GT86 Crash Update #1
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- The first of probably only 2 or 3 videos showing us repairing the 86 after some idiot drove it in to a barrier at cadwell park.
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Nice to see you wrenching on your own car.. shows you have a true passion. I see a lot of people buying nice cars and they have a "dedicated mechanic." good luck man.
I hope you and the car are alright and hope this accident doesn't deter you from doing more track days and drift days and stuff. love you guys and hope to see you and the car back on the road again
+Wayne Rhea thanks - and yeah I'll do another track day in it once its fixed
Glad your alright been watching your video's ever since i moved to the UK 5 months ago and enjoying the content. Looking forward to seeing you get the car fixed and do some more track days with it. Don't let this crash scare you from taking the R8 out for track days or hurt your confidence as the crash directly resulted from a muscle memory mistake from what it seemed like.
+NunuKnowsTheWay thanks, much appreciated. Yeah I'd like to think that was the main reason, but I'm sure I'll be extra careful the next few times I do that corner
Really admire your positive attitude towards a situation like this. Last time my car got in a fender bender, I was literally depressed for days. Keep up the good vibes mate. Cheers!
+Lubin Louis HE has money to fix it!
also, i think your spot on when it comes to taking your daily or pride and joy on track. at some point something is going to bite you in the arse. shit happens but glad your okay.
extra boost is always a winner. and nice mention for the r8 on mcm's fb the other day!
You're pretty much right.
When you hard downshift like this, the engine goes into mechanical over rev and the whole driveline locks up which is what caused the drive wheels to lock up and therefore made you spin out.
Now it's important to understand if there was engine/transmission damage even if it seems there isn't. The mechanical over rev on your vídeo doesn't seem too brutal but it's still possible to cause damage.
Overall, glad you're ok and the car doesn't have any structural damage that would render it totaled.
+Flávio Coimbra But the wheels do not lock up in that situation, keep in mind.
At least it didn't damage that bloody diffuser ;) Seriously though, this is why you buy track cars - If you used your R8 for track and drift days constantly you would probably end up like that at some point and that would not be good at all. Nice to know you're alright, hope to see the car back on the road soon
+AppleTechBeast haha yeah bald yoda was proud of the fact that the diffuser didn't come off
+DedicationBlog bald yoda!? Hahaha another mcm reference?
S9732 yup :)
Same outlook on life. As long as you are okay, the cars repairable, right. Shit happens! Obviously sad to see your car like that but I'll definitely be looking forward to the upcoming videos on the repair.
Glad it wasn't a write off. The GT86 should be immense once you have all the new parts on it. Looking forward to that build and seeing the final outcome.
+James Stringer cheers :)
speaking of calm, i noticed you even kept your cool enough to not stall it LOL what a champ
"I've done 3000 track days and never had an accident...yeah go fuk urself!" LOL
agree with you man. I've only done several and have had a couple of near misses!
should've shifted about a second later, would've set you up for a nice drift! haha, good you're okay though, shame about the car, it's such an unlucky reason why it happened :/
Glad to see how it's doing! Nice to hear that everything is going well lol.
Chris!!!! Get those party cups and a roll of paper masking tape and label what bolts are in the cup for example , wing, bumper, headlight
Something I was taught at work
+gb291 I bought some little boxes and labelling them as I put things in them :)
I love your videos! I don't know why I just love them after watching.
Great video! It's funny to look inside the structure, makes me think of the IIHS small overlap crash test
I agree with your assessment on track days, if you can't afford to lose what you are driving then don't do it. Track days are there to explore your and your car's performance and shit happens when you are pushing, if you do it long enough you will bang your car once in a while and if you never mess anything up then you my friend aren't pushing hard enough
love how honest you are Chris, great stuff
Great blog, enjoyed watching, its all relevant especially the trackday stuff.
