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Adam_B

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6th Mar 05 at 23:20

whilst doing this on the private test track-

this happened-

proper shat my pants a tell thee

Good reason to get it sprayed, or do i go for the Adam kindness look and just rip them all off

SteveW

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6th Mar 05 at 23:22

what happened ??

did you take that pic of the speedo ???

im not brave enough to take pics when im going that fast

chr15barn3s

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6th Mar 05 at 23:23

me neither, i would actually die taking a pic at 130mph

MarkW

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6th Mar 05 at 23:23

whereabouts it happen? just after you'd left us?

VegasPhil

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6th Mar 05 at 23:26

Cool

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Adam_B

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6th Mar 05 at 23:27

never really gone past 110 ish before and wanted to see what this engine could do. got to just past 130 then something went bang! With my luck with cars i thought cambelt had snapped or something, then i realised it was still going

Doing that speed had ripped the fucking wheel arch off!

Andy

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6th Mar 05 at 23:28

Pro Race 2 rims - nice

VegasPhil

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6th Mar 05 at 23:28

. Think you would have known pretty sharpish if the belt snapped

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SteveW

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6th Mar 05 at 23:29

mine has been fine when i took her over 140

think i was doing 150 but im really not sure.. think i need new clocks

At least it was only the wheel arch mate... could have been messy

VegasPhil

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6th Mar 05 at 23:31

Was the time you took the pic the fastest point? Or did you get 140?

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Adam_B

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6th Mar 05 at 23:32

that was when the arch flew off, slowed down to 60ish and pulled off to check the scars

Dom

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6th Mar 05 at 23:35

quote:
Originally posted by SteveW
mine has been fine when i took her over 140

think i was doing 150 but im really not sure.. think i need new clocks

At least it was only the wheel arch mate... could have been messy

you reckon thunda could do 150s?? i would have thought top end would be around the late 140s

im guessing its an F28 (rated at 170 arnt they?)?

time for GPS

Although not very accurate at slow speeds, but once your above 80 odd there great

edit - back to topic, nice though adam

get em sprayed and use good old tigerseal

[Edited on 06-03-2005 by Dom]

Adam_B

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6th Mar 05 at 23:37

quote:
Originally posted by VegasPhil
Was the time you took the pic the fastest point? Or did you get 140?

it revs to just over 7k so in theory it should just tickle 140

R Lee

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6th Mar 05 at 23:37

yes, bond them back on.

Matt H

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7th Mar 05 at 00:05

Same thing happened to me on the way back from PVS at around the same speeds

I was racing a Mini cooper S & just as I was starting to get some distance from him something started tapping on my wing mirror. Looked to the side & my arch was flapping around

Mine were bonded on before. When I have the rest of the bodywork done on the car & im gonna bolt & bond them on to be on the safe side!!!

SteveW

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7th Mar 05 at 00:11

quote:
Originally posted by Dom

quote:
Originally posted by SteveW
mine has been fine when i took her over 140

think i was doing 150 but im really not sure.. think i need new clocks

At least it was only the wheel arch mate... could have been messy

you reckon thunda could do 150s?? i would have thought top end would be around the late 140s im guessing its an F28 (rated at 170 arnt they?)?

time for GPS Although not very accurate at slow speeds, but once your above 80 odd there great

edit - back to topic, nice though adam get em sprayed and use good old tigerseal

[Edited on 06-03-2005 by Dom]

me and beardy have a thing about this.. he dont think i can do 155... i think i can

so it has to be bruntingthorpe or somewhere like that.. just to see my real topend with GPS or full timing equipment

yeah i have a F28 box... plus the power should be enough to push a corsa past the 150 bench mark.. i hope

Dom

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7th Mar 05 at 00:15

quote:
Originally posted by SteveW

quote:
Originally posted by Dom

quote:
Originally posted by SteveW
mine has been fine when i took her over 140

think i was doing 150 but im really not sure.. think i need new clocks

At least it was only the wheel arch mate... could have been messy

you reckon thunda could do 150s?? i would have thought top end would be around the late 140s im guessing its an F28 (rated at 170 arnt they?)?

time for GPS Although not very accurate at slow speeds, but once your above 80 odd there great

edit - back to topic, nice though adam get em sprayed and use good old tigerseal

[Edited on 06-03-2005 by Dom]

me and beardy have a thing about this.. he dont think i can do 155... i think i can

so it has to be bruntingthorpe or somewhere like that.. just to see my real topend with GPS or full timing equipment

yeah i have a F28 box... plus the power should be enough to push a corsa past the 150 bench mark.. i hope

wack it on an airfield or something mate

But yea, i think thunda could do 150-155, but i think it would be alittle struggle for the car - mainly on aerodynamics, corsas are a barge after all

But im sure you'll get it to the 150-155 mark

SteveW

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7th Mar 05 at 00:16

anyway back to the topic

Adam_B

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7th Mar 05 at 00:19

imagine what i would of lost at 155

probably the whole shell

Be just me sat on the chassis with a steering wheel

wacky races styleee

[Edited on 07-03-2005 by Adam_B]

SteveW

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7th Mar 05 at 00:22

Adam i think that all the time with my car..

PEOPLE:

Corsas just aint meant to go as fast as we seem to be pushing them... They WILL fall apart.

like an extra on Wacky Racers

(top work

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big eck

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7th Mar 05 at 00:25

I done the exact same thing with mine at max speed

I was racing another XE corsa at the time and heard a clicking noise and only relised it was my arch molding when we stopped at the end of the motorway

Adam_B

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7th Mar 05 at 00:26

http://www.hotink.com/wacky/

J100RSA

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7th Mar 05 at 00:33

ive had this problem and mine was bonded on had my xe corsa to 151 with f16 wr wanna no what it will do now

p.s the 2005 spec piccys of j100 might be out this week a fair few new bits a and bobs

Matt H

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7th Mar 05 at 00:34

Nice one Dan

Whats new then?

J100RSA

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7th Mar 05 at 00:36

ul have to wait n see

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