I've hit a few cones in my day, but....
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I've hit a few cones in my day, but....
Driving home last night from hanging out, about midnight, decided to take the long way home and enjoy the car a bit. Nothing stupid, just a few curves at fairly safe but enjoyable speeds feeling out the new suspension a bit (and it feels goOOooOOd!). That's all over (a total of a 5 minute detour maybe) and I'm heading on home. I'm carrying a little more speed that I should be maybe, but it's a straight road, noone around. About 65-70mph. I had about .5 sec to think 'Oh crap what's that' and then SMACK! Looked like a cone laying over. Stopped the car, swung it around, and accessed the damage:
Picked up the pieces:
Punk kids more than likely-- cones were right in the middle of the lane as I came over the crest of a small hill. Got sucked up in the wheel well and popped out some body filler that I didn't know was there .
Oh well... guess the car is broken in for the Solo season-- never had anything like this happen there . Of course it was midnight in Feb when this happened cones were cold and hard as rocks.....
Picked up the pieces:
Punk kids more than likely-- cones were right in the middle of the lane as I came over the crest of a small hill. Got sucked up in the wheel well and popped out some body filler that I didn't know was there .
Oh well... guess the car is broken in for the Solo season-- never had anything like this happen there . Of course it was midnight in Feb when this happened cones were cold and hard as rocks.....
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Sorry to see that. What's worse is when **** like that happens while one is enjoying the car's feel.
BTW, what new suspension were you testing? Care to share?
Regards,
Rafa
BTW, what new suspension were you testing? Care to share?
Regards,
Rafa
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Koni RACE shocks with 700 front 375 rear springs on GC coilovers.
RB Tubular front sway bar.
I haven't tracked the new setup yet- But I think I'm going to love it. Feels hardly harsher than the worn out stock stuff on the street really, no comfort compromise at all. But when you put it in a corner it just wants to hang in there like nobody's business.... I'm looking forward to getting this car out and stretching it's legs a bit. The track day Monday was canceled due to lack of participation but I'll have to get another going soon.
RB Tubular front sway bar.
I haven't tracked the new setup yet- But I think I'm going to love it. Feels hardly harsher than the worn out stock stuff on the street really, no comfort compromise at all. But when you put it in a corner it just wants to hang in there like nobody's business.... I'm looking forward to getting this car out and stretching it's legs a bit. The track day Monday was canceled due to lack of participation but I'll have to get another going soon.
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Punk kids more than likely-- cones were right in the middle of the lane as I came over the crest of a small hill. Got sucked up in the wheel well and popped out some body filler that I didn't know was there .
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Could have fallen off a truck or where they sanding up straight like someone placed them?
I was following a local power company truck once and it dropped two cones in front of me i plowed them over with my '77 Mercury Monarch about the only thing it did to my car was buff off a little of the rust.
Glad to hear you didn't over react and make it worse.
Punk kids more than likely-- cones were right in the middle of the lane as I came over the crest of a small hill. Got sucked up in the wheel well and popped out some body filler that I didn't know was there .
[QUOTE]
Could have fallen off a truck or where they sanding up straight like someone placed them?
I was following a local power company truck once and it dropped two cones in front of me i plowed them over with my '77 Mercury Monarch about the only thing it did to my car was buff off a little of the rust.
Glad to hear you didn't over react and make it worse.
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I don't think I hit the smaller one-- someone else must have, but I smacked the crap out of the big one. It was laying over forward.
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Dammit, Jerry. Your car was cherry. :(
Let me know how you like the lower rear spring rate. My car with the 450s in the rear pushed a little on street tires, but with the NT-01s it is just impeccable. You still using a stock rear sway bar?
Let me know how you like the lower rear spring rate. My car with the 450s in the rear pushed a little on street tires, but with the NT-01s it is just impeccable. You still using a stock rear sway bar?
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Mine eats them and then spits them back out.
(last run, I was having fun - and despite how bad it looks, it's nothing like the s2000 driver ahead of me that couldn't keep his on the damn course...)
Mine eats them and then spits them back out.
(last run, I was having fun - and despite how bad it looks, it's nothing like the s2000 driver ahead of me that couldn't keep his on the damn course...)
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Yep-- still running the stock rear bar. Haven't had a chance to really push things yet so I'll give you an update when I do.
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