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Overheated engine

The car didn't seem to have the power it had last time at the track. Maybe a little more timing....but it started to ping at wot and I didn't get out of it right away. She started to run rough and thought it could be the #8 plug which fouls every once in while. New plug didn't help and she's running hot enough to kill the motor from a safeguard built into the tune. Thanks decipha!
She trys to make it home, overheated killed, won't crank and suspect hydralocking.:disappoin
Pressure test to confirm diag. 
Pics to come.

 Mike
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]88 t-bird: 5.0ho, gt40y, crane 2031, fms 1.7, paxton@5#, aod wide ratio, tci stall, performer rpm upper, 70mm bbk, pro m 60, 42#s, 3.73 7.5" posi, jba shorties, borla, upr x. 13.4 @ 104mph. cbaza, moates, tuned by decipha
 

Overheated engine

Reply #1 –
I'm guessing this isn't the first time you heard ping and muttered "hold together baby...."

Cast those dice as many times as you want, but once n a while they come up snake eyes.  I did the same to my SC a few years back.
My car is a gravity hybrid.  The gasoline engine gets me up the hills, and gravity gets me down.