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This may not end well

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This may not end well
April 21, 2008 08:59PM

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Does it look like a track control arm broken away to anyone else?

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Re: This may not end well
April 21, 2008 09:03PM

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I kinda thought the head pipe dropped down. Either way I'll bet a racket was heard seconds later.

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Re: This may not end well
April 21, 2008 09:06PM

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heymagic Wrote:
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> I kinda thought the head pipe dropped down. Either
> way I'll bet a racket was heard seconds later.

Yeah, I'd say its the joint just after the downpipe.
Control arm is visible on both sides.

Wonder if cars really will do like a pole-vault if the pipe spears the ground?
Ya know its strong in straight compression, digs in and UP AND OVER THE BMW goes!

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Re: This may not end well
April 21, 2008 10:01PM

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john vanlandingham Wrote:
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> heymagic Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I kinda thought the head pipe dropped down.
> Either
> > way I'll bet a racket was heard seconds
> later.
>
> Yeah, I'd say its the joint just after the
> downpipe.
> Control arm is visible on both sides.
>
> Wonder if cars really will do like a pole-vault if
> the pipe spears the ground?
> Ya know its strong in straight compression, digs
> in and UP AND OVER THE BMW goes!

I three. Doubt it would flip the Beamster though, it's not mounted to anything solid enough.. now dropping a drive shaft, that would do it.

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Re: This may not end well
April 21, 2008 10:28PM

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hudson Wrote:
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> john vanlandingham Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > heymagic Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > I kinda thought the head pipe dropped
> down.
> > Either
> > > way I'll bet a racket was heard seconds
> > later.
> >
> > Yeah, I'd say its the joint just after the
> > downpipe.
> > Control arm is visible on both sides.
> >
> > Wonder if cars really will do like a
> pole-vault if
> > the pipe spears the ground?
> > Ya know its strong in straight compression,
> digs
> > in and UP AND OVER THE BMW goes!
>
> I three. Doubt it would flip the Beamster though,
> it's not mounted to anything solid enough.. now
> dropping a drive shaft, that would do it.
>
>
> Andrew McNally
> Hamilton ON
> 28

Yeah with Rally in America becoming a foo foo stadium contrived thing, and all these 'trickster' free style moto-ex boys getting in we could all be onto sumpin waaaaaaaaaaay RAD, bra! Explosive bolts to shear the propshaft support and spear it in just at the right time and then thru the air and drop the cars right on the roof.

Hey it's only money!
And anything that gets any eyes on it makes it by definition a GOOD THING!
Pole vaulting Cars!

I'm sure Ken would glady do it!

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Re: This may not end well
April 22, 2008 01:11AM

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Yup, Looks like Eggs-Haus pipe.

The pole vaulting cars Idea is brilliant... Ken would definately do it, but Travis would be the first to do a back flip!

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Re: This may not end well
April 22, 2008 07:27PM

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john vanlandingham Wrote:
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> Yeah with Rally in America becoming a foo foo
> stadium contrived thing, and all these 'trickster'
> free style moto-ex boys getting in we could all
> be onto sumpin waaaaaaaaaaay RAD, bra! Explosive
> bolts to shear the propshaft support and spear it
> in just at the right time and then thru the air
> and drop the cars right on the roof.
>
> Hey it's only money!
> And anything that gets any eyes on it makes it by
> definition a GOOD THING!
> Pole vaulting Cars!

Now that my son, is Racin'

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Re: This may not end well
April 23, 2008 12:46AM

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FUCK YA! I'll pole vault a car! I always wanted to pole vault in track, but I had to do all the relays plus my open sprints... damn 4 event cap sad smiley

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Re: This may not end well
April 25, 2008 06:28PM

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john vanlandingham Wrote:
> Wonder if cars really will do like a pole-vault if
> the pipe spears the ground?
> Ya know its strong in straight compression, digs
> in and UP AND OVER THE BMW goes!

Apparently not. Mythbusters attempted and failed:

http://kwc.org/mythbusters/2005/03/mythbusters_exploding_portapot.html

Anders