discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 1m 5d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 05/07/10 12:44 PM Share Posted 05/07/10 12:44 PM Good to hear no injuries from a brake line popping while the car is being put through it's paces on a track, bloody dangerous. Safety barriers did their job from the sounds. The framed pics will live on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 2m 2d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 05/07/10 12:50 PM Share Posted 05/07/10 12:50 PM Not sure Keith. From what I heard is was going bloody fast before the off. It was certainly sad to see it in its current shape.Your not wrong about crying aswell Keith, I would commit myself. It is hard to get serious about racing a car that costs over 70000.00 bucks around a race track or down a drag strip.If you guys want to supply me the brake line , I may be able to tell if the failure was from overload or if the hose fatigued. Looking at the colour of the caliper the operating temp of the brake fluid was extremely high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Donating Members 2,930 Member For: 17y 8m 16d Gender: Male Location: Caracciola Karussell Posted 05/07/10 02:24 PM Share Posted 05/07/10 02:24 PM (edited) I would cry if that happed to me :(Of course its upsetting as its a lovely car (easily one of my favourites) but at the end of the day motorsport is dangerous and cars / drivers / mechanical parts do fail so its niave to think it wont ever happen to you. If you cant afford to loose or fix the car, you cant really afford to track it. I dont know Phil but im sure he's obviously upset but he understands the risks involved! I guess its a good reminder for the young guys out there with hi po cars that sh*t can happen very quickly when you start to push boundaries.Money comes and goes, cars can be replaced but people cant so im glad Phils ok.PS, spend your money with PW or something Edited 05/07/10 02:37 PM by Mat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6t ego Member 1,112 Member For: 18y 5d Gender: Male Location: PERTH WA Posted 05/07/10 03:53 PM Share Posted 05/07/10 03:53 PM What a disaster!Glad Phil came out of it ok and that's the main thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grug Member 1,318 Member For: 16y 5m Posted 05/07/10 08:18 PM Share Posted 05/07/10 08:18 PM Ouch, glad he is okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtreme F6 Team Xtreme Donating Members 1,680 Member For: 19y 10m 21d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 05/07/10 11:08 PM Share Posted 05/07/10 11:08 PM Yes Mat hit the nail on the head. Phils fine, no point getting upset over it. If you arent prepared to have something break then dont do it. Arron, I will get it off for you to have a look at mate. I have never worked on Phils brakes so I didnt realise he didnt have the braided lines. For some reason I thought they had them standard. I know my BA F6 did.Phils now trying to decide what way to go. You wont keep Phil away from racing, hes a peddler! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 8m 4d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 06/07/10 12:51 AM Share Posted 06/07/10 12:51 AM Doesn't take much for it all to turn to sh*t!Lucky he's OK, could have been a whole lot worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djkice Boost Addict Member 1,273 Member For: 16y 5m 7d Gender: Male Location: Perth, W.A. Posted 06/07/10 01:41 AM Share Posted 06/07/10 01:41 AM (edited) such a shame. many man hours and dedication went into that car. im chasing some rims in 18s that clear brembos, in a black style and have 9" or bigger staggered fitthoughts? Edited 06/07/10 01:52 AM by djkice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH8TOADS Silver Donating Members 3,618 Member For: 19y 5m 21d Gender: Male Location: OZ Posted 06/07/10 02:02 AM Share Posted 06/07/10 02:02 AM Were you driving along the coast (Trigg area) just before 10pm last night Kice? I was in the gf's car so you wouldn't have noticed me if it was you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djkice Boost Addict Member 1,273 Member For: 16y 5m 7d Gender: Male Location: Perth, W.A. Posted 06/07/10 02:16 AM Share Posted 06/07/10 02:16 AM (edited) yeah I was did ya hear my car?I am trying to be sensible :D so bloody tempting. need to settle at least untill I get some grippier tyres lol Edited 06/07/10 02:17 AM by djkice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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