Did a trackday at Lydden yesterday, everything was going great and was on my sixth session when, the NSR wheel decided to overtake me whilist doing 60mph around Paddock Bend but i managed to get to the infield without to many problems (just)

Had to nut and bolt the rear wheel on just to make the car pushable.

Heres a few pics of the damage!








Ive had a good look today and it doesnt seem to bad,

It needs,
4 x new studs, but i might do them all just incase
Another new R888 tyre
Rear Koni Shock
Rear Disc
Inner splash guard

Plus a little bit of repair work to the arch, and refit the bodykit arch, but when i was under it i found the seal is rotten, so its gotta have a little welding and then i'll probably get both sides painted at the same time aswell.

Then its going up for sale! as i want a purpose trackcar now

 

Lucky man, could have been so much worse, glad nobody was injured

 

All sheared off, lucky boy.

 

Did you have spacers on ? could of ended far worse

 

lucky get away

 

No spacers, just standard Cossie set up including alloys.

 

Lucky man these trackdays at Lydden they free to spectate at?

 

Trackdays for cars and bikes are free to spectate, you only pay on the gate when theres proper event on, unless you park up eleswhere and sneak through the trees.

 

Arr man if id of known you were there Steve i would have popped along

 

Never mind mate, theres always next time.

 

You got the bug now then lol

 

That could have been nasty

 

very Lucky

 

all the wheel studs snapped?

 

Luckily it happened at Paddock and not the next corner, it would have been the tyre and dirt wall.

If your gonna do it, then do it properly. LOL

 

 

how the fook does that happen?all 4 snapping? ive snapped all the spokes on my alloys but that was a heavy impact.

 

Before i got out, and seeing the wheel disapeering into the sunset , i actually thought that i'd snapped the middle of the wheel out, at least i'll be able to re use the wheel, just need a new R888.

 

I would assume that one had been gone for a short while, then another will have gone, and the final two will have followed very soon after

 

Really lucky considering.....

Poor quality studs?

would deffo replace them all.......

 

Christ - lucky escape!!

Over tightened nuts possibly?

 

Possibly.

 

Cosworths use the floating washer type wheel nuts for the o/e alloy wheels - those look to be the nuts for steel wheels which if used can cause them to be overtightened and shear the studs

Lucky escape, I would suggest replacing all the nuts with the correct type to be on the safe side

 

lucky one ,considering what could have happened

 

woops!

 

Im gonna be replacing ALL the studs and nuts,

It wont happen again.......................................hopefu lly

 

Correct on the nuts. Seen this happen before. Seems the do it with the 3 door type alloys. I've used the same nut with the later saff alloys with no problems so far.

 

Gutted for you mate.Hope you get it fixed soon.

 

Thanks mate, ive started spending already, next trackday at Lydden is 2 months away, so ive gotta pull my finger out.

 

Very lucky!


Brian

 

very lucky indeed

 

Sorry about what happened Steve

Let me know about the sale

Steve