if i was a cat then i'd have 8 lives left
 

i'm a lucky lucky barsteward, i went to Long Marston ,jap racer day, for the weekend drag racing , on the wednesday prior to this i noticed alot of vibration on the steering so i had my balancing checked on the friday
front right wheel is slightly buckled and the balancing on all 4 wheels was well out.

anyhow,still went to stratford :brickwall and competed on the sunday, terrible vibrations coming through the steering wheel and whole cabin, was rattling ME to bits
didn't beat my previous best of 12.666@109.28
my fastest was only 13.119@ 105.17
i put this down to the bad vibes(literally)

then i drove back home(torquay) today and coming past tiverton had a blow out
yup , front right , bugger really cuz the space saver won't fit over the brakes, so i had to put the rear right on the front and the SS on the rear
then drove home at 55 MPH

check this out

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/11...rjune06207.jpg

don't think tyre weld would've fixed that

just glad i was doing 'normal' speeds due to the vibrations

daz

Glad you are ok!

Lucky there... good you are ok

Avon ZZ3's... That's yer problem! ;)

Lucky, lucky, lucky man. :eek:

cheers all

i only heard about the avons AFTER i had them fitted , normal case lol

going back to toyo asap , i've also bought a new wheel
not taking ANY chances

zz3s are a no no!

proxes all round :)

That was a close one Dazza, this goes to show how important decent rubber and rims are on not only a Scoob but any car.
Your lucky it did not split the other side as well and peel open :eek:

lol

probably would have if i was 'travelling'

i am replacing it with another , they aint done many miles but as soon as they start to wear then it's gonna be T1Rs for me

God you had a lucky escape ther matey by the looks of it

Daz

Looks like you were lucky. Probably down to the load rating of the tyre not being high enough. May be worth running higher pressures to stop them overheating.

Mike

they say they're good for 186 mph which is higher than toyo

i had released a fair bit of air at the drag strip cuz it was so hot, my times did improve marginally when i did this , spose i should have re- inflated them , didn't think tbh

Max speed isn't so much of an issue, it's a case of making sure that they don't overheat by flexing too much. Raising the pressures will help to keep the temperatures down when you're running at Motorway speeds.

Mike

yeah true , , but with all the vibrations going through the tyre it's hardly suprising it blew
just glad i was only doing 60 mph at the time

could have been alot worse

Glad your ok mate, could of bin sooooooooo much worse!

glad ur ok

that tyre looks like crap

cheers chaps

it's crap now lol

The Avon ZZ3 tyres are fine, if they are at the correct pressure, he has also said the wheel was buckled, this wont help a tyre what ever the make even if its balanced.

The Avons have a higher speed rating than the Toyos and i prefer them on a 4WD car than the Toyo's.

i did say that :thumb:

previous tyres were toyo T1S , i did like them but they wore too quick for my liking , mind you, i do attend a few track days :norty:

i only got the avons cuz they were dirt cheap at the time , , i've now just purchased 4 toyo 215/40/17s for £55 each :) and there's none left now :p

still plenty of life left in the avons though so will wait to fit the toyos

Lucky Devil Dazza.

Had a blow out in my R5 GTT on the m40 a couple of years back. Puts the s**ts right up you.

GLad your ok though mate.

Steve

shaken but not stirred ;)

drove past the exact spot for the first time this afternoon and my heart did miss a beat lol