Long weekend. I finally found the motivation to dig into the carnage of my wrecked Arrr. Originally I was just going to take pictures of the damage for the chap who is interested in the shell, but I got a little carried away. 4 hours after I started the motor and tranny were out and I was able to get some decent pics of the structural damage. Enjoy....


























Modified by Ausmith at 8:02 PM 7/8/2003

 

holy ****. what happened to the tranny bellhousing?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sneakychaos &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">holy ****. what happened to the tranny bellhousing? </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

That sucks man. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.

The carnage on those Mugen parts is hard to look at

 

Damn, those pic's bum me out Clayton Again, I am sorry

 

dude, if there was anything we could help you on. i think most of us would do anything to get the car back in one piece.

its soo sad taking apart a car like that, and knowing it isnt going to be running anytime soon, if ever.

hell, at least you are smiling in your photo.

 

Shocking!

Good luck with whatever you decide to do, Clayton...

 

sorry if youve answered this question already.. but how fast were you going and what did you hit? ive had a wreck at about 40mph and my car looked nothing like that.... and i thought that was a solid speed to hit something dead on.. you had to be going 60+ at time of impact?

 

Damn, hope you didn't hurt yourself in that accident. That one looks pretty bad. I didn't read every post, but I am guessing the car is totaled?

 

The header can be repaired and the intake can be salvaged.

 

The more events i go to the more i see things like this happen - and it can happen at any time when you least expect it - especially due to changing conditions throughout the day.

But the most important thing is that your dad is ok, and i do hope this doenst keep you from getting back out on track soon.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BustaNutt-616 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">sorry if youve answered this question already.. but how fast were you going and what did you hit? ive had a wreck at about 40mph and my car looked nothing like that.... and i thought that was a solid speed to hit something dead on.. you had to be going 60+ at time of impact?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well I wasn't driving it... I was in the car behind it when it happend. The exit of the turn were he went of is about 60mph. He took a lot of speed off as the car changed direction and then road the brakes all the way through the grass for about 100 feet. I'm going to guess he was going between 40 and 50mph. He hit a dirt enbankment pretty much head on. All of the impact, as you can see, was from the under side. The upper frame sections are perfect and there was no damage to the shock towers.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by .RJ &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The more events i go to the more i see things like this happen - and it can happen at any time when you least expect it - especially due to changing conditions throughout the day.

But the most important thing is that your dad is ok, and i do hope this doenst keep you from getting back out on track soon.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Very ture. Dad is fine.... I went racing the following weekend and also did two more sessions that