Originally Posted by hornetball
(Post 1585478)
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Originally Posted by Steve Dallas
(Post 1585575)
Do you mind if I use your video to demonstrate to my students why we tell them to go off straight, put both feet in, and never try to save it?
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I have recently watched a lot of Nurburgring Nordschleife crash videos lately. Almost all hit the wall opposite side of the track from where they first off.
I was not going to say anything because Hornetball is 100 X the driver I am, but I will just make the supporting observation. That track you run has super run-off areas. |
Originally Posted by DNMakinson
(Post 1585585)
That track you run has super run-off areas.
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Originally Posted by hornetball
(Post 1585578)
Have at it. However, in this case all I needed to do was lightly back out of it and then bring it back on while minding my mirrors. Oh well.
To even things out, I showed them one of your ridiculously fast laps. There was much soul searching when a Miata was 20 seconds faster than their brand spanking new M whatevers. Thanks! |
Originally Posted by Steve Dallas
(Post 1586998)
There was much soul searching when a Miata was 20 seconds faster than their brand spanking new M whatevers.
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Even my f*ck-ups are instructional! :D
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One of my Bauer ELBJs installed on 1/24/2016 (https://www.miataturbo.net/build-thr...5/) broke. It's bad. I haven't torn into the car yet, but I'm afraid of what I'm going to find.
:( On the plus side, I did an inaugural drive in the 1964 Corvette vintage racer I've been working on (build thread: https://www.trackjunkies.org/topic/7...at-did-i-do/): |
Man...that sucks!
Looks like if it would have let go a second earlier or a second later you would have just done a lot of mowing. So unfortunate that it went right when you were pointing straight at the corner station... |
Jesus! Man glad you're alright. Wild.
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I'm glad the corner worker is OK.
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Damn WTF, all that grass and straight to the corner station.
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Originally Posted by hornetball
(Post 1597548)
I'm glad the corner worker is OK.
Glad you are both OK. Obviously, we will need pics of the car. [Creates reminder to inspect ball joints, hubs, etc...] What do you think of the new track surface? I found it to be different, but my lap times are the same in both directions. Bumps are moved around, but not eliminated. Hopefully it will break in and be a little faster. |
Originally Posted by Steve Dallas
(Post 1597626)
I had no idea he could scoot like that!
Glad you are both OK. Obviously, we will need pics of the car. [Creates reminder to inspect ball joints, hubs, etc...] What do you think of the new track surface? I found it to be different, but my lap times are the same in both directions. Bumps are moved around, but not eliminated. Hopefully it will break in and be a little faster. I inspected this BJ the night before. The shaft broke catastrophically from the ball, there was no looseness or degradation. From here out, the lower BJs will be on a 3-year replacement schedule (kind of like the annual replacement of rear hubs). I've seen similar BJ failures on SM cars that see contact. Didn't expect it on this car. https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...062247cfe4.jpg |
So, here are pictures of the broken ball joints from the car (my mourning period ended and I worked on the car Saturday). These are not the same ball joints as the ones from my 1/24/2016 build thread post. I remember that the first set developed some play fairly early on and I replaced them. But I can't remember the exact date they were replaced.
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...7425f36b04.jpg https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...83a8c4c10e.jpg As for the car, I replaced the ball joint, pulled the nose and fender off the car, and drove it to the bodyshop of a racer friend of mine. The car tracked perfectly straight! We're going to do a bit of frame pulling and then it will live again. :) Of course, part of me wanted to order an Exocet kit. Maybe next time. |
quick glance at the first post and instantly got pissed off. I cant believe you snagged all of that for $5k. car alone would be like $9-11k in today's market. How I wish we could go back to mid-2010's prices. can't wait to read the rest of the thread
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