santa pod mon 30th

max1 · Post by **max1** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:19 pm

was a great day for me although one of my new fibreglass doors proved too weak fo 9 sec runs and blew off at 100+mph
ripping it in two ,but with carefull rebuilding and 2 reels of gaffa tape i continued .i managed 12 runs in total most in the nines 9.8 ,9.9 etc ,in the afternoon i came across a gearbox problem that made the box jump gear so i practised 60ft s
and nailed them down to 1.4 sec ,unfortunately for others there was a lot of breakages the project gtst car broke on only its second test pass and proved terminal also the new dragon rx7 spat out its gear box into a hundred pieces .i feel for trackday addict as he hired the pod and got little use for his money and more heartache with the car ,keep ya chin up mate it will always fix .any one with photos or video can they please contact me
thanks max1

Post by **Ben** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:44 pm

Bugger - not a good day!. Good time though Mark.

Post by **Stuart** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:48 pm

What a shame for John. These bloody cars can kick you pretty hard in the bollocks if you'll let them.

Well done Mark, gaffa tape is a racers friend

Nik · Post by **Nik** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:55 pm

Well done Mark, some pretty consistant times there mate. Well done.

BigFil · Post by **BigFil** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:02 pm

Pretty consistant with panels blowing off as well!!!!!!!!!!!! :-D

Good sixty foot times mate - well done

323ian · Post by **323ian** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:07 pm

Please tell me the door blew off on a 9 second pass? :lol:

Bad news for John, at least when he gets it all sorted out it will be one hell of an animal.

Post by **Stuart** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:29 pm

Did you establish why one of the doors failed? I was considering these for next year but as I was hoping to go a bit quick (not your quick but my quick) I'm now a little concerned about things flying off?

Did your ones use the original mounting points> have you spoken to the manufacturer to see what they reckon> will you use these again or are you reverting to steel doors again?

Bubble · Post by **Bubble** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:43 pm

One of the Skyline owners took a few videos of peoples runs and caught Marks door flying off

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?doc ... 0167478188

A huge shame for John Bradshaw, GT-Art and project GTST, but john is confident that it will be back in action for Rotorstock in two weeks time 8) When the engine let go, oil was sprayed over the left rear tyre and John went sideways @ 140mph

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?doc ... 5742131581

Post by **Ben** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:37 am

in both cases .. Mark you car looks so quick off the line, and John, feck!!!!!!