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Ben Lipman Goo Roo SA Soarer TT manual, plus TT track car
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Sunday, July 29, 2012 - 08:39 pm, by: Ben Lipman(Ben12a)
I bolted the car back together and went out to open practice yesterday with it as is. I just wanted to drive the thing so I remember why it is in the shed.
Had a good day. Only did three sessions of the six due to the fact I spun off into the gravel and filled the bead of one tyre full of rocks and crap. The rears were shot, but a Mazda dumping the contents of its sump on the track didn't help.
The good news is my wing and dodgy end plates all held together with no signs of 'wobble' that I was afraid of. The side skirts and undertrays all stayed on and appear to have no damage on cursory inspection.
The bad news is the rear end 'chattering' under brakes is back. I had it softened up for the wet session. Every time I went hard for the brakes the rear would get what can be best described as axle tramp and try to turn the car around. I went back to a regular setup for the next dry session however it was as bad, if not worse. I did not get to the bottom of it as once the mazda oiled the track and I damaged my tyre I decided to call it a day rather than chance the tyre going flat (it hasn't yet, LOL)
