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13-05-2008, 09:11 AM
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sat in the back of rainbird's hire car, cruising steadily on the autobahn at 140 with no dramas... 1.6 mariva's rock 
Think a 2nd hand lump is the way forward, anyone who know of a 3.0 m3lump, let me know.
Think a 2nd hand lump is the way forward, anyone who know of a 3.0 m3lump, let me know.
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13-05-2008, 09:18 AM
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13-05-2008, 09:37 AM
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some pics of Mikes broken Crank.........
and around 500 ringpics
http://picasaweb.google.com/RStino78/Nordschleife120508
and around 500 ringpics
http://picasaweb.google.com/RStino78/Nordschleife120508
13-05-2008, 09:51 AM
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bloody hell thats lucky, i thought it might of just cracked... could it be a torquing issue as it seems to have happened at the end of the thread, ie the bolts just bottoming out and touching the end of the crank and putting it under tension.? did martins break in the same place.?
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13-05-2008, 10:03 AM
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13-05-2008, 10:10 AM
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The crank snapped when Mike tried to tighten it - the car wouldn't start becasue it was wobbling, and the cps coudn't sync - so thought it had worked loose.
Few of us off to the castle now, then on track again this evening
Few of us off to the castle now, then on track again this evening
13-05-2008, 10:37 AM
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Wouldn't that suggest that something more serious was wrong with the crank if it was wobbling ?
13-05-2008, 10:39 AM
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I've seen people driving around with snapped cranks and only found out they were snapped once removing the crank pulley.. Sounds like this was a similar case here, and a lucky one at that!!
13-05-2008, 12:24 PM
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harsh but truelooks like a training day though, so there won't be any twats in cars to knock them off
if any of them fall off and don't break their left clavicle, i'll have it
13-05-2008, 12:47 PM
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13-05-2008, 01:43 PM
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13-05-2008, 01:50 PM
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Just had a chat with Ginge whos with the scouse lot on the off road course and he said the track has been mentally busy....he spun his scooby on one of the fast bends but he luckily didnt hit anything.
also said maybe someone should have checked their oil on there car when everyone else did..............
Also again just to confirm the people involved in the crash are 100% fine. which is good news
also said maybe someone should have checked their oil on there car when everyone else did
..............Also again just to confirm the people involved in the crash are 100% fine. which is good news
13-05-2008, 01:58 PM
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13-05-2008, 02:14 PM
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13-05-2008, 02:23 PM
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Would be a right fucking wounder if it was simple oil starvation! 
Hope it's not as the times Jim set sound fucking awesome and he was doing so well!! 
Hope it's not as the times Jim set sound fucking awesome and he was doing so well!!