Strange, your reaction to the crash was just like mine when I came off the road in my Megane a little while back. Was dead silent whilst it was all unfolding and as soon as it stopped and I realised I was OK, I felt totally calm and accepted it had happened, nothing I could do about it. Different for others I imagine
+steerj07 yeah exactly, once you realise you've not broken any bones you may as well just move on and start thinking about fixing it lol can't do anything else at that point
I would be quiet as it happened but then start screaming once it ended lol
So your running aftermarket rims and kept the stock Primacy HP's? Why may I ask other maybe then for the sake of money which seeing as you have a R8 (probably) isn't an issue.A good set of tires for one the twins isn't that much. Sorry if those are the stock GT86 rims we dont see many GT86 here. Regardless sorry to see this hope all goes well with the repairs!
Was worth the views Chris! ;)
+Talon276 haha people will do anything for views these days eh
+DedicationBlog Urgh tell me about it, especially crashing their cars and being cool about it!
+Talon276 if it makes you feel any better, quite a few people now think I'm a n00b that can't drive for shit lol someone even went as far as to say that I need to remove the texas flag from my helmet because I'm such a loser and an embarrassment to Texans haha
+DedicationBlog Aha for fuck sake, It was an honest mistake. Shit happens. Some fucking people man ahahaha.
+Talon276 haha I know, like how weird do you have to be to take that much of a dislike to someone just cos they crashed their car on a race track :S
The only good thing I can think of, is that since its relatively new car, you dont need to be worried about seized and rusty bolts:D
The crash was unfortunate but at least it's not a write off and no damage to any bones is always good lol. A good tip for when accidentally downshifting to the wrong gear, over revving the engine and wheel slip occuring, you can just press in the clutch to disconnect power from the wheels. If done quickly enough it can prevent the slide or at least make it more manageable to avoid a crash.
+anotherone10 yeah don't worry I'm well aware of that but there just wasn't enough time to do that in this instance. As soon as I'd realised it was the wrong gear it was too late and the wheels were already locking up and I was sliding in to the wall either way lol
Didn't see the first video but glad your alright and keep tracking mate! and they do lock up its called shift lock
I'm a firm believer in labeling cables when repairing, but masking tape and a felt tip pen is a much cheaper option than using the Dymo.
Well that must of hurt
Glad all you got was a sore neck and a long "to do" list..
I'm surprised you're not throwing on some more aftermarket bits - but it sounds like you've some great plans for the bits that really matter.. :-)
Did the rear-carbon thing stay full attached?
Looking forward to the next vid.
+janusj yeah the rear carbon diffuser stayed on amazingly haha those pop rivets doing their job
damn rough shift. but you obviously know how to drive, i watched you racing the r8 before this. it was a mistake and shit happens ahhh well
Hey Chris I usually write to your feed on Instagram but I feel like here I can talk to more people. Soo In my opinion you should definitely reconsider to take of the full wrap and wrap the car in a different color or the same the way you want to since you don't like it in some places. As for the parts, get the engine out now cause it's going to be annoying to get the engine out after everything is put back together, also try to take the engine apart a bit soo it will be cheaper to do the upgrade just do a call to the place where you will send the engine if it's ok to do the take it apart a bit yourself. One more idea I think you should get a Wisefab front bumper bar soo If something happens again like you spin out and hit a cone for example it's not going to mess up your intercooler or other bits. We are here to help you with words or if someone from the subscribers know you by hand.
+Drift Life Yeah I was originally going to take the engine out at the same time, but then I thought I don't really know if the engine is 100% ok yet so maybe it makes more sense to get it back on the road and drive it for a few days before taking the engine out. That way if there is something damaged in the engine (that isn't one of the parts I'm already going to be replacing) then I can get that damaged part replaced at the same time as the new rods and pistons etc get installed. Yeah we'll be stripping what we can off the engine once we get it out and just taking the block down to the place that will be installing the new bits. Still undecided about the wrap - it would be much easier and cheaper to just get the new replacement body panels wrapped in the same vinyl rather than removing and re-wrapping the entire car, so I dunno.
Good to see that it's going to be fixed soon. But was the barrier not damaged? For example on the Nordschleife if you crash you have to pay lots of money for the crash barrier alone.
