tires and wheels Eurotrash Takes Flight

[Midwest.BMW]

Perfect route, perfect weather and perfect shake down cruise for my new ride. Thanks for including me...I'll follow you guys anytime. It was really fun.

[BillWilliams]

I noticed you lost your front bumper on that jump dude.

[eurotrash]

I noticed you lost your front bumper on that jump dude.

yeah! And all I did was change to a s14 starter the night before! Next thing ya know I'm yumpin..!?

[BillWilliams]

I guess it was the weight reduction that got you in the air. Certainly it was not excessive speed. Right?!?!

[Midwest.BMW]

Bill,

In skiing terms...these roads were double black diamonds. Back and forth, up and down, side to side, dropping S turns where you could see the entire roadway of moguls all the way down. I never thought that he could find these conditions so close to home. Eurotrash delivered the motherload of farfegnugen. Believe me...it was not about speed. However, our brakes and clutch got some use. We were shifting between second and third gear all day. His flight occured at 50 MPH on the most perfect apex of an old southern country hill. When I reached the summit, he was still in the air.

One of the most magical things that I've discovered about 2002ing is that you can have so much fun under the speed limit and still feel like you are taking it to the limit.

[BillWilliams]

ok, that is good :-)

[PAULTJENE]

I was there... There just might have been a few moments over the posted limit...maybe, just slightly....

Paul

[jgerock]

Looks like everyone had a great time. I have one of those beer steins! It'll hold lots of coins ;-).

[Midwest.BMW]

I was there... There just might have been a few moments over the posted limit...maybe, just slightly....

Paul

Paul, I think I figured out my problem...According to my initial inspection by the Werk Shop, "14x6J E30 wheels mounted with 185/60R14 tires have made the diameter too small for a plus two conversion in combination with the replacement 3.90/1 differential. The result has caused significant speedometer error."

[PAULTJENE]

uh huh...sure.

[MarkC]

Sounds like you guys had a blast, wish I could have made it.

[Midwest.BMW]

uh huh...sure.

"Gee officer...my speedometer doesn't work very well on this 40-year old car, but I was just following my brother-in-law and we were going at the speed of all the other traffic in the area."

[Norwegiandane]

Posted a video on Youtube for anyone interested in seeing the run. Unfortunately I only bought my camera, and it has pretty crappy video capability so it's grainy and the sound was washed out. I added some music instead. You'll get the idea.

[eurotrash]

Love it! That little S curve at 2:32 was actually a lot more aggro than it appears on tape..

[Midwest.BMW]

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