TomC18 Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 No they are off the rims so will have to hope it stays clear. Every day the forecast is different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3c0y Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Hey Tom, can you post some pics on how your front lip is mounted to the lower half of your g-nose please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordo Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Please explain what's going on hear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC18 Posted September 18, 2016 Author Share Posted September 18, 2016 Hey Tom, can you post some pics on how your front lip is mounted to the lower half of your g-nose please? The spoiler had screws around the front and sat on the sway bad at the rear, but was moving too much and hitting the track So Trackart fabricated a bracket that hangs on the front radiator mount - very solid, but also extra 7kgs see pics d3c0y 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC18 Posted September 18, 2016 Author Share Posted September 18, 2016 Please explain what's going on hear? Adding oil, hmm wonder where that went... loose oil filter spat only a litre or so out onto right rear tyre and had big spin going through Stonier at 180kph missed everything - have video but need lessons on how to load... gav240z 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260DET Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 If you can upload your video from your camera to your computer it will be in the form of a file. To upload that file to YouTube then this is the page you need there https://www.youtube.com/upload Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riceburner Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Yowsers, would've been a brown pants moment Tom! Lol. Good to hear no damage was done. I've seen people put a large hose clamp on the filter and lock wire it back to the engine mount. The K&N oil filters have provision for lock wiring built on the end of the filters. It's going to the top of my to do list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC18 Posted September 19, 2016 Author Share Posted September 19, 2016 Video.MOV Here's how it looked from the outside... gav240z 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators gav240z Posted September 19, 2016 Administrators Share Posted September 19, 2016 Wow brown trousers moment. Uploaded it to Youtube for ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBR Jeff Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 (edited) I have brown trousers after watching that. And I'm sitting on the couch :-o. That would have been disconcerting. Jeff Edited September 19, 2016 by CBR Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC18 Posted September 19, 2016 Author Share Posted September 19, 2016 Wow brown trousers moment. Uploaded it to Youtube for ya. Thanks - i haven't set up an account the armco on the inside certainly got my attention for the first quarter second.... then I realised I missed it. car was still running as i had hit the clutch and brakes and i almost drove off until i saw a big puddle of oil on the floor (leaky firewall) and thought better to switch off. oil pressure was still good. trying to trim the inside view to a reasonable size as it kept running for 10 mins... then will load Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howdy Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 The O'l Sphincter must have puckered up big time Tom. I give you a 9.5 for style, 8 for finesse, and 11 out of 10 for smoke. So glad you kept her on the track Mate, good work. andyk_79 and gav240z 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordo Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Wow.nice ride Tom. When I went passed I was first thinking the engine let go buy the oil all over the road. Was good news when we fixed it and you could go back out again. Funny thing was when you came in after your next run, you said something about square tires! gav240z 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC18 Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 Yep. It was shaking so much the phone couldn't read the g forces in lap timer 200m slide will do that but at least it was running fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cozza Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Yep that looked reasonably terrifying. Now excuse the Newb question but what do you do with tyres that have been flat spotted? Are they throw aways? Or can you drive the flat spots out? I have heard of people doing big burnout to get them round again. As well as having them "turned down" that's probably not the right terminology though. Are these just wives tales or what? I'm interested because I have 2 flat spotted RE11 semis from a heart stopping moment on turn 1 @ EC not so long ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC18 Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 Throw them away. They don't get any better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260DET Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 I guess that it would be possible to skim them round again, providing the flat spots are not too low. But who does that and cost? Looks like the OP will do anything (undo anything?) to get attention lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC18 Posted September 21, 2016 Author Share Posted September 21, 2016 The car was 6 sec's/lap slower with the square tyres Although my virtual best dropped to a 1.45.45 in the one clean run i had in the morning.. I'm obviously a lot slower than Mr Virtual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmd Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Mr Virtual assumes that each sector times are independent of each other. Sometimes you have to sacrifice speed from one corner to get better traction for a long straight, so may have a slower sector time in one sector to get a better sector time in the next sector. Gordo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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