Just came across some oldies I thought you all might enjoy. What a hot rod she was! 
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awesome!!! Thank you for poasting -
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I believe that is the boil-off cooling system doing its thing!
Please correct me if I am wrong.Thanks
Frank C.Comment
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Nope. That was the final from '86. They didn't have the boil off system installed and raced until '92. In '86 they popped a breather line cap in the oil system and over the course of two or three laps, bled the oil system dry. Skip pulled out on lap 5 after having led the whole race.Originally posted by Frank C.Comment
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"Skip, ya got oil ALL OVER that thang!"Originally posted by Frank C.
Popped oil breather, 1986 (I think)... at any rate the year Rick Brickert went on to win in Dreadnought after Skip finally pulled out in Stiletto after much urging from Mistah Hoovah. I really wonder if there was enough oil left in there that he could have finished the race and won without seizing up the engine. If I remember the story correctly they just put the breather back on, filled it with oil, and flew home on that same engine.Comment
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I was standing in the pits in front of Stilleto when Mr. Z inspected the plugs from the engine, he was wearing his shorts and long white Machinists style coat, I believe his words were something like this, "look at that, these plugs are clean there is nothing wrong with this engine" and just shook his head! Is this the same year Stilleto lost the rudder trim tab?Comment
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Guess I was wrong.Thanks for clarification.Originally posted by Frank C.Comment
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