Why I'm glad I waited on Cosworth

[Nails]

Patience pays off. Looks like a voluntary recall. More info on Goodwin's forums.

So far no U.S. cars have exploded. 3 in Europe and 1 in Japan. Early word is the internals (connecting rods, crank, pistons, etc.) may be too weak. The 09's have beefier internals though.

[goofygrin]

Hmm... cosworth cams on the Evo IX are shearing as well (causing a total engine meltdown as you can imagine).

I think I'll be avoiding anything cosworth.

[Miatamoto]

Scary stuff indeed.

Never really considered it as an option because I'm a N/A guy, but I had thought about the Cosworth head and cams.

[SirHustlerEsq]

detonation ftl.

[VFR750]

Patience pays off. Looks like a voluntary recall. More info on Goodwin's forums.

So far no U.S. cars have exploded. 3 in Europe and 1 in Japan. Early word is the internals (connecting rods, crank, pistons, etc.) may be too weak. The 09's have beefier internals though.

In 30+ years of FI experience I have never seen any OE parts that would not withstand a moderate amount of properly applied boost.....I.E. fuel and ignition management controls that prevent detonation.

[SirHustlerEsq]

In 30+ years of FI experience I have never seen any OE parts that would not withstand a moderate amount of properly applied boost.....I.E. fuel and ignition management controls that prevent detonation.

I agree. My bet is on a crappy spark table, crappy fuel table, or even the extreme stupidity of changing the authority and cycle period for spark retard. I don't have much faith in AWIC on anything other than drag racing from personal experience.