Elvington Today
Avoneer - 1/9/07 at 09:10 PM
What a day.
Still trying to get to grips with the car and finding out when it will let go - which was very hard to do - my A048's stick like glue.
Tom (Indykid) also did well considering he'd only driven it for the 1st time for 5 minutes the day before.
All went well and we were one of the faster cars out there leaving the Elise's and a fair few other behind.
The car handled so well and the brakes were awesome.
Worst bit was when one of the trailing arm poly bushes let go towards the end of the day and sent the tyre into the brackets and bolts. New tyre and
poly bushes now required!
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Avoneer - 1/9/07 at 09:26 PM
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adithorp - 1/9/07 at 09:31 PM
why is one light white and the other orange?
adrian
Hellfire - 1/9/07 at 09:37 PM
One light white the other orange - I reckon thats the fee paid then 
Glad you had a good day out Pat - you did say you were going to hammer it... sounds like you did. Good pictures too 
ATB
Steve
Andy D - 1/9/07 at 09:52 PM
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Worst bit was when one of the trailing arm poly bushes let go towards the end of the day and sent the tyre into the brackets and bolts. New tyre and
poly bushes now required!
Could be talking complete blox, but are poly bushes really suitable for trailing arms, considering they have to twist when the car leans in a corner.
... Is there enough "give" in them?
Avoneer - 1/9/07 at 10:12 PM
Cheers all.
Orange light is my sticker!
Polybushes on trailing arms - now there's a can of worms.
Just though I'd try what a lot of other's find ok, but will now probably change the battered one to a rod end now and see what it's
like.
Got a full CD of pics (160+) from the pro photographer - well worth the money.
Pat...
Andy D - 1/9/07 at 10:18 PM
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Polybushes on trailing arms - now there's a can of worms.
Has that been covered before? maybe where I've got the idea...
My Westy live axle has metalastic bushes on the trailing arms, and I fitted polys to the panhard rod. Seems to work OK.
Avoneer - 1/9/07 at 10:24 PM
Discussed metalistic bushes on the way home, but result was that it would be hard to find some the right size and then a tube the right size for them
to sit in to weld to the trailing arm.
Favourite is the rod end at the mo.
Pat...
Avoneer - 2/9/07 at 07:55 AM
No idea what Tom was doing here.
Captions please!.JPG)
Avoneer - 2/9/07 at 07:56 AM
Sorry, what was that, left at the end of the runway?
zxrlocost - 2/9/07 at 08:46 AM
good one pat
"HEEELLLLLOOOOO Turbo Pizza,s We drop before you shop whats your order"
MkIndy7 - 2/9/07 at 10:00 AM
On the fone: "Yes love... just leaving the office now"
Hellfire - 2/9/07 at 11:55 AM
He was on the phone to me..........
"All those years you were right Phil, I really do need to bin the Pinto and get a bike engined car"
Phil
Avoneer - 2/9/07 at 12:36 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Hellfire
He was on the phone to me..........
"All those years you were right Phil, I really do need to bin the Pinto and get a bike engined car"
Phil
LMFAO
Pat...
Avoneer - 2/9/07 at 04:00 PM
Just picking up the pieces:
Prop shaft adaptor flange thing had come loose!
Pat...