pekwah1
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| posted on 4/9/14 at 12:43 PM |
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Hot tip for the day!
Make sure you secure your bonnet catches correctly.......
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jossey
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| posted on 4/9/14 at 12:49 PM |
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Ouch. :-(
Any other tip I found out yesterday is when you have spent 2 hours covering your bonnet with carbon fibre vinyl don't drop the grinder on it
less than 5 mins later while it's still spun up.
Thanks
David Johnson
Building my tiger avon slowly but surely.
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coozer
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| posted on 4/9/14 at 01:29 PM |
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Ha ha, been there done that, an upgrade to solid stainless catches with a securing pin is the way forward...
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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pekwah1
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| posted on 4/9/14 at 01:46 PM |
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i think just doing them up in the first place is probably the answer 
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40inches
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| posted on 4/9/14 at 02:13 PM |
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I remove the bonnet after a run, then I have to refit it next time out, makes it less of a possibility to forget the catches 
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steve m
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| posted on 4/9/14 at 03:58 PM |
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hahahahaha Andy !!!
Ive never done such an idiotic thing as that !!
YET
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
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bi22le
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| posted on 4/9/14 at 04:39 PM |
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Small fry, you try forgetting to clip a QR steering wheel on properly.
That makes a man out of ya!
Track days ARE the best thing since sliced bread, until I get a supercharger that is!
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http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/13/viewthread.php?tid=139152&page=1
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pekwah1
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| posted on 4/9/14 at 05:57 PM |
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lol yeh i can imagine myself doing that which is why i took my quick release off, it was making me paranoid!
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jps
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| posted on 4/9/14 at 07:34 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bi22le
Small fry, you try forgetting to clip a QR steering wheel on properly.
That makes a man out of ya!
Reading that made me wince, it wasn't you that had it let go on the motorway was it?
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bi22le
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| posted on 4/9/14 at 08:09 PM |
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Unfortunately so, some time ago now.
quote:
Originally posted by jps
quote:
Originally posted by bi22le
Small fry, you try forgetting to clip a QR steering wheel on properly.
That makes a man out of ya!
Reading that made me wince, it wasn't you that had it let go on the motorway was it?
Track days ARE the best thing since sliced bread, until I get a supercharger that is!
Please read my ring story:
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/13/viewthread.php?tid=139152&page=1
Me doing a sub 56sec lap around Brands Indy. I need a geo set up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHksfvIGB3I
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RickRick
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| posted on 4/9/14 at 08:33 PM |
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I've got 2 captive fasteners in my bonnet down the center line i can see them when i'm in the car if there undone saved me once so
far though i recon it might have ripped off a corner if i went much faster
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Digimon
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| posted on 15/9/14 at 12:50 PM |
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I've been there as well, luckily it didn't do to much damage
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jeffw
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| posted on 15/9/14 at 01:04 PM |
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I had a Caterham CSR260 in front of me lose his bonnet after the start of a sprint at Castle Combe this year.....problem is it is aluminium and folded
in half !
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loggyboy
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| posted on 15/9/14 at 01:18 PM |
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I had a FB bonnet on my old nova and forgot to close the pins, first time I hit 20mph after leaving home it flipped over the whole car and land on the
road behind. Fortunately the hinge bolts sheered straight away so it didn't hit the windscreen, and the person behind was far enough behind to
easily avoid it.
Mistral Motorsport
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Matt21
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| posted on 9/10/14 at 04:06 PM |
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serves you right for having a nova
i forgot my bonnet catches a few weeks back too  probably serves me right for the nova comment
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 9/10/14 at 04:35 PM |
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I was lucky, I forgot to clip them back down when my head gasket had gone and I was limping home, it started lifting but I caught it in time.... It
also caught on the exhaust manifold wrap, which helped.
Now I'm completely paranoid about the catches and check them all the time. Especially as I don't have a manifold for it to catch on
now
[Edited on 9/10/14 by Ben_Copeland]
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daveb666
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| posted on 10/10/14 at 11:02 AM |
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Been there myself, put my hand up to stop it (was doing about 60mph). Nearly broke my thumb.
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The Black Flash
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| posted on 11/10/14 at 07:05 PM |
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Threads like this make me glad I've got a forward-hinged bonnet!
[Edited on 11/10/14 by The Black Flash]
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