Hammerhead
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| posted on 9/12/05 at 10:04 AM |
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Reverse gearbox on ebay
Might be of interest to you BEC boys!!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/reverse-gear-box_W0QQitemZ4595612810QQcategoryZ100921QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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zzrpowerd-locost
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| posted on 9/12/05 at 10:36 AM |
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Not a bad price at the mo!
Anyone want to bet a fiver it goes for more than that!? 
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zzrpowerd-locost
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| posted on 9/12/05 at 10:38 AM |
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Anyway, reverse boxes are for:-
A) people who cant drive!
B) people who cant drive and are weak!
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iank
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| posted on 9/12/05 at 10:46 AM |
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C) People who want to race their cars competitively
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zzrpowerd-locost
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| posted on 9/12/05 at 10:50 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iank
C) People who want to race their cars competitively
And B road blasting on a Sunday aint competative racing???
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iank
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| posted on 9/12/05 at 10:54 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by zzrpowerd-locost
quote:
Originally posted by iank
C) People who want to race their cars competitively
And B road blasting on a Sunday aint competative racing???
Not if there isn't a man with a chequered flag 
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zzrpowerd-locost
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| posted on 9/12/05 at 11:14 AM |
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Ok then
Does one with a blue flashing light count
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NS Dev
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| posted on 9/12/05 at 04:13 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iank
quote:
Originally posted by zzrpowerd-locost
quote:
Originally posted by iank
C) People who want to race their cars competitively
And B road blasting on a Sunday aint competative racing???
Not if there isn't a man with a chequered flag
Spot on!!!!
You think you go quickly on the road and track days........then go and try racing!!!!
The latter is so far removed from the former 2 that the car seems almost incidental!!!
I learnt this one 3 years ago when I started competing!!!
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zzrpowerd-locost
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| posted on 9/12/05 at 04:32 PM |
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Been racing!
Try 90mph+ though a forest with trees 3ft from each side of the car!
Any other form of track racing seams tame
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 9/12/05 at 05:34 PM |
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3 foot, thats miles away, try 32 stock hatch's into 1st corner........, at least the trees dont move unlike the car either side you that are
knocking your door mirrors off... (i know they dont when you hit em either) (the trees that is).....
Anybody that hangs the back end out with a 100 foot drop 6" away gets my respect.
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ChrisGamlin
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| posted on 9/12/05 at 05:53 PM |
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I agree that the difference between road and track driving is night and day, but trackdays arent "so far removed from racing" if
we're talking about going quickly.
I know there's shed loads more to think about when racing with cars around you etc and so it is a different experience, but you can lap just as
quickly on a trackday as a race so can get the same sense of speed, which you most certainly can't do on the road for more than a few seconds at
a time!
Cue all the race drivers hovering over the reply button
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 9/12/05 at 05:58 PM |
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Chris, I think track days can at times be worse, 99.9% of the time you know what a fellow racer is gonna do, he will more often than not give you room
and will defo know your there, ive seen plenty of accidents on track days that i'm pretty sure would not have happened during a race, the big
buzz is sat on the line promising yourself your gonna survive the 1st corner, approach it with caution then get on with the race, guess what, lights
go off, a gap appears and you go for it.
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ChrisGamlin
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| posted on 9/12/05 at 10:52 PM |
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Yep I know what you mean, trackdays can give you a lot to think about too, and that was kind of my point. I dont think track days are worlds apart
from racing. Although you don't get that competitive spirit and extra level of intensity on a trackday, if you can drive quickly and safely on a
trackday you could transfer those skills to racing fairly easily, whereas you can be fast on the roads but not have a clue when it comes to fast
circuit driving, whether it be competitive or not.
Going off topic slightly, I do think that overall trackdays are much safer and less likely to damage your car than a race. If you pick and chose the
track day organisers generally you're a master of you're own destiny, if you have an accident then most of the time you would have
yourself at least partially to blame, simply because you don't need to be right on the limit and right up someone's chuff through a corner
because you know they will hopefully be letting you past on the next straight (in theory!).
Anyway, there's a possibility I might be experiencing the racing buzz first hand next season, a fair few ifs and buts at the mo, but fingers
crossed
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