Easter Ring Meet 2006 - 14th -18th April 2006
#531
Originally Posted by AquilaEagle,Jan 23 2006, 08:29 PM
Whats the script with Helmets? Do they need to be / should they be worn?
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I'm taking a helmet, although I didn't last time. Mostly because I didn't own a helmet, had no space for it in a big trip and couldn't find anywhere locally to hire one from. However hearing about the Elise drive who wasn't wearing a helmet, I'm wearing a helmet.
#535
Originally Posted by chilled,Jan 23 2006, 11:50 PM
Apparently flipped, when the marshall got to the car, the head had been worn down to the neck. Don't know if it's true, but it doesn't need to be...
There were some guys going round in a CRX (quite fast too) with an unprotected roll cage and no helmets, which would have very probably killed them in a side impact. I bet they thought they were safer with a roll cage, but if you don't do it all properly it can make things more dangerous.
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if you are scared now.. just wait till you actually see the circuit...
the risks are there... but more than 99% of this is within your control.. for all the accident stories, there are 1000's of laps without incident....
though for the bikes this is a totally different matter.
the risks are there... but more than 99% of this is within your control.. for all the accident stories, there are 1000's of laps without incident....
though for the bikes this is a totally different matter.
#538
Originally Posted by AquilaEagle,Jan 24 2006, 06:23 PM
*gulp* are you boys trying to scare me now I am booked?
On the plus side, it's probably the world's safest public road. It's one way, it's very well maintained and is closed for oil spills or mud on the road, there's usually a fire engine and ambulance on standby, most of the people there are good drivers in good well maintained cars, and nobody's driving round half asleep.
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all this ring talk has finally motivated me to put the overalls on and start getting the car ready...
but as always, one step forward two steps back.. just refitting the coil packs after checking the plugs.. and one of the bolt heads snapped off as I was just starting to tighten it..
luckily I had greased it.. was not too difficult to extract the broken bit.. I guess it was fatigued because I put almost zero force on it. Anyway will change all four when I get some from the garage.
cleaned up the throttle body.. a bit of crud in there..
and some bigger things planned for a couple of weeks..
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Originally Posted by Kobe,Jan 22 2006, 09:35 PM
some people used it as a short cut