Was looking at Castle Combe videos and found this earlier :lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiA2Kf7oIpc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiA2Kf7oIpc
Anyone want to own up to this!
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Looks to me like the back end stepped out when the car went light coming over Avon rise, he steered into it and held it fairly well at that speed to be honest but then it snapped back the other way (as they've got a tendency to do) causing him to spin.
I think the spin actually saved him a bit as it scrubbed off a lot of the speed before reaching the barrier
I think the spin actually saved him a bit as it scrubbed off a lot of the speed before reaching the barrier
He was lucky, i've seen quite a few accidents there and in comparison he got away quite lightly ;-)
johnsy
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im an argumentative twat! and totally disagree, turning in it is a natural reaction, it needed alot more over/under/over/under and tiny corections not just having the wheel one way thats why it slapped his arse
im guessing braking before the rise,or atleest while the car is not lite is the way to go
im guessing braking before the rise,or atleest while the car is not lite is the way to go
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I've been in this position a few times (some on this very corner!) and in my experience in situations where you need to use a lot of steering lock to correct a slide at those sort of speeds the car always trys to snap back the other way when you're trying to straighten it up again.
Maybe its a handling characteristic of the car or maybe its just that we don't have your god like driving skills :roll::lol:
Maybe its a handling characteristic of the car or maybe its just that we don't have your god like driving skills :roll::lol:
johnsy
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god like driving skills! you been watching my youtube vids lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jSYiU-JdRw
notice the small corrections not just yarking hard one way, like you say maybe its a flow in the short wheel base design or the guy just shit himself,iv only ever not saved a spin once and that was at 110mph and i did shit myself
now go practice your skinny little faggot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jSYiU-JdRw
notice the small corrections not just yarking hard one way, like you say maybe its a flow in the short wheel base design or the guy just shit himself,iv only ever not saved a spin once and that was at 110mph and i did shit myself
now go practice your skinny little faggot
red reading
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Of course johnsy your driving may be good but your ability to set a car up correctly after being advised isn't that good.............think that's called ignorance!! lol
Or is it know it all arrogance?
Or is it know it all arrogance?
johnsy
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no doubt correct my fault, for not getting the car checked out on the rollers before i took it to cadwell, they say you live in learn,
i never found out the reason why the engine failed, then again it was totally standard unit and was really never going to last that long with that tubby strapped to it and the short ratio box, buzzing around cadwell at 8k was never going to be healthy for it lol,atleast it got used for which it was built
did you ever find out what happened to that tubby you fooked?
red reading
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oil starvation, caused by the powder coating coming off the steel sump pan and going all the way thru the engine finally blocking the oil line restrictor in the turbo, never seen it happen before.
so i learnt that day never to use a sump that has been dented then straightend out, my own stupidity.
that car is nearley finished now, got a new project on the way
so i learnt that day never to use a sump that has been dented then straightend out, my own stupidity.
that car is nearley finished now, got a new project on the way
Small corrections??? He goes lock to lock at about 57s.
"...and to be honest; I don't know how we held that..."
Maybe he needs some driving tuition from johnsy, after all he's only an ex British rally champion :lol:
If only; it looked like a great ride!We you the passenger or driver?:shock:
I was watching the TT Bikes last week and thinking those guys must have nerves of steel; look how close they are to walls and lamp posts etc. Plus it's not as though the road surface is consistent, nor the light levels even. It's a dangerous race, and people know it but race anyway; that's why it's nice to see it still running.
I suppose that's why it seems so addictive for some of those riders.