Todays definition - Brown pants moment....
04-11-2007, 10:40 AM
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Todays definition - Brown pants moment....
Gary and I attended the MLR 30-130 day yesterday at RAF Marham.
Check out this vid of one guys VERY VERY lucky escape.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0oJ2wQiu2Y
Check out this vid of one guys VERY VERY lucky escape.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0oJ2wQiu2Y
04-11-2007, 10:50 AM
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Bloody hell. He seemed to stay quite calm throughout the spin though.
What was the flashing on those gauges on the top right of the dash all about?
Is this the same event where that guy got hit by that bird in a blue Evo last year IIRC.
He seemed to stay quite calm throughout the spin though.What was the flashing on those gauges on the top right of the dash all about?
Is this the same event where that guy got hit by that bird in a blue Evo last year IIRC.
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04-11-2007, 10:53 AM
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did he clip a cone or something? We've done a track day at Marham, I know you have to watch out for changes in tarmac etc, I thought it was going to roll can't believe his first reaction was to try to start it again, bet he was a bit shakey afterwardsZ
04-11-2007, 10:54 AM
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Yes, that is the event where the bird hit the screen.
Some awesome cars there. When you take into account that a moderately tuned Evo (say around 350-380bhp) can do 30-130 in around 15-17 seconds, there were 10 cars there yesterday that were sub 10 seconds.
Gary did 8.8 and Ross (a customer of ours) did 8.6. Fastest of the day was 7.1 from an Evo 9 GT owned by a 20 year old!!
Some awesome cars there. When you take into account that a moderately tuned Evo (say around 350-380bhp) can do 30-130 in around 15-17 seconds, there were 10 cars there yesterday that were sub 10 seconds.
Gary did 8.8 and Ross (a customer of ours) did 8.6. Fastest of the day was 7.1 from an Evo 9 GT owned by a 20 year old!!
04-11-2007, 11:06 AM
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When Dan said "guy got hit by that bird in a blue Evo" I thought he meant someone was run over by a women driving an Evo 
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04-11-2007, 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Billy_RST
Originally Posted by charlie luciano
Originally Posted by Christian and Beccy
Fastest of the day was 7.1 from an Evo 9 GT owned by a 20 year old!!
That is a little worrying
at that age you are short on experienceLuciano
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04-11-2007, 11:13 AM
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Very lucky
But to me it appears he went to turn right at the end of the runway
Having no "speed reference" on side of track - trees houses walls etc
it is very easy to think you are travelling at a lot slower speed than you actually are without any items going past your window to judge your speed against
I did the same once many moons ago
Working at a disused airfield I turned up in my first MKII RS2000 (apprx 1989) saw the runway and went for it - lol lol
At the end of the runway I slowed down (well I thought I had) and did a perfect handbrake turn to go back up the tarmac
Problem was I was still doing about 30mph
Car spun then lifted on 2 wheels but luckily it fell back the right way up
But to me it appears he went to turn right at the end of the runway
Having no "speed reference" on side of track - trees houses walls etc
it is very easy to think you are travelling at a lot slower speed than you actually are without any items going past your window to judge your speed against
I did the same once many moons ago
Working at a disused airfield I turned up in my first MKII RS2000 (apprx 1989) saw the runway and went for it - lol lol
At the end of the runway I slowed down (well I thought I had) and did a perfect handbrake turn to go back up the tarmac
Problem was I was still doing about 30mph
Car spun then lifted on 2 wheels but luckily it fell back the right way up
04-11-2007, 11:15 AM
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Here's an example of the cars at the top end of the scale, putting in mid 7's, they look like they mean business......
Then when you see this.....
It looks like a fairly ordinary 400bhp Evo 9GT, well, on the surface.
That really is the best example of a stupidly powerful car I have seen. Full interior, all the creature comforts, totally not in-your-face, yet packing 800bhp, GT40, Twin wastegates, Dog-box etc etc.
Awesome.
Then when you see this.....
It looks like a fairly ordinary 400bhp Evo 9GT, well, on the surface.
That really is the best example of a stupidly powerful car I have seen. Full interior, all the creature comforts, totally not in-your-face, yet packing 800bhp, GT40, Twin wastegates, Dog-box etc etc.
Awesome.
04-11-2007, 11:17 AM
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so where were they?
04-11-2007, 11:18 AM
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are they saying its due to removing his rear wing on the mlr or is that just chinese whispers?
04-11-2007, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Christian and Beccy
Originally Posted by Ryan
so where were they?
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04-11-2007, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Christian and Beccy
Originally Posted by StephenC
are they saying its due to removing his rear wing on the mlr or is that just chinese whispers?
A small video of my car spining at the MLR 30-1...
A small video of my car spining at the MLR 30-130 day at RAF Marham 03/11/07 - previous run of 182mph went fine, second run i removed the rear spoiler as it was bending alot at high speed; i hoped it would give me another 10mph, instead it gave me zero down force and zero stability once i came off the gas! Took a deep breath and held on until the ride finished!
A small video of my car spining at the MLR 30-130 day at RAF Marham 03/11/07 - previous run of 182mph went fine, second run i removed the rear spoiler as it was bending alot at high speed; i hoped it would give me another 10mph, instead it gave me zero down force and zero stability once i came off the gas! Took a deep breath and held on until the ride finished!
04-11-2007, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by St3V3_C
Originally Posted by Christian and Beccy
Originally Posted by StephenC
are they saying its due to removing his rear wing on the mlr or is that just chinese whispers?
A small video of my car spining at the MLR 30-1...
A small video of my car spining at the MLR 30-130 day at RAF Marham 03/11/07 - previous run of 182mph went fine, second run i removed the rear spoiler as it was bending alot at high speed; i hoped it would give me another 10mph, instead it gave me zero down force and zero stability once i came off the gas! Took a deep breath and held on until the ride finished!
A small video of my car spining at the MLR 30-130 day at RAF Marham 03/11/07 - previous run of 182mph went fine, second run i removed the rear spoiler as it was bending alot at high speed; i hoped it would give me another 10mph, instead it gave me zero down force and zero stability once i came off the gas! Took a deep breath and held on until the ride finished!
04-11-2007, 04:40 PM
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Rich White in what is possibly the nicest Evo 9 in the country...
Remember loving that car when i was at RC...
I heard on the grapevine his vortex generator came off the roof as he lifted from the top speed run?
The blue RC car there was a bare shell build - porsche riviera blue
Remember loving that car when i was at RC...
I heard on the grapevine his vortex generator came off the roof as he lifted from the top speed run?
The blue RC car there was a bare shell build - porsche riviera blue