N13L X B
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Registered: 28th Sep 09
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Cheers people, im keeping both sets of wheels so i can cahange them as i like.
sam the LET is now my mates hes gotta rebuild the engine again then he's selling it on, it owed me about 4.5k by the time id finished but it let go on me again so i took a huge loss on it and sold it my mate.
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N13L X B
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Registered: 28th Sep 09
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WOW The corsa was unbelievable at the track day last week end even in the wet. Loads of cars stacked it into the armco but i kept it together and had a great day. Surpirsed alot of peole with what my corsa could do
Only had a couple of arse out scares considering lol, unfortunatly broke a c.v right near the end of the day but not fussed about that, got towed home as i live 5 mins from mallory lol.
Heres some piks and a vid from the day, turn it up nice and loud
After a hard days nailing lol
And finally the vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amtF9PfYbNo
Nice 1 lads all comment welcome.
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mov3d
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LOL, looks like you had fun.
Its always enjoyed Rainy Trackdays
Copyright cXtreme Sports Photography
[Edited on 19-03-2011 by mov3d]
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
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Cocking a wheel in the wet!! Fair play
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joe holvey sxi
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:O
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mov3d
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Any pics from you trackday this week?
Will you be able to repair the car?
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N13L X B
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Yep unfortunatly smashed it up on my 2nd trackday at mallory, its a shame cus we were absoltley flying
Basically i was following a car into a fast corner at like 90ish as it flicked up some stones which tinged off my car bar 1 or 2 which somehow managed to jam inside the outer wheel and calliper. This sudden reduce of speed pulled the car left and onto the grass and at that speed i had no chance of stopping. Hit the tire wall at about 80 which felt really hard.
Got out and it look like this
Heres the wheel, you can see the mark the stones left:
Once it was back in the paddock the damage didnt look to bad although looking very sorry for itself:
Anyway the car will be back, i stripped the front down and me and the old boy got to work.
Suspension wise all it broke was lower ball joint and lower arm. The main damage is the sill/lower door post. The front panel bent back a bit but luckily for me my old mans been repairing write offs for years, he pulled the front panel back to normal
Works in progress and the car will be out again some time soon with improvements I hope to be doing a few sessions at total vauxhall live, castle combe.
Cheers all
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kev
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Registered: 16th Jun 09
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you killed my old motor T619 DOY doesnt look to bad hope you get it all sorted such a same its a stunning corsa
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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Having been a passenger in an off at Mallory I know it's fairly unforgiving.
Glad everyone is OK and you're going for a fix. Hope to see it at TVL if not before.
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Steve
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i always tell people that silly small gaps between caliper and wheel are dangerous, im usually told im being a stupid cunt
unlucky crash though hope its repaired soon
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JaffaTB
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Registered: 7th Oct 09
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when i fitted my v6 brakes to my car i joked to my dad that i hoped i didn't get a stone between the wheel and caliper, looks like it can really happen!
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M Sutton
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That sucks!! Glad your ok and know one was hurt. Atleast its not completely dead and its repairable!
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corsadonk
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Registered: 4th Jul 09
Location: Marlborough, Wiltshire
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Flipping heck, good work.
Wouldn't it be better to get another shell?
Good job you wasn't hurt too bad.
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FAZ
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ouch! sorry top hear / see that
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corsagsigav
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Location: Retford, Nottinghamshire
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very unlucky mate
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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Bloody hell, gutting to see those pictures! At least you are ok mate, it can all go wrong very quickly.
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bazzaa
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boo
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Hodgy
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Registered: 29th Dec 09
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bloody hell mate can it be fixed ????
looks nasty
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Jamie-C
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Bloody hell that looks like a heavy hit! Glad your ok mate!
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nath2905
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sorry to hear mate, glad every1 ok tho
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N13L X B
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Yea we were both fine, sore the next day but fine lol.
While its being repaired its a good excuse to do some lil bits and bobs So ordered myself a nice shiny ally rad
Its the tx autosport 1's im really happy with it, more progress soon.
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N13L X B
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Registered: 28th Sep 09
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Bit of progress to report then people. Weve pulled the bottom of the door post out to not far from what it sould be. Started to trim away the sill. Decided were going to replace the whole of the front of the sill and lower part of door post:
So it was off to the scrapy to cut a section off, found the best 1, nice and solid
Need to get a new straight door now to ensure the bottom hinge is in the corect position, more progress soon
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N13L X B
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Registered: 28th Sep 09
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Been buying new bits ready for the rebuild.
Got this lot so far:
Stumpy plates
80mm studs and blue aluminum nut kit
Bonnet pins
bonnet hooks
antil roll bar polly bushes
Headlight clips
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N13L X B
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Registered: 28th Sep 09
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Gotta love bank holiday weekends for time to do bits and bobs
Fitted my studs, and test fitted a wheel to see how they looked
Cleaned down, wire brushed and 'kurust' ed the shell underneath to protect from rust, to be later waxoiled
Painted my anti roll bars and engine bay stabilisers orange to match my cage
Removed the passenger bucket and trim to roll back the carpet, ready for my dad to start welding the new sill in.
Finally i test fitted my new ally rad in place, as i was worried about clearence on the bigger manifold, but it goes in nicely
Cheers.
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corsadonk
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Registered: 4th Jul 09
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Fairplay.
I should of got the blue nuts aswell.
Is that BTB Type C? Mines got loads of room, almost better than the GM item.
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