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05-11-2006 #1
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Some eye candy for you drilled rotor fans
http://www.marax.at/funpix/porsche_mega_crash.html
But they do not crack right?Brian
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05-11-2006 #2
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wow....$hitty!
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Pretty cool how the Porshes are designed to "eject" the engine to rid itself of some of the weight in the result of a crash.
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That is a pretty neat trick!
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Now how the hell can you guys even begin to say what caused the crash?
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Pretty odd crash. Im wondering if the impact caused the rotor to snap, or the rotor snapping caused the impact.
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Well...... judging by the skid marks prior to the impact with the guard rail....
Or maybe it locked up due to the fracure... before it went into the rail ??
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interesting... though you can't tell the cause from anything in those pictures. Spinning cars also cause tire marks and that car was smashed to bits, including ripping off the left front wheel.
Where is the dang front tire???
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looks like there is one tire locked up for a loooong way before it hit the rail. Im guessing the failure occured before the impact.
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Me too. If you look close you can see it was the LF that was locked up. The car went into a spin and hit the guardrail backwards. Originally Posted by TonyL
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My guess is that the front left tire came apart at speed. Driver hit the brakes and spun the car around??
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How did the LF come apart at speed? There are skid marks on the road. Rotor broke then locked up the LF.
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Firestones came apart at much lower highway speeds. How do you explain no trace of the tire on the rim? And a car spinning at high speed will leave skid marks on the road. Originally Posted by baz67
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looks like he was going too fast then panicked when it got away from him. Maybe another car got in his way?? It is right before an on ramp, you know how fast things get hairy doing 120+.
Then $8,000 carbon fiber rotors break alot easier than a cast iron would on impact. Thankfully the guard rail did its job, g forbid that thing hit a tree. jkMrQuick ΜΟΛ'ΩΝ ΛΑΒ'Ε
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Eeek,
Kind of reminds me of the movie "plains trains automobiles"
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You know, I see more than one tire mark on the road there. That means that more than one tire was locked up. It's all too possible that the car spun while trying to avoid a slower moving car. Hitting the guard rail could have also caught the wheel and ripped the assembly from the car. Just that bouncing around could have caused the brake rotor to shatter. And where is the tire that was on that wheel? When wheels come off cars at speed, they usually keep the tire. It very well could have blown causing that wreck. Oh yeah, I've seen solid rotors that shattered.
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truck load of bondo will fix that no problem
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maybe it was a bad spot? There seems to be a lot f them in Europe. *VIDEO HIGH JACK ALERT* http://www.2dorks.com/video/tunnel.wmv
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I love that Russian video, especially the trucks !!
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You really think this car had Firestones?
I agree it is a stretch to find the cause, but what force would cause the rotor to brake due to the accident? The wheel it was in is fine(relative).Brian
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I would bet $100 that car DID NOT have Firestones...I was just making a point. And yeah I think it is fun to try and come up with an idea of what happen. I thought the rotor may have broken on impact-- on the wheel that was torn from the car. If you look at the photos both passenger rotors appear to be intact. The rotor could be from driver's rear. It looks like the rim is actually broken in one of the photos. If it could break the rim, it could certainly break the rotor. Whatever happened...that car is messed!! Luckily from looking at the people in the photos it appears that no one got seriously hurt.
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