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my first run back after a 2 year break , a few massive heart attacks , dieing a couple of times, & then a major stroke.
So i`m a little bit rusty at the wheel but had an absolute ball , arms are so sore they`re numb & feel like they`re about to fall off, & my neck just cranks it`s so sore... but there`s this huge smile on my face & for some reason i can`t stop giggling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PPhPx_Sx-k

it`s good to be alive

MadMatt glad to see you are still with us, hope you are all fixed up now. Always pleased to see your posts, keep them coming. Is that a motorcycle engine in your buggy?

Keep well.

Pete

Hey Pete, yeah thanks mate,,, all good now so the docs say
& yeah it`s an 07 injected yamaha R1 donk
it`s cheating hey?

It's Fun thats what it is.

pete

looks like real fun, can we see a pisture of the car/buggy please ??

I like it. Did you fabricate it yourself.

Pete

yeah made it myself, but mostly out of mini bits (mini front subframe cut up a bit, cooper-S wheel assys, mini steering column, brake cyls, trailing arms are moke etc etc ) with just the space-frame i made up into a rolling chassis in about 2 weeks of mucking around

making the frame was the easy part (& only about $50 worth of metal),,, but designing it so everything can be got-at & worked-on & removed etc when it`s a complete car was the time consuming part.

it would be all well & good making a car up but sometimes, at some stage, you will need to work on it & take stuff out to repair etc & if you can`t get the diff out , or the steering rack out without cutting the frame or removing the entire engine then you havn`t really thought about it hey?

but i`m loving it ,,, well not so much in a kinky love way

In-Car Video of a run at the Grafton Hillclimb last weekend-->

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNQ2nRG_NNM

check out the slides & the spinning wheels

the diff has gone all open on me (no longer an LSD, it`s a bit shredded & slipping badly) & the slicks have gone off (hard) with age so time for a few new things i spose

maybe a tran-x & some new slicks are in next on the shopping list

in-car video from Lakeside Raceway practise last weekend (sat morn)
just toying around cause i havn`t tuned the new engine yet,,, i will soon tho.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS5fWpbnFEo

snapped & threw the drive chain off after a few more laps it was pretty old & haggard
i bought a new one now so we are back on track

& yes the diff is now an open diff (shredded 2 diffs in a couple of years) so now it`s out getting fixed too
ah well,, ya get that on the big jobs ey?

oh & it`s gear`d a bit too zippy for this track hey? 12.500rpms before the tower & holding it bouncing on the rev limiter all the way through the kink,,, i should be pulling another gear just before the kink
i`ll probably fit a pair of (Taller-wider) 13"x10" slicks onto the front for next time out

hope you like

Hi MadMatt,

sorry to hear about your problems with your "ticker"

Looks good now thou nice to see your posting again.
Some good video,s bet thats fun to drive



Jens Christian