Burning oil

It's possible it detonated, I don't remember noticing but I also I had the cutouts open to show off to all the Miata's that were there, so it was a little hard to hear.

I was looking at the piston that blew apart last fall and saw this:
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The top had pushed down into the ring groove. I guess if it did detonate pretty bad it could've pinched a ring and possibly damaged the bore or something...
Bingo!