178mph tyre blow out at Brunters... My Escort :-(
04-10-2007, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by paulpalmer
There was a tyre failure there on a Focus travelling at speed recently as well wasn't there?
Not good Martin
Not good Martin
He had a very lucky escape - it certainly put me off doing top speed in my FRS next year & Martins post here has pretty much put me off altogether now After all the work that has gone into Martin's car this is just gutting reading this post tbh
04-10-2007, 03:11 PM
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Shitting hell Martin. Echoing what everyone else has said, thank god you walked away from it.
I'm certainly getting more and more nervous, especially with the Eagle GS-D3 horror-stories.
I reckon one more top speed attempt from me, then thats it!!
I'm certainly getting more and more nervous, especially with the Eagle GS-D3 horror-stories.
I reckon one more top speed attempt from me, then thats it!!
04-10-2007, 03:29 PM
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Top speed runs are, in my opinion, totally pointless and highly dangerous....
At least martin has a good roll cage in his car, imagine something going wrong in rapidcossie or rods cars with NO cages at all..... FUCK THAT.
Get them on track and set some times where skill is involved and not who can hold it flat out for longest.
At least martin has a good roll cage in his car, imagine something going wrong in rapidcossie or rods cars with NO cages at all..... FUCK THAT.
Get them on track and set some times where skill is involved and not who can hold it flat out for longest.
04-10-2007, 03:37 PM
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The "brunters surface" thing always confuses me, i dont see it as bad.
Its no snooker table smooth race track, but where is?
No point slating surfaces unless we know that either aformentioned accidents was due to it.
Its no snooker table smooth race track, but where is?
No point slating surfaces unless we know that either aformentioned accidents was due to it.
04-10-2007, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Ollie6RS2
Top speed runs are, in my opinion, totally pointless and highly dangerous....
At least martin has a good roll cage in his car, imagine something going wrong in rapidcossie or rods cars with NO cages at all..... FUCK THAT.
Get them on track and set some times where skill is involved and not who can hold it flat out for longest.
At least martin has a good roll cage in his car, imagine something going wrong in rapidcossie or rods cars with NO cages at all..... FUCK THAT.
Get them on track and set some times where skill is involved and not who can hold it flat out for longest.
totally agree to the dangerous part mate to many risks are being taken now !
glad ur ok martin
04-10-2007, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Ollie6RS2
Top speed runs are, in my opinion, totally pointless and highly dangerous....
At least martin has a good roll cage in his car, imagine something going wrong in rapidcossie or rods cars with NO cages at all..... FUCK THAT.
Get them on track and set some times where skill is involved and not who can hold it flat out for longest.
At least martin has a good roll cage in his car, imagine something going wrong in rapidcossie or rods cars with NO cages at all..... FUCK THAT.
Get them on track and set some times where skill is involved and not who can hold it flat out for longest.
Agree with you on rest though
04-10-2007, 04:10 PM
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Fookin hell... you really are not having much luck Martin! as you say, it really makes you think 'is it worth it?'..
I hope the car is easily repaired back to the stunning standard it was/is..
Well done for keping control...
Would be good to see some pics of the car and how it withstood something like this!
I hope the car is easily repaired back to the stunning standard it was/is..
Well done for keping control...
Would be good to see some pics of the car and how it withstood something like this!
04-10-2007, 04:18 PM
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I BET Rod thinks it was staged..... 
Seriously though, glad Martin is OK it could have been far worse at that Speed.
Driving fast cars carry a risk im aware of that more than most im sure if a reason for this is found Martin will let us all know. Martin climbed back in his car after his last crash & wants to do that event again & im sure in time he will attempt another Topspeed run in his car.
04-10-2007, 04:47 PM
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What type and rating of tyre was it? I wouldnt trust things like R888, A048s etc as they usually have much lower ratings - some only 150mph when i last bought them. Would have more trust in something like P zeros that are OE tyres for ferraris etc and are rated to do the job.
04-10-2007, 04:53 PM
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Re: 178mph tyre blow out at Brunters... My Escort :-(
Glad you've walked away from it, but shocking all the same whats the damage with the car in genral (know you are proberly unlikley to want to talk about it currently)
04-10-2007, 05:00 PM
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Not good!
but im curious to know what it would have made top speed
was this the first top speed run you have attempted in the escos or have you done some before in it?
but im curious to know what it would have made top speed
was this the first top speed run you have attempted in the escos or have you done some before in it?
04-10-2007, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by StickerPaul
Originally Posted by milkman
Fucking hell Mart, so how bad is it? Wing and side skirt?
Glad your ok thou Martin.
Hope its not too bad.
04-10-2007, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by dumped
What type and rating of tyre was it? I wouldnt trust things like R888, A048s etc as they usually have much lower ratings - some only 150mph when i last bought them. Would have more trust in something like P zeros that are OE tyres for ferraris etc and are rated to do the job.
04-10-2007, 05:33 PM
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glad you are ok martin,does make you think more about the risks of high speed runs.testiment to how well your car is built that it didnt spin or roll.maybe you should change the lable on the bottle from red stripe to BROWN STRIPE
04-10-2007, 05:36 PM
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without pics i can't even imagine what it looks like, but benting the foor too
glad it didn't end up like the focus, they said the guy ended up in hospital
talking of the surface at brunters, how do the other places stand if you were thinking of moving the venue? there can't be many and they would all probably have the same construction as the surface at brunters woldn't they? being old disuase air base type places.....
glad it didn't end up like the focus, they said the guy ended up in hospital
talking of the surface at brunters, how do the other places stand if you were thinking of moving the venue? there can't be many and they would all probably have the same construction as the surface at brunters woldn't they? being old disuase air base type places.....
04-10-2007, 05:38 PM
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glad your ok and hopefully cars fixable to 
i had a front tyre blow out before in my old bmm and that was only showing 140 on the clock so alot less than you and was still nearly a brown trouser moment
i had a front tyre blow out before in my old bmm and that was only showing 140 on the clock so alot less than you and was still nearly a brown trouser moment
04-10-2007, 05:47 PM
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I wouldn't use those D02's for Top Speed. As Dumped said, needs to be a tyre that is rated plenty high enough. D02's are a trackday tyre?
I can just imagine the heat buildup, starting with a 4-wheel wheelspin then pullnig for 1.5 miles or more after that.
I can just imagine the heat buildup, starting with a 4-wheel wheelspin then pullnig for 1.5 miles or more after that.
