APT Evo- Geartronics Paddleshift up and running, with dyno footage :)

Tk · Post by Tk » Tue May 22, 2012 6:55 pm

well held, could have gone bad at 207kph

RX7 · Post by **RX7** » Tue May 22, 2012 7:16 pm

Holy sht Gary, awesome quick recovery there. Could have been a lot worse.

Seems really odd why it did lock up and then even odder the amount of damage when going straight on.

You definitely need to wash though race overalls now

Danny@APT · Post by **Danny@APT** » Tue May 22, 2012 7:36 pm

A few pics taken from the MLR (pre-incident)-

And a long shot shortly after-

The kerbing on the left here is what Gary took out-

We had a few issues with the MoTeC camera, so I stuck the GoPro in as a back-up early afternoon (on the penultimate run as it turned out- the brake issues were starting to rear their heads).

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Danny@APT · Post by **Danny@APT** » Tue May 22, 2012 7:38 pm

RX7 wrote: Seems really odd why it did lock up and then even odder the amount of damage when going straight on.

Ah, no- that footage was from later on in the day. The camera wasn't recording at the time of the crash.

Tonynos · Post by **Tonynos** » Tue May 22, 2012 8:54 pm

It really does look hardcore without the graphics

Post by **Stuart** » Tue May 22, 2012 8:56 pm

Sorry to hear about the damage. That's a real shame but with those speeds attained, it could easily have been so much worse.

Best of luck for the repairs.......onwards and upwards

Monster · Post by **Monster** » Tue May 22, 2012 10:10 pm

The brake Bias thing is starting to become a common theme! I had it with my Zed when I first put the APs on the front but I was locking the fronts! Took ages to get to the bottom of it - I put a Stagea GTR master on the car in the end which has ever so slightly more rear bias due to it being a load lugger. However, I'm not convinced it wasnt just that my master was knackered.

Same set up on GTR, no grabbing or locking brakes, but even with bias valve, cooking the rears.

Daz is now having the same problem as I did with the zed on his Subaru. He put Alcons on the front, stocks on the rear, and it's locking the fronts. Yet it had 6 pots on the front prior to the alcons with no problem - drove like a road car!? He then put big K Sports on the rear to compensate and no difference. Changed his master, no difference.

Gary, you obviously know more about these things than me, but it would appear that even putting a front/rear kit on the car you can still face these issues.

I'm now worried that my first outing with the big rears on Friday at Rockingham may throw this up with me......

Rob S · Post by **Rob S** » Wed May 23, 2012 2:49 pm

Found a picture from a car infront of him...

Looking lethal mate

Danny@APT · Post by **Danny@APT** » Wed May 23, 2012 8:26 pm

Anyone got some gaffer tape?

shendy · Post by **shendy** » Wed May 23, 2012 8:40 pm

Ive not... But got some no nails. Would that help............