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Posted by: Randal Mar 20 2009, 10:02 AM

Man would this ruin your day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWvvRwY6Aqg&feature=related

Posted by: SirAndy Mar 22 2009, 10:37 PM

Damn!

Too hot, too early turn in, not enough breakage ...
Andy

Posted by: Phoenix 914-6GT Mar 23 2009, 11:08 PM

Thinking maybe something broke on his car? Looks like he couldn't turn.

Posted by: SirAndy Mar 23 2009, 11:28 PM

It's called understeer ...

He did turn the wheels, but his front tires didn't bite. He came in too hot, turned in too early, tried to brake but that just unsettled the car even more.
You can see the rear coming lose early in the vid when he realizes that he's too fast. It's all downhill from there ...

Andy

Posted by: Phoenix 914-6GT Mar 24 2009, 12:04 AM

Oh I know what understeer is but this just doesn't look right. No tire noise, looks like he is slowing but not enough to unsettle his car. I think something broke or he did something weird.

Posted by: Racer Chris Mar 24 2009, 06:43 AM

brake failure

Posted by: grantsfo Mar 24 2009, 07:39 AM

He did come in hot without much braking.

Posted by: stownsen914 Mar 24 2009, 08:58 AM

That was certainly an unfortunate result.

There's nothing quite like understeer on cold slicks. I had an experience like this in my 914/6 track car. It seemed like whatever understeer I normally had (the car had an understeer setup when I first built it), it was MUCH worse when tires were cold. Luckily in my case there was only dirt and grass at track out, not a guardrail ...

Scott

Posted by: charliew Apr 18 2009, 08:29 AM

I think he was talking on the phone or jerking off. I don't see any sign of braking and it sounds like he didn't get the right gear.

Posted by: sww914 Apr 19 2009, 10:53 AM

I think his brakes were gone. He had plenty of time from when he let off of the throttle until he hit the barrier to slow down a lot but he didn't.

Posted by: Randal Apr 19 2009, 12:26 PM

One thing, in the video, that didn't fail was the guard rail. If it hadn't held up I shutter to think of the carnage.

Posted by: Randal Apr 19 2009, 12:30 PM

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[quote name='Randal' post='1147621' date='Mar 20 2009, 09:02 AM']
Man would this ruin your day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWvvRwY6Aqg&feature=related


I also think his line was way off, way far to the right trying to early apex the corner.