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GonnaBreakABuggy

Going up:

And a few seconds later, back down:

woof woof · Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 11:41 pm Post subject:

Ouch!

That's the sort of thing that could give you a bad back! Great shots though

and it looks like fun.
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GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 12:37 am Post subject:

Nah, like landing on a big matress with our dampers.
Still had 2 inches of travel left when it landed actually.

Unlike this guy:

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GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 12:45 am Post subject:

A few pictures I grabbed whilst walking the course, I missed the worst bits as I didn't want to risk dropping the camera in the mud:

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"him" · Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 1:20 pm Post subject:

I missed this...

Great shots, how much damage did matey with his "lowered" car do?

Or did it "bounce back?"
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GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 1:22 pm Post subject:

Bent two wishbones and a chassis bracket, 10 minutes with a hammer and a welder, sorted!
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woof woof · Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 9:48 am Post subject:

Get a neck strap for your camera.

Great stuff! and the damage to that blokes car would be worth it just for the shot!

If those pictures aren't printed, framed and on a wall, they should be.
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woof woof's defence lawyer claimed that "Booze played no part in his typo's."

Confucius says "all reckless speeding is caused by accidents."

GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 12:36 am Post subject:

Yes, I think a neck strap and a tripod might be nice to take.

As for the others on the wall - we'll wait and see how much higher we get at Manby in August first

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GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 9:13 pm Post subject:

Bit of video of the grass section from the 1st lap:

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woof woof · Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 8:53 pm Post subject:

That does look fun and I love the lighted fart as the car sped away

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woof woof's defence lawyer claimed that "Booze played no part in his typo's."

Confucius says "all reckless speeding is caused by accidents."

GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 1:25 am Post subject:

Not bad, but it'll be better when the bloody clutch stops slipping!
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GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:18 pm Post subject:

Well, a few weeks back, Ed put it into a tree at Minehead whilst I was laid up with flu!
See what happens without a navigator....

Anyway, he bent both front beam tubes, a shock tower, made a 2D wheel, broke the steering ram/mountings and bent a fair few tubes.
We've been debating just chopping the front off and sticking a double wishbone setup on there the same as Scrumpy's and the rest of the GSR's - not ideal for the car, but we've already got the bits to hand, and it should be better than the trailing arm setup.

However, after chipping the bent tubing out, a bit of ingenuity with a jig allowed us to get the beam tubes under the press, and that and a gas axe resulted in straight tubing again, with the front end welded back on, the bent tubes were chopped out, the frame jigged back up and new ones welded in, new suspension bushes, bearings, straightened the trailing arms out, made a new control valve for the steering and made some new wheels up and she was good enough to go.

Cheap and cheerful wins again!

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And all that work resulted in....another shiny 1st trophy....

Just about managed to cobble it all back together by 3pm on Saturday, loaded up, drove down, ended up kipping in the car as we needed a boat rather than a tent, course was rough as anything, bouncing off the skidpan most of the time, as there were area's where they'd been testing tank suspension out.
p*ssed it down most of the day so was far too slippy for a 2wd car really, but still managed 1st in class + lap times were good enough for 8th overall.
Lots of broken cars due to the ruts on the tank training bit though - it was like 18 inch speedbumps 2 feet apart.
Fooking everything aches today, but ah well.

We had a bit of trouble with a seal on the PAS pump giving up, and a car in front putting the boot down whilst sideways on a muddy patch just as we were overtaking, putting about an inch of muck on the screen and blowing the wiper motor :huh:
But apart from those and the battery giving up and making us late for our last run, the car itself is alive and well again, with no real problems

Walters Arena in 2 weeks now that the WRC boys have finished using it, gravel tracks

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"him" · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:21 pm Post subject:

GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:28 pm Post subject:

Nah, nothing yet, might be some up tonight when people get back from work.

P.S. - 's a Saxo PAS pump as it happens!
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TimR · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:35 pm Post subject:

GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:44 pm Post subject:

The seals are German

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TimR · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:57 pm Post subject:

That doesn't surprise me.

But of course we mustn't talk about it to perpetuate the myth