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given my underhood temps they'd probably start a fire
I just stuck some of those wire/extruding pins from the hardware store. The first cast pin that broke on me was in a race. I got hit in the left front fender which sent a bunch of air under the hood on the straight and on the second lap after being hit the hood came up right over the windshield. Otherwise I would have continued racing.
I just stuck some of those wire/extruding pins from the hardware store. The first cast pin that broke on me was in a race. I got hit in the left front fender which sent a bunch of air under the hood on the straight and on the second lap after being hit the hood came up right over the windshield. Otherwise I would have continued racing.
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Not after the hood came over, but here's shot right after the incident (I'm the red Miata.) He pulled over in front of me and hit the brakes about two car lengths before I was going to brake, so it was a hard hit. The very next lap, coming up the hill out of that turn, the second hood pin (pax side, opposite the hit) snapped and the hood came up. That was exciting.
It's a shame- that was the second lap and I'd qualified between the two yellow Miatas in the back ground. But as the competition increases, the risks you have to take to get ahead do also... Spent a little more money than I'd planned to that weekend (wasn't my car). - rob
It's a shame- that was the second lap and I'd qualified between the two yellow Miatas in the back ground. But as the competition increases, the risks you have to take to get ahead do also... Spent a little more money than I'd planned to that weekend (wasn't my car). - rob
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