Totally reliable Sprint Westfields, are there any?

[Onliest Smeg David]

Was musing over this season's sprinting and reading Tels Tails.

& noted there has been lots of car failures.

Is mine the only one that hasn't missed a beat this year?

[Onliest Smeg David]

Oh... & I don't see result of driver error as car failures!

[Howard]

You're clearly not thrashing yours hard enough! 

 

Give it a few seasons and the cracks will start to appear. 

 

Have to say, in ten years of sprinting mine's been pretty good. First time it really failed was stripping the crown wheel at Loton last year, then the clutch release bearing this year, followed by the bent valve at Anglesey owing to a tired gearbox (6 plus years of hard use without a rebuild). Can't include the radiator/fuel pump woes as that was self inflicted  .

[Onliest Smeg David]

You're clearly not thrashing yours hard enough!

Doesn't regularly hitting rev limiter count as thrashing!

1st gear is the only one that I'm a little reserved on.

[stephenh]

David, mine has been pretty reliable in six and a half seasons of sprinting and hillclimbing!

And mine revs higher than yours!!!

[Shaggydoo]

During 2 seasons sprinting all mine has missed was one run at Anglesey due to a snapped throttle cable, which Panda quickly produced a replacement so i could continue:-)

In total about 16 sprints and 6 trackdays, and many runs out on the road, pretty damn good really.

[pickmaster Andy Lowe]

Mines been good to

9 meetings and 5000 road miles in two years

but not raced this year

James with his mighty xflow just turns up and runs too from what I've seen

[XTR2Turbo]

James with his mighty xflow just turns up and runs too from what I've seen

just adds oil  

[Onliest Smeg David]

just adds oil

It's his not so secret weapon.... leaving a slippery track for those following

I really knew there'd be plenty of reliable cars like mine

[AdamR]

Seems like the sprint cars break down, the cars that also get used on the road don't

[Terry Everall]

Several of thee sprint cars that are used on the road did break down!

[Shaggydoo]

Mine survived Lee!!! Must be bulletproof;-)

[Onliest Smeg David]

Mine survived Lee!!! Must be bulletproof;-)

:D

[B.RAD]

Mine survived Lee!!! Must be bulletproof;-)

Or its like Ebola and there's a delayed reaction just waiting to happen ............

[Paul Morcom]

Doesn't regularly hitting rev limiter count as thrashing!

1st gear is the only one that I'm a little reserved on.

 

Depend at what revs you have the rev limiter set to and how accurate it is.

 

Unreliable engines tend to be rev'd to extreme RPMs - hence the failures.