Merlin's 4G Time Attack Lude

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Fri May 09, 2014 10:20 pm

looks cool

macky_6 · Post by **macky_6** » Fri May 09, 2014 10:47 pm

That's really cool

Post by **si import** » Sat May 10, 2014 8:51 am

looks good mate

Post by **Merlin** » Sun May 11, 2014 9:25 pm

Thanks @duckface. Currently the rev limiter is set to 8,200rpm but it has been set as high as 8,600 in the past.

Post by **Merlin** » Sun May 11, 2014 9:54 pm

11/05/14 - TrackScotland

Format - 10am-4pm sprints
Cost - £55
Conditions - Warm and sunny with the occasional downpour

A Mclaren Mercedes SLS was there, it sounded

3rd Gen Steve has some vids of it.

The day was going great for me, I was having fun looing it round the twisty Ingliston sprint course, untill I obliterated my drivers side CV joint and lost drive. As I was driving down the final straight and the car veered to the right and there was a load of grinding. The lap it happened was my fastest of the day so far too

So finished 2nd in class.

Run 1 me almost wiping out some railings, Run 2 fastest run with the CV joint failure.
[youtube]lNyJpI42Zls[/youtube]

I ended up with complete loss of drive. I we had to tow the car home but to make sure no more damage was done we whipped the driveshaft out before towing it.

Post by **indigolemon** » Sun May 11, 2014 10:06 pm

Outer CV asplosion? That sucks dude

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sun May 11, 2014 10:20 pm

That sucks.

That course really would have put your driveshafts through it though - proper hardcore non-stop action on them!

Still a bit surprised that one went though...

Did you have some problem with driveshafts not fitting properly and needing packing/not packing?

Have I remembered that right?

Second run looked excellent btw - very tidy on some of those corners

vtectom · Post by **vtectom** » Sun May 11, 2014 10:36 pm

Bad luck. I have a o/s driveshaft you can have cheap. Its just sitting in my garage gathering dust

Post by **newkid** » Sun May 11, 2014 10:44 pm

You want something thats going to last

http://www.hybrid-racing.com/store/driv ... elude.html

http://hondaperformanceparts.co.uk/mfac ... lude-92-01

Pricey but might be better than oem shafts exploding on you all the time

Post by **Merlin** » Mon May 12, 2014 9:14 am

indigolemon wrote:Outer CV asplosion? That sucks dude

Yeah total obliteration. The driveshaft no longer had any physical connection to the CV joint. We took the CV boot off and a load of metal fell on the floor

wurlycorner wrote:Second run looked excellent btw - very tidy on some of those corners

I was getting in my stride as well. The first run in the vid was just to show me almost taking out those railings, it was a lairy practice

newkid wrote:You want something thats going to last

http://www.hybrid-racing.com/store/driv ... elude.html

http://hondaperformanceparts.co.uk/mfac ... lude-92-01

Pricey but might be better than oem shafts exploding on you all the time

Now on my wanted list

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