Nurburgring Pileup
11-18-2017, 05:03 PM
#16
Rennlist Member
There's argument for either way (we've 'discussed' heavily over on 996tt board), prefer pinning for a few reasons, and I'm friends with some very skilled welders...
Sharkwerks pins, BBi welds... factory RSR's were threaded...many ways to skin the cat, just get the fittings secured
Sharkwerks pins, BBi welds... factory RSR's were threaded...many ways to skin the cat, just get the fittings secured
11-18-2017, 07:38 PM
#17
Threaded is really the slickest way of doing it! 
I pin them as it's cost effective (and perfectly effective in general), 'guaranteed' not to leak/pin holes after install, and can replace fittings as needed with age...threaded is next level, from the RSR gods
I pin them as it's cost effective (and perfectly effective in general), 'guaranteed' not to leak/pin holes after install, and can replace fittings as needed with age...threaded is next level, from the RSR gods
Yea the discussion with welding cast parts and solid.. Pinning them with bolts is the cheapest/ easiest solution. You can get threaded NPT fittings but finding the right size tap is a pain. I did a job on a GT3 RS last summer, I ended up sending out the parts to a friends machine shop that made new barbed fittings and took care of tapping out the coolant manifolds. The downtime sucked though... The pinning solution is a days worth of work.
11-18-2017, 08:32 PM
#19
11-20-2017, 02:03 PM
#23
Drifting
11-20-2017, 02:06 PM
#24
Team Owner
im not so sure about that ... maybe its just something track guys say , but statistically I just cant see that being true.
11-20-2017, 08:48 PM
#26
A little different since nurb crash wasnt a race
But Check this out at the PCA 2015 race at road america.
I was there when it happened, was waiting for my race to start. The crashes were brutal
To give you an idea of the speed we get at kink corner
My lowest speed is usually 185 kmh and when i have it perfectly, lowest speed is 195 kmh.
19:50 on video to give you an idea
But Check this out at the PCA 2015 race at road america.
I was there when it happened, was waiting for my race to start. The crashes were brutal
To give you an idea of the speed we get at kink corner
My lowest speed is usually 185 kmh and when i have it perfectly, lowest speed is 195 kmh.
19:50 on video to give you an idea
11-21-2017, 10:48 AM
#29
Race Car
11-21-2017, 12:08 PM
#30
Drifting
Im not talking about the Ring or what Seb is doing but rather more like the PCA track days. The only time I have seen problems is on very cold mornings (like near 0) where guys push their cars too early and spin on a cold track. But otherwise its a well run event and I feel safer there then driving the 401 with all the distracted morons tooling around