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Weekly "Y" Test 2012

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Postby Relentless Rob » Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:53 pm

mjslonergan wrote:Just a tad twitchy in the dry, lethal in the mildly damp, undriveable in the wet...


EFA ;)
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Postby MFrV1 » Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:14 am

Is it me, or do the rear wheels look a little too narrow?
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Postby Relentless Rob » Sun May 06, 2012 7:06 am

19/ Toyota's X-1/9 replica nearly became a Stratos.

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Postby mjslonergan » Sun May 06, 2012 9:32 am

A group B mister two, cool...
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Postby Relentless Rob » Sun May 13, 2012 6:57 am

20 R.I.P Carol Hall Shelby



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Postby Relentless Rob » Sun May 20, 2012 8:17 am

21/ The first PPCITP 2012 video posted on YouTube is......



...our very own Mr Claymore an his T5 :clap:
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Postby Relentless Rob » Sun May 27, 2012 9:49 am

22/ The Sun is out and I'm thinking about going to the seaside. Air cooled VW Beetle beach buggy anyone?



Me neither. ;)
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Postby Relentless Rob » Sun Jun 03, 2012 9:35 am

Grrrrr! We've had good weather all week and today's the day I've been planning to do the last of the Panda welding ready to prep tomorrow and paint Tuesday. Typically it's monsoon season here in rural Norfolk so I'm reminded of what the "Y" test is all about.

I need cheering up...

23/ Some silly vans.





Looks like he solved the traction issues.



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Postby Renrut » Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:16 am

That Mr2 is awesome, although whats up with the space saver front wheels? :?:
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Postby fha772 » Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:45 am

Renrut wrote:That Mr2 is awesome, although whats up with the space saver front wheels? :?:


I was thinking of doing that on the BMW 328i, when I entered that in the £999, ideally for drag racing you want wide soft tyres on the drive axle to increase grip, and rock hard narrow tyres on the non driven axle to reduce drag.
I may do it on the Merc this year... :think:
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Postby Relentless Rob » Sun Jun 03, 2012 12:04 pm

I was going to do the same with the Guff Cinquecento and still have the space savers in my shed for the F.I.N.E Panda. ;)
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Postby Relentless Rob » Sun Jun 10, 2012 7:31 am

24/ I used to think writing for PPC would be one of the best jobs in the world...



...I've just sent my CV to HRUK. ;)
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Postby Renrut » Sun Jun 10, 2012 11:13 am

I love the comment from the presenter contorted up in that rat rod "it's better to look good than feel good, and right now I look good" :lol:
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Postby Relentless Rob » Sun Jun 17, 2012 7:29 am

25/ F.A.O Frank...



Coming to a roundabout near Matlock soon. ;)
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Postby fha772 » Sun Jun 17, 2012 9:44 am

Rob, I used to do that 15 years ago, in my old ERF tractor unit, it wasn't speed limited, it had a top speed of over 125mph.
It was easy to drift, simply uncouple the trailer, kick in the diff lock, and nail it!!!!! :lol:

I once managed a 400 yard burnout with it, the tyre smoke engulfed the centre of Matlock :wink:
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