Taggy Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 Hit the wall at castle combe today, had total brake failure I had made the mistake of putting the braided line on the wrong side of the suspension. It rubbed through the wheel eventually and below was the result. Car was going like a legend on track and the brakes were bloody amazing. if you thought i braked late before you should of seen it today!! Brilliant.Car is still straight and drives ok, but lucky to get away with it, going into the corner at 70mph with no brakes was scary, used the hand brake to drift part of it off and then whacked into the wall at a 45degree angle. Lucky i managed to straighten it up enough so that we didnt have a massive front end smash.Oh well this now confirms 100% i am doing the EP70, lol what a way to finish!!Some skillful duct tape to get home, it was a right mess under there!!The culprit, cant believe i put the line the wrong side, doh!!People loved the bear on track, i had loads of people coming up to me all day, i think another bear on the ep70 is a must! Quote
ollie ryan Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 gutted for you mate as said what a wayy to end the gt crack on with the new project aye Quote
mattyD Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 car was going well today, i was impressed with how quick it was! then saw red flags, all the cars came in but no starbo, oh no!!!! a definate shame mate cuz it looks smart, got a couple of cheeky vids to Quote
_shaun_ Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 gutted for u mate but coulda been alot worse atleast u planed to brake it anyway Quote
Starlet__SR Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 Fail On a positive note, glad you came out intact! Must be the starlets way of saying fuck you for wanting to strip it lolD Quote
templar2007 Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 Aww mate sorry to here hope your ok Quote
Russleh Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 Its a sign lol. What a way to see her off. glad everyones alright and its still a shame but EP70 Quote
Dan507 Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 Shit dude, glad your ok. Please get a cage in the 70 as you drive like a nutter Quote
james@cjperformance Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 You sir are mental. apart from tje failure how did they hold up.Oh and can i buy your.bonnet Quote
daveEP82 Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 shit! good that you came out in one piece Quote
Taggy Posted September 10, 2011 Author Posted September 10, 2011 Whats annoying is that i set the camera recording while i was going around and i was like yes i got it on video!! but turns out the pissin camera stopped recording after 7 secs of me starting it, sigh, no memory left!!Gutted, i was more pissed off i didnt get it on video that anything else, got a new brake line made up luckily at the track, fitted it, bled the brakes and i was off home.If anyone has any vids of me on track send them to me, im dieing to see it going around It was the fastest its ever been!! Quote
Stulet-GTT Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 Sad times mate, but at least you still had a good day.... Quote
GT Phayer Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 bad times lucky tho could of been alot worse Quote
gingdust Posted September 10, 2011 Posted September 10, 2011 It looked pretty nasty when I saw you hit the wall today, might of even gained a bit of air time!Was Glad to see you were ok tho and it wasn't a full frontal smash. Quote
mrkhan Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 was reading your post about breaking your brake pipe earlier today. was wondering if you made it to castle combe or not. feel for you pal, schoolboy error with that pipe though! get the next project rolling! Quote
Josh@TunerLifestyle Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 Glad your okay mate!Atleast you wer planning of stripping it tp put on thr new toy lol Quote
Taggy Posted September 11, 2011 Author Posted September 11, 2011 Gingdust:Wow did you see it happen, i wouldn't even like to think how fast we were going we must have been approaching that bend doing at least 80mph, i slammed on as usual to turn in, the car braked hard as usual for about half a second, then i felt a pop on the brake pedal and it went straight to the floor. We were still going WAY to fast for the corner all i had left was the hand brake. I bet you were wondering why i had the car sideways before i was even in the turn lol!! I thought i had caught it at one point and we were gonna get around the corner, but then the car hit the grass and it decided to straighten up, so i was like oh shit!!Lucky i managed to get the car at an angle enough to have a side impact rather than a full on front smash, my mate in the passenger seat shit his pants!!Do you know if anyone got it on camera, and did it look like watching it something had gone wrong with my car, or i just flew off the track lol.First time i have ever crashed a car that, what speed do you reckon we were doing when we hit the wall? Quote
Taggy Posted September 11, 2011 Author Posted September 11, 2011 Yeah that duct tape saved me, i still cant believe i could drive it home. I had to repair the brake line pull all the panels out, reattach the front bumper lol and loads of duct tape to hold it together. Got me home though!!Unlucky great duck tape work tho Quote
Taggy Posted September 11, 2011 Author Posted September 11, 2011 James:I am afraid the bonnet is fooked, its taken heavy damage to the front right corner, gutted about that as i spent bloody ages fitting those catches to it and it was a nice bonnet! Quote
mark-tozer Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 good to meet u mate. car looked good on the track and was flying shame about the crash it least your all ok thats the main thing. Quote
Starbuck Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 What a way to end her......... Going out with a bang literally. Sad, but you're ok. Quote
ryan lang Posted September 11, 2011 Posted September 11, 2011 lol and we was worried about the old hardpipe leaking :/just whip the brake pipes back off again if they arent damaged instead of ordering some new 1s, seeing as they were only on the car for a day lol Quote
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