I was taxing this poor guys new Celica yesterday (They handle VERY WELL, I must say). We left post, and he kinda acted like he was pushing me to speed up, so I did. The first turn is about 90 degrees to the right... I hit in in second, and punched it on my way out of the turn... Well, you know what a BPU FD does in second coming WOT out of a turn... EXACTLY... I kept it sideways and hit third and straightened out. He was like 7-8 cars back... We stayed in the limits of speed as marked by the local law enforcement.. 55.
We stayed on the flat until the exit for 64 toward STL... Well, I headed into the ramp at like 50... Him right behind..The exit goes a full circle around and its sharp as hell... Well, he was on my ass... WTF? So I speed up. 55-57ish now... He falls back a hair.. Well as I sped up I heard this weird clicking from my left front wheel. Oh, well... I'm not losing to a Celica... I go faster...63ish as I come up on the last part of the turn...3rd gear... PUNCH IT... Well, poor mr Toyota is Lost now... In a cloud of carbon... And as I start to straighten out, the clicking goes away.. ??? When I get to my final destination, I make yet another right turn. And theres the clicking... More like a whack whack whack whack..... Only when I go right... Well, car stops with one last click... More like a thud... when I get in the parking space... GET THIS ****: The ******* rod that holds the brake shoes in the caliper was sliding out when I turn right... The spokes on the rims were whacking and bending the **** out of it. Had this mother fucker gone any farther out, I would have ripped off my caliper. JESUS!!! Well, I took off the wheel, removed the bent-ass rod, and straightened it. The cotter pin had broke, so I replaced it. That **** was scary... REAL scary. Sorry for the long ass story. The guy in the celica caught up by the way... Before I exited... And bowed down. So did his girl!! I guess he was surprised how fast these Miatas are! |
you better buy a lotto ticket, today was your lucky day!!!!!!
that story could have ended soooooooooooo much worse. glad everything worked out ok |
wow.... congrats your still alive ! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png
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Thanks fellas!!!
Dude, I was SO freaked out when I saw that ****!!! I was like "WTF!!!" Well, I still whoopied up on the Celica! Good thing he didn't see my brakes fly off and me end up in a ditch! |
brakes are a good thing to have not fall off https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png
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Originally Posted by vosko' date='Oct 1 2002, 09:37 AM
brakes are a good thing to have not fall off https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png
mike |
Seems logical!
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hmmm, my brakes were making noise, i should look at them when i get the car back....
mike |
Originally Posted by j9fd3s' date='Oct 1 2002, 12:56 PM
hmmm, my brakes were making noise, i should look at them when i get the car back....
mike |
you was driving a miata...why is this here. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png
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