+Arthur R I don't think you have to pay at this track regardless, but I had a quick look and it didn't look like there was any real damage to the barrier
for the second part of this video ..... eye's on the road mate.
im seeing people ask questions that are answered in the video like did you even watch it?
+Brandon Clarke lol standard
easy way to put it is, if you think about engine braking, basically you just done a really hard engine brake
would never go with the R8 on track day fuck that after exp someting like that :P the 3000 track days joke cracked me up xD
this is exactly what happened to the 350z in my profile picture except it happened on a highway. 60 mph I got cut off in the rain. I spun out and hit the barrier in the same spot on your car. I had the same damage. my whole side just shifted
Lucky you that the airbag(s) didn't deploy. That would cost another serious ££££.
Is that wrap a satin blue or what? Looks really nice!
I did the exact same thing at Oulton Park this year, was on my in lap went from 5th to 2nd instead of 4th , lost the rear and into the tyres
I hope he doesn't heat up that leg to fix it because you lose the strength in the leg and if you ever have a accident that leg will crumple like a paper bag.
Check your transmission and clutch for damages....may be faulty now too
I cant be the only person who saw a picture of an astronaut in his cockpit with the earth in the windows, in the thumbnail...?
such a shame about this. :(
I guess you answered my question then.. you drive the r8 un-insuranced on the track. You are a brave man.. I have a gti mk6, and I get that under track day insurance. You should look into getting "competition" insurance. When I had my vx220, the insurance company gave me 15day track day cover a year ( or there abouts), and allowed me to buy more days if I needed to. With the GTI, because its a normal car, I wasn't able to stay with the competition insurance. But I asked them what other cars, they support, a m3 would suffice. So the R8 with a charger more than likely would be covered. You should give www.competition-car-insurance.co.uk/ a call mate, they probably can sort your R8 out with insurance. Next time when your insurance renewal comes up, try and find a company that will bundle in track days. Otherwise that'll be a very very expensive crash in the R8. Everytime I've had a crash, I always try and walk away from it saying I have "learnt" something. I guess, this is because I work in the IT field, and really only want to experence a diaster once.
Why didn't the airbags come out?
I think the bonet was still ok, there are specialists(atleast in my country) wich will easily and cheap straighten that bonet i'v seen beyond belief crumpled pannels and they make it look like new so you could of saved some money
Glad, you're ok dude, that was some impact. You checked yourself out?
+odin5 Yeah I'm all good cheers - no neck ache after the next day so it can't have been anything serious
There's a really high pitched sound through the whole video
Sucks. Tomorrow I gotta take my frs to the dealer for a p0018 code. I'm running the same kit you are to. Hopefully they won't say anything.
why didnt the airbags work
Have you upgraded the clutch? lf yes, had you had a lesser clutch, that may have been the weak link that let go. l don't know but just a guess.
And....if you were breaking at the same time (prob was) then being in the wrong gear would have been enough to to unset the balance, ie the rear had more stopping power. Again, not sure, just thinking on the spot.
p.s glad you're o.k.
+Second Chance yeah uprated clutch
But would your insurance cover you if like you crash on track and you or someone else need to go to the hospital??
+vincent marical nope. Unless you're talking about health insurance - in which case we don't really have that here because going to hospital is paid for by our taxes rather than specifically paying for individual trips to hospital etc
is that a wrap on the car?
how did your airbag not go off wtf
was something wrong with your gearbox or did you just accidently put it from 5th in 2nd?
+yellowpartyhatz just me being an idiot, don't think I can blame the car. I think the fact that I was doing that same corner in the R8 only an hour earlier probably didn't help though - maybe I was still shifting as if I was in that, where 4th gear is a bit further away than it is in the 86.
