Today I went to the workshop of Lex Joon Racing. I worked with Arjan van Bemmel he is the engine and bottom end specialist. He showed me how he inspects all the pistons and rods that where used during the races. Every run the car makes all the pistons and rods are removed and inspected for damage, length, play, etc. He explained which criteria he uses before he calls a piston or a rod scrap. These parts that are called scrap can be bought as a souvenir because they can’t be used anymore in an engine. We checked all the pistons and rods and documented this in the engine log. This log contains a lot of historic information from the engine. It was a interesting Saturday and I learned a lot about these parts of the engine. There is still much to learn so lets see what the next Saturday will teach me.
Jun 062009
