RegSpec Cruise Control 1,417 Member For: 18y 14d Gender: Male Location: Macksville NSW. Posted 11/03/09 09:21 AM Share Posted 11/03/09 09:21 AM I was sitting in the lunchroom at a mates workshop back in the late 70's, while he was tuning a set Webers on an old Charger on the chassis dyno....which, as it happened, wasn't tied down.T This was all good until he told the 1st year apprentice, sitting behind the wheel, to give it a rev....that's when the return spring broke and it went straight to wide open throttle...... I got to the door in time to see it doing a massive burnout across the workshop, with terrified apprentice at the wheel frozen in fear....he didn't get hurt, but he looked a little pale when we got him out of the car though... The car had demolished a steel bench, gone halfway through the back wall of the old besser-block factory and also killed the air compressor in its box on the other side of the wall..... After a quick round of the hire joints, we acro-propped the wall so the factory wouldn't fall down while we got the car out.....then came the explaining to the factory owner, not to mention the guy who owned the car as well...The damage bill.....in 70's money, was around 30 odd grand....serious money back then..... We can be thankfull that my mate was standing beside it, and not in front of it, when it jumped the rollers or it could easily have been a much more serious outcome. And all because somebody couldn't spare a minute or so to secure the car......craziness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregor Member 459 Member For: 16y 4m 21d Posted 11/03/09 09:23 AM Share Posted 11/03/09 09:23 AM (edited) freeze - I wouldn't even call that strapping it down. Doesnt do much at all for sideways movement and theres a lot of play in it. Would be heaps better done under the car but I doubt the dyno set up allows decent access. Edited 11/03/09 09:23 AM by gregor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcl Toughest BA Turbo Lifetime Members 3,408 Member For: 22y 18d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 11/03/09 09:28 AM Share Posted 11/03/09 09:28 AM It almost looks like Croydon racing Developments workshop...........What makes you think it's not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeze_dk I am dissatisfied with my current employment situation Donating Members 8,610 Member For: 18y 3m 14d Gender: Male Posted 11/03/09 09:48 AM Share Posted 11/03/09 09:48 AM freeze - I wouldn't even call that strapping it down. Doesnt do much at all for sideways movement and theres a lot of play in it. Would be heaps better done under the car but I doubt the dyno set up allows decent access.yea I agree 100%,, it looks loose plus on the vls there is no solid point were it goes across.. so it would have dug into the seat giving it more play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 1m 28d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 11/03/09 02:15 PM Share Posted 11/03/09 02:15 PM to about 2002......thought this was a mine when I first saw the thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Donating Members 235 Member For: 17y 2d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 12/03/09 01:26 AM Share Posted 12/03/09 01:26 AM What makes you think it's not?Dunno, just looks very similiar to there work shop, matches some of the horror stories I have heard from there also... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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