berkeleying flimsy piece of E36 M3 Fox bodies..... 
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Jan. 11, 2012 4:49 p.m. Ranger50 Dork
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Jan. 11, 2012 5:21 p.m. Curmudgeon SuperDork
The torques! The torques!
BTW: he's got the rear suspension done right.
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Jan. 11, 2012 5:23 p.m. 92CelicaHalfTrac SuperDork
I'm surprised that windshield is staying in....
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Jan. 11, 2012 5:30 p.m. iceracer SuperDork
When 911's do that, they are applauded for being stiff.
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Jan. 11, 2012 5:34 p.m. ProDarwin SuperDork
That's not a twisting chassis, that's a rear suspension with good travel and a hugely stiff front swaybar.
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Jan. 11, 2012 5:55 p.m. SyntheticBlinkerFluid Dork
Yeah if you look at the body and the left rear tire, that body is definitely not twisting.
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Jan. 11, 2012 6:40 p.m. turboswede SuperDork
92CelicaHalfTrac wrote:
I'm surprised that windshield is staying in....
Cage.
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Jan. 11, 2012 6:41 p.m. turboswede SuperDork
ProDarwin wrote:
That's not a twisting chassis, that's a rear suspension with good travel and a stupidly stiff front swaybar.
FTFY
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Jan. 11, 2012 6:51 p.m. hrdlydangerous Reader
Over-shooting that turn puts you in the grave, literally.
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Jan. 11, 2012 7:08 p.m. Shaun HalfDork
I was once the proud and frightened owner of a V8 Vega that would "oil can" under the passenger seat when you jumped on it. It was loud, it was consistent, and the brakes were over matched.
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Jan. 11, 2012 7:10 p.m. HappyAndy HalfDork
turboswede wrote:
92CelicaHalfTrac wrote:
I'm surprised that windshield is staying in....
Cage.
Doesn't a decent cage make anything respectably stiff?
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Jan. 11, 2012 7:16 p.m. Ranger50 Dork
In reply to HappyAndy:
Depends on who built and installed it.
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Jan. 11, 2012 7:36 p.m. HappyAndy HalfDork
Ranger50 wrote:
In reply to HappyAndy:
Depends on who built and installed it.
That's why I said a decent cage, not just any old cage
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Jan. 12, 2012 8:44 a.m. Gearheadotaku SuperDork
hrdlydangerous wrote:
Over-shooting that turn puts you in the grave, literally.
I can only hope such hoonage takes place near my final resting place.
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Jan. 12, 2012 9:25 a.m. Klayfish HalfDork
Me thinks someone just forgot to flip a switch...or maybe bumped it while sawing at the wheel. See any similarities here???
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Jan. 12, 2012 9:53 a.m. SkinnyG HalfDork
Shaun wrote:
I was once the proud and frightened owner of a V8 Vega that would "oil can" under the passenger seat when you jumped on it. It was loud, it was consistent, and the brakes were over matched.
One of the rear trailing arms ripped out of the floor of my V8 Vega. I fab'd ladder bars, and attached them to steel plates I bolted into the floor under the seats. MUCH better traction, but eventually the doors didn't open so well.
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Jan. 12, 2012 10:14 a.m. DrBoost SuperDork
Curmudgeon wrote:
BTW: he's got lots of stuff done right.
Fixed it for you.
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Jan. 12, 2012 10:31 a.m. nervousdog HalfDork
Its quite an advantage in autox to be able to drive over the cones...
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Jan. 12, 2012 2:27 p.m. Knurled Dork
In reply to Ranger50:
That's not a twisting chassis, that's what happens when you go to a torque arm IE a rear suspension that actually hooks up.
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Jan. 12, 2012 4:01 p.m. Ranger50 Dork
In reply to Knurled:
Quit trying to interject reality into my fantasy.
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Jan. 12, 2012 7:22 p.m. Raze SuperDork
Shaun wrote:
I was once the proud and frightened owner of a V8 Vega that would "oil can" under the passenger seat when you jumped on it. It was loud, it was consistent, and the brakes were over matched.
You mean this one
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On a more serious note, I have a feeling this thread could (should) turn into full on twisted chasis pics... (I just gave everyone fodder for the hotlink thread, and btw, why hasn't that thread description made it into the Wikipedia article on GRM website? - IT HAS THIS IS SOME TRIVIA FOR ALL THE NEW FOLKS
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Ranger -> GOOD THREAD MAN!
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Jan. 12, 2012 7:29 p.m. kevlarcorolla Reader
Good thing that sucker isn't using a torsen with one wheel nearly lifted.
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Jan. 12, 2012 7:30 p.m. cwh SuperDork
Notice that those butterflys are not even fully open?
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Jan. 12, 2012 7:36 p.m. Toyman01 SuperDork
cwh wrote:
Notice that those butterflys are not even fully open?
That's because the launch scared the crap out of him and he's already coming out of the throttle. With the drivers rear wheel just about off the ground, it's headed for the wall if he stays in it.
