That's not difficult to do at The Glen if you blow a turn. Is it repaired? What turn did it happen in?
Hmmmm....rear right side damaged...I'll say Turn 1.
ERA649
03-01-2009 08:43 AM
This is a classic example of over steer.
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03-01-2009 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by ERA649
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This is a classic example of over steer.
The left rear u- joint disintegrated blow apart the lower control arm left rear tire & upright folded up over the upper control arm it was outta control.
John McMahon
03-01-2009 10:31 AM
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This is a classic example of over steer.
Mike,
That is what I was thinking and with Turn 1, usually you see a full inward spin, overcorrected, then another half spin, slamming into the armco on the right side....I think that was what happened to Terry that one time.
But...if it was a u joint...ugh...had to be ugly. %/%/%/
Jac Mac
03-01-2009 11:57 AM
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This one heads off most other contenders down under. This shot taken in Castrol [Turn2] @ Teretonga, Invercargill, NZ. Whole meet was wet like this, nearest competitors were a GT40 Replica & an IROC Porsche.[usually 20+ secs back at end of races]
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03-01-2009 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by John McMahon
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Mike,
That is what I was thinking and with Turn 1, usually you see a full inward spin, overcorrected, then another half spin, slamming into the armco on the right side....I think that was what happened to Terry that one time.
But...if it was a u joint...ugh...had to be ugly. %/%/%/
John
He said at the end of the front straight he started to turn in on 1 and there was a big bang in the rear and all hell broke loose...
uh..yeah, right. In case you don't know, its great grand daddy, the TVR Griffith 200, came with a 289 SBF in it. sooooooo.....
Yes, but keep in mind the TVRs in the 80s and those introduced in the early 90s (Griffith and Chimaera) used Rover V8s which were under license from Buick. TVR continued to use this engine in the Griffith and Chimaera, even after the homegrown AJP8 was introduced. On a side note, that Rover/Buick V8 in a Griffith 500 is the best sounding engine I have ever heard in a production car.
