Volvo at Olympus

A Garfield County Sheriff on Ball Grade 1 told me he was going to radar gun the cars. He was located near the top of the crest before the chicain (orange barrels). I asked him after the stage what the top speed was.

"124, and that Volvo was all over the place"

Nice job. you tube video of the Volvo

YEEHAW!!! That boy can drive!

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Grassroots rally. It's what I think about.

Holy crap. That's a 262 with a turbo? Yikes. No wonder Jason was giddy about it.

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Per

Haha - "drifting" all the way up the hill at 53secs was awesome!

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Nick Taylor.
Knobhead.
Los Angeles, CA.

We had a ball without traction.

We are said to have made a number of 'National Competitors' somewhat 'uncomfortable' by going faster then expected.

I can't wait to try that again with descent tires and brakes for the whole event.

We lost brakes shortly after the start of stage 6 and serviced three stages later. Same thing happened on the other side of the car shortly after the start of stage 9. Banjo fitting on the side of the rear caliper has been protected with doubled over tow strap (for years!!) that wore away due to the very abrasive gravel that was sooooo thick and made traction tough to find.

Good times.

Rick nice work with the video. Thanks.

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JohnLane

Overkill is consistently more fun

BANJO BOLTS!!!!!!
WOT DA FAWK you have BANJO BOLTS on there still?
They're guaranteed to pivot and leak.

Oi oi oi oi oi,......

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

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This was done with the Brembo C-4 calipers.

The doubled over tow strap that Dave wrapped around them worked well until now.

I'm changing this now for something more effective that will not include banjo fittings.

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JohnLane

Overkill is consistently more fun

.oops

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JohnLane

Overkill is consistently more fun



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/27/2008 09:48AM by JohnLane.

I did lots of banjo fittings on my brakes. Just like Ford did on the WRC Escort cars.

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Grant Hughes

NoCoast Wrote:
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> I did lots of banjo fittings on my brakes. Just
> like Ford did on the WRC Escort cars.


THEY have stacks of well trained, disciplined mechanics to check those fawkin things every service---and you STILL read of loss of brakes toooooo often.

You don't.

(If you think, the very nature of a hose whipping around is going to work to loosen a hose end that screws in the way a banjo does., and all it has to do is loosen 1/64 of a turn and it shits the bed)
>
> Grant Hughes
> www.nocoastmotorsports.net
> Denver, CO

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

www.rallyrace.net/jvab
CALL +1 206 431-9696
Remember! Pacific Standard Time
is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

John believe it or not, this is the first time that the banjo fittings on those C-4 calipers have been a problem.

Just the same, I'm changing the design so that it will just not be possible in the future.

Banjo fittings are a failure waiting to happen.

I'm wishing for calipers with internal cross over plumbing so that I won't have to deal with the external ish that I'm redoing as part of this.

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JohnLane

Overkill is consistently more fun

I only noticed them being used at the master to the front. A dual outlet banjo so I'd not have to have a T to go to the two fronts.
Then I did Banjos at the handbrake to to keep the lines nice and low and clean.

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Grant Hughes