Many know I still drive my car on the street as much as possible. Last Sat night I had a very crazy ride. Cruising on the hwy around 1 am I had a vw cut me off for now reason -_- So I got on the brakes pretty hard. To my surprise the next thing I know the front wheel is locked and I am dragging the front skinny, not a 2-3 seconds later I pop the front runner and im fighting to keep the car straight. I come to a screeching hault on the hwy. This happened at 60-65mph no lie no faster. I couldn't imagine if I was going full tilt and then got on the brakes.... or if this happened at the track the wall would of been very close.
I have run the Strange drag brakes on my car for the last 2 seasons street and strip. On the street I always figured I would warp the rotors eventually which is fine... replacing them ever year or two isn't that bad. Never would I have thought this could happen. The top bolt broke leaving half of the bolt in the spindle... from the the caliper Bracket proceeded to jam against my bogart and did some serious damage.
To sat the least I was pissed. Big $ to repair what just happened but as I calmed down on the side of the road I relized that it could of been much worse. I saved the car and no body damage what so ever... the car was basicly sitting on the ground but never scrapped.
Clearly I have to eat this out of my pocket as Drag parts should be on the Drag Strip. I have no idea why the bolt snapped but I did order new Strange parts yesterday to get the car back together for the first race in my (local series) As for now I won't have it on the street just because don't want to buy another bogart skinny at the moment.... I just ordered new track rims a week prior to this -_-
Guys that are street driving these double check every bolt on a regular bassis!
I have run the Strange drag brakes on my car for the last 2 seasons street and strip. On the street I always figured I would warp the rotors eventually which is fine... replacing them ever year or two isn't that bad. Never would I have thought this could happen. The top bolt broke leaving half of the bolt in the spindle... from the the caliper Bracket proceeded to jam against my bogart and did some serious damage.
To sat the least I was pissed. Big $ to repair what just happened but as I calmed down on the side of the road I relized that it could of been much worse. I saved the car and no body damage what so ever... the car was basicly sitting on the ground but never scrapped.
Clearly I have to eat this out of my pocket as Drag parts should be on the Drag Strip. I have no idea why the bolt snapped but I did order new Strange parts yesterday to get the car back together for the first race in my (local series) As for now I won't have it on the street just because don't want to buy another bogart skinny at the moment.... I just ordered new track rims a week prior to this -_-
Guys that are street driving these double check every bolt on a regular bassis!
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