80tq: Opinions wanted

[JShadzi at aol.com]

Yes, since you mention it, I believe (assume so since there is oil and excessive-pressure in the cooling system) I have a small headgasket leak that gets worse with higher boost, but could this cause the rpm cutout as described?

Javad

>On Wed, 5 Feb 2003 JShadzi at aol.com wrote:
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>> -After about 3 or 4 really hard laps a high RPM cutout will appear at
>> certain times, usually a certain turn or stretch of the track, the motor
>> won't want to rev past 5k rpm or so
>
>High RPM/High boost cutout usually indicates a spark problem to me, but I
>thought a spark problem should get worse, not better, with low
>temperatures and high humidity. It also wouldn't explain the coolant issue
>that seems to be related.
>
>With the coolant event you describe, I'm tempted to say that some seal is
>separating just enough to let some pressure out at extremely high outputs
>and high temperatures.
>
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