+yellowpartyhatz He somehow put it into 2nd
hmmm. why is it that the airbag didnt deploy
+RB26 likeaboss probably cos it wasn't necessary. Wouldn't have helped and would have just wrecked the interior
What car were you driving in this video? you said it was auto but I thought you only had 2 cars
+Paul Jensen nah I've got a BMW M235i as well
+DedicationBlog are you replacing entire set of wheels ?? Or just the damaged wheel
ClutchTunez just the 2 front ones that were damaged
Has it put you off taking the R8 on track again?
+LotusJay hmmm maybe a little, but I'll still probably do some more in it. Just going to be extra careful on that corner lol
12 hundred pounds in parts?!?
what does this dude do? an R8 and gt86, crashes it and starts ordering new parts like its nothing. lol, throw us a few grand pal i could do with an upgrade
It has been know that people without track day insurance when they crash they push the car in the road & look I crashed lol right next to track hmmmmm
You should crash your cars more often, makes for great videos. lol, only kidding :)
Hello mate, when you were going through all these things like fixing the 86 and listing all the parts and then saying you've already ordered this and that for upgrades, it got me thinking, with owning a few cars AND spending all the money that you spend on them, are you still able to save money aswell/put some away for a rainy day? i guess you can/do, you dont seem silly enough to blow it all on cars.
Just something i wondered, forgive me if im being too nosey but if iam then you just wont reply i guess, so no harm done! lol
+jonnygti to be honest I'm pretty bad at saving money lol but I've started trying to be a bit more sensible and investing in property instead of buying more cars now. I wanted to buy the GT86 engine parts ages ago but held off until I'd taken care of more sensible investments
nice one, anyhow i expect you've had similar conversations with your parents so you dont need somone on YT telling you aswell lol
please say you will get a cage and a bucket seat helmet and neck thingy your to nice to get hurt m8
Do you still live at home or do you have your own place?? If you have your own place are you renting or mortgage??
+yazctr I have my own place and its a mortgage, why?
just wondering.
2nd video of yours Ive watched... Nice Channel, Ive subscribed!
Hey, where's Si?
+gastonracing17 he's still around lol think he's just been busy on the days when I've been doing track days etc for the last couple of weeks. I'm sure he'll be in one of the next videos
Cough Cough Roll Cage;)
+imm Wheezy I dont think you really know what that is.
Dw Chris, yubtub mulla will pay for your parts (like 1/20 of the cost tho)
+QuadHawk8 haha more like 1/100 of the cost. You don't get as much money for a few thousand views as people seem to think lol but I'd still be making the same videos even if we got no money at all for them, so doesn't bother me
Gonna paint the parts??? Or just wrap over it?
+ThatGuyNamedScott. C can't decide. There's a few little bits of the wrap that I'm not quite happy with, so was tempted to go full respray but it gets quite expensive so I dunno it might be more sensible to just get these replacement parts wrapped again. Then deal with painting them if/when I take the wrap off in the future.
I'd wrap them! Then if you crash again (you probably won't) you won't have to re paint again for no reason!
rwd kicked in yo
YOU FORGOT TO SHIFT 4,3
just get a buffer out.....it'll be fine
you are not a noob driver just that you made a noob's mistake...it happens...but i m sure its fixable
cheers
+Dan Alexandru lol I'm not that much of a n00b driver, I've been driving manuals for 10 years and done loads of track days in various cars. But yeah, it was a stupid mistake.
+DedicationBlog Just finished watching the clip....haha have no fear BaldYoda's gonna save the day...
ps didn't mean to call you a noob because you're not , was just refering to the mistake itself (english is my second language btw) no offence intended.
+Dan Alexandru ah ok, no problem :) I think I misread your comment anyway, so my bad!
its mint
Add 1k for labour too
+gb291 nah, doing all of it ourselves apart from the chassis straightening which I've been quoted £300 for... might not turn out to be that cheap once they start measuring it etc but we'll see.
Too bad your engine didn't blow. Would've been nice to see a 2JZ in the gt-86 :D
Just added u on snap chat
+Dan Alleyne That SnapChat is Si's. Not him but his mates
How did the air bag not go off??
Too bad your engine didn't blow. Would've been nice to see a 2JZ in the gt-86 :D