsTR7oZY

[227bhp]

Who's the old bloke, your Dad?

[Thurbs]

Lol. John runs the business which builds and looks after the car. He ran the Alfa Romeo touring car team in the 2000's with the 147 and has built and run numerous others in historic, club and professional racing teams. www.jjperformance.co.uk

[227bhp]

With the amount of engines you go through i'd be kicking his arse up the road not dicking around on camera with him

You can see how low the oil pressure is on your footage yet you just carried on.....

[Thurbs]

Thanks guys.

It has been a frustrating few months with the engine in the Lancia.

For those of you not following YouTube or Facebook, here is the short story.

- After the low oil pressure from the Snetterton test, the main barings were found to be scored plus marks on the piston & 2 cam lobes rounded.
- Couldn't get ready in time for race 1 so borrowed a Mitzubishi Evo 4. Qualified 7th, on the start got up to 4th, after pit stops droped back to 6th. 5th was on the cards except for no brakes or clutch. Then ran out of fuel on the last lap and DNF'd.
- New top end and bottom end later, tested again at Snetterton and all was ok.
- Silverstone qualifying the oil pressure dropped again, withdrew from event.
- Upon investigation main barings had failed. After weeks of investigation, found the block had twisted causing the repeated failures.
- New block, piston rings and barings are now in, engine has been run in on the dyno and tested with some power runs.
- Ready for a test at Donington tomrrow before putting it on to the trailer to go to Spa next week for the Summer Classic.

Some videos with the long story!

Evo Race - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV93UyGtH5g
Evo Race Full - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-m0U2gbnkE
Silverstone Qualifying Full - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wtQWOcGQ_A
Engine Story - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ORJVNzKz_k
Engine Story Full - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YATS8NZOq7Y
New Engine Startup - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRsbASSKB7E

On Friday we ran the car with YouTuber Petrol Ped having some fun laps. Good news is we have stable oil pressure ready for next weeks trip to Spa.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNdCDHjJNgE

[Lagerlout]

These blocks are known to fail, hence why the Grp A blocks are made out of a different material. Not sure how much the normal block can take reliably in race conditions.

[Evoluzione]

What a load of bullst.

[geeks]

Thurbs, have some pics!

[mossy50]

Hi Any updates