Pants On Fire
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| posted on 22/2/08 at 05:37 PM |
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Awwwww crap!
Track day today and as usual it always happens when it's after uttering the words 'lets have one last session'.
So, 5th lap and the bonnet starts to flap front offside corner on a long straight at 100+ MPH, split second later and bye bye bonnet!
Very high cross winds today but it looks like the front offside catch has perished slightly causing the failure.
Bonnet landed safely infront of an Exige, hee hee that must have been a bit of a shock for him! It's in 1 piece with very minor scratches to
the gel coat, as the saying goes, it'll polish out.
Shame as the Indy was really on the pace today, corner weighting was the best £300 I've ever spent, plus the new aeroscreen worked well and the
new airbox & cold air feed got my static test down to 95 db from 99 db.
Still at least I fared better than a K series engined Caterham which threw a rod at full chat.
Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 22/2/08 at 05:51 PM |
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This might help
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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Gezza
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| posted on 22/2/08 at 06:15 PM |
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Hi sorry to jump in but can i ask where you got your car corner weighted.
thanks gerry
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andrews_45
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| posted on 22/2/08 at 06:28 PM |
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aye, mine perished over the winter too.
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gingerprince
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| posted on 22/2/08 at 07:25 PM |
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<--- I feel your pain, mate!
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Pants On Fire
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| posted on 22/2/08 at 07:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Gezza
Hi sorry to jump in but can i ask where you got your car corner weighted.
thanks gerry
Track Developments, they're near Castle Coombe. Dialled out the bump steer as well, took pretty much a full day but well worth every single
penny.
Linky
Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.
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Pants On Fire
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| posted on 22/2/08 at 07:28 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by gingerprince
<--- I feel your pain, mate!
Yep, I know that feeling, 'kin hard to duck in a 5 point harness 
[Edited on 22/2/08 by Pants On Fire]
Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.
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smart51
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| posted on 22/2/08 at 08:18 PM |
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Same happened to me, except that a lorry ran over it. I collected the fragments out of the road and posted one off saying "can I have another
one in this colour please?"
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 23/2/08 at 12:28 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
This might help
If he does that, his trousers will fall down! 
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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john_p_b
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| posted on 23/2/08 at 11:14 AM |
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this is why i changed mine for non sva friendly steel items with locking clips. glad you got away with just some marks to polish out.
built a car, built a home, had a family. lost the family, lost the home, still got the car.
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 24/2/08 at 05:20 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Confused but excited.
quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
This might help
If he does that, his trousers will fall down!
Like the bloke standing next to the car
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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