LBMEFM
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| posted on 24/7/16 at 07:02 AM |
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Scary moment
Heading down "Hairy Hill" at Lydden Hill yesterday well in excess of 90mph I changed down and started to turn into Paddock Bend to find my
throttle was stuck wide open. After some hasty actions I avoided the traffic and managed to stop in the midfield section of the circuit.
On the previous lap I saw something flick up from the front wheel which hit my visor and fell into the car, I assumed it was one of the the usually
lumps of rubber. When the car was recovered back to the pits I found what I thought was a lump of rubber that hit my visor was infact a GoPro type
threaded knob which had found it's way into the pedal box and jammed the throttle pedal wide open, just glad it wasn't the brake pedal.
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daniel mason
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| posted on 24/7/16 at 08:11 AM |
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I've had this before In my old radical at Blyton. I dived for the clutch immediately and turned ignition off ASAP.
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CosKev3
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| posted on 24/7/16 at 10:14 AM |
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I had a similar,but safer,thing happen on the road the other week.
Could feel the car slowing on its own if I coasted,looked at third brake light on roll bar and it was on permanently.
Pulled over and found a grease nipple stuck under my brake pedal!
Must have flicked up off road as it was not off my car anywhere!
[Edited on 24/7/16 by CosKev3]
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bowood14
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| posted on 24/7/16 at 03:48 PM |
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At least it proved your brakes work I wasn't far behind you and got a lung full of brake smoke!!!!
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SJ
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| posted on 24/7/16 at 04:26 PM |
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Same thing happened to me at Abingdon airfield. My Acewell recorded 8100 rpm on a standard black top Zetec. Luckily it didn't go pop.
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LBMEFM
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| posted on 24/7/16 at 08:50 PM |
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It was about the only time you were behind me Adrian, most of the time I was trying to keep up with you.
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owelly
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| posted on 24/7/16 at 09:18 PM |
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One of my cars snapped an earth strap as I booted it, so earthed the engine to chassis through the throttle cable which welded itself
together.....flat out.
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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