have to ask, in our glow engines isn't lubrication failure of the piston to cylinder seal a direct response to over heating?
No it is in direct response to a lean mixture which means less fuel, and thus also less oil. Run long enough and I suppose friction and lack of oil will cause overheating, especially in high reving racing engines. But the flame temp of low nitro fuel will not be hot enough on its own. A lean run on high nitro is another thing as the nitro can exceed the temp of gasoline, but much lower at max power.