Funny video: What happened?

[Kor]

Hahahaha

http://jalopnik.com/cars/question-of...?autoplay=true

[stefan]

Re: Funny video: What happened?

best be finding a new pit crew...lol

[R_Ethug]

Re: Funny video: What happened?

lol!

[Stonewall]

Re: Funny video: What happened?

LOl that is F'in awesome!

[Coker Rat]

Re: Funny video: What happened?

i like how he applied his e-brake afterwards too

[RONDAL]

Re: Funny video: What happened?

what really happened...

[snip]


Hello all,
I was at the event and know the guy who owns the car. (No it wasn't me)
I was in the paddock area next to him changing wheels at the same time
as him. I watched him torque all of them. I even borrowed his torque
wrench to tighten mine (I always forget something after I get on the
road).

He went to a wheel/tire business and asked for spline drive lug nuts for
his particular make/model/year car for the Enkeis, and that's what they
gave him. He did not purchase the tires or wheels from them, just the
lug nuts.

The lug nuts where sheared off the studs. Several members lifted a
corner of the car to slide a jack underneath it. With a few more jacks,
blocks of wood, etc, they were able to mount the stock wheels and stock
lugs nuts (at least 3 per wheel) back on, torque them and drive the car
off course. The design of the car, possilbly for aerodynamics, tucks all
mechanicals on the underside a little higher than the body line, or
lowest part of the brake rotors. Not even the exhaust was really
scratched.

I'm not a mechanic, but the mechanics theories there was that the lug
nuts where the incorrect size, but they were just small enough to grip
the outer edge of the threads (as I mentioned, they torqued to 75-80
ft/lbs without complaint).

Hopefully, the only damage is to the body and brakes.

[unsnip]