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Title: Sam Baldi Crash
Post by: komelika on February 06, 2016, 09:39:23 PM: Damn! Car held up remarkably well considering. Glad they're okay.

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Title: Re: Sam Baldi Crash
Post by: fastcorvairs on February 07, 2016, 07:33:06 AM: Bad mistake, he lifted off the throttle just before the crest. Had he stayed in it, it would have landed on all four about fifty feet and they would have gone on.
Title: Re: Sam Baldi Crash
Post by: fabr on February 07, 2016, 08:29:29 AM: What's the trick to seeing the vid?
Title: Re: Sam Baldi Crash
Post by: fabr on February 07, 2016, 08:43:36 AM: OK,it finally played for me. From the sound of it ,he lifted just after the crest. Can we say cartwheel with a pirouette ?
Title: Re: Sam Baldi Crash
Post by: komelika on February 07, 2016, 09:36:39 AM: Definitely violent! That's one of those what if scenarios that scares the shit out of me!
Title: Re: Sam Baldi Crash
Post by: fabr on February 07, 2016, 10:12:23 AM: A car crash shouldn't scare you if you have faith in the car. When in doubt,stay out. I'd have had no worries in that car.
Title: Re: Sam Baldi Crash
Post by: Yummi on February 07, 2016, 01:17:24 PM: Quote from: fabr on February 07, 2016, 10:12:23 AM
A car crash shouldn't scare you if you DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS and have faith in the car. When in doubt,stay out. I'd have had no worries in that car.
Title: Re: Sam Baldi Crash
Post by: komelika on February 07, 2016, 01:53:34 PM: +1 Yummi
Title: Re: Sam Baldi Crash
Post by: fabr on February 07, 2016, 06:02:07 PM: No,yummi,a crash should not scare you period.
Title: Re: Sam Baldi Crash
Post by: BDKW1 on February 07, 2016, 11:11:23 PM: Rear bottomed and kicked, poor shock set-up. Pretty common on rock donkeys, what works in the boulders don't work at speed.
Title: Re: Sam Baldi Crash
Post by: T8erhead on February 08, 2016, 08:10:29 AM: I saw that car up close in contingency at the Mint last year. The slick bodywork is what I noticed first, but they had some cool cv axle setup with floating sleeves. I guess it lets them run oil instead of grease for the cvs. Definitely not the norm. I was bummed to see it get banged up but some new arms, a shock tune and they should be back at it.
Title: Re: Sam Baldi Crash
Post by: fabr on February 08, 2016, 10:24:37 AM: I have wondered for years if it would be practical to run gear lube in CV's like big rigs do on wheel bearings. Any info or pics of what you saw?
Title: Re: Sam Baldi Crash
Post by: T8erhead on February 08, 2016, 10:50:52 AM: No pics and they were tight lipped. He said it was for sale and he'd tell me more if I bought it. It caught my eye because the axles weren't turning as it rolled down the row. That and they were larger od than I was used to seeing.
Title: Re: Sam Baldi Crash
Post by: fabr on February 08, 2016, 01:19:55 PM: Interesting. Not what I had in mind.
Title: Re: Sam Baldi Crash
Post by: komelika on February 08, 2016, 01:24:06 PM: Quote from: T8erhead on February 08, 2016, 10:50:52 AM
No pics and they were tight lipped. He said it was for sale and he'd tell me more if I bought it. It caught my eye because the axles weren't turning as it rolled down the row. That and they were larger od than I was used to seeing.

Wonder if there is a yard sale discount on it right now.
Title: Re: Sam Baldi Crash
Post by: dsrace on February 08, 2016, 01:29:19 PM: he walked away and that's all that's important but still sucks!
Title: Re: Sam Baldi Crash
Post by: big dave on February 08, 2016, 03:08:17 PM: All I seen was dollar bills flying through the air. glad they walked away. LMAO
Title: Re: Sam Baldi Crash
Post by: fabr on February 08, 2016, 06:17:33 PM: BTDT more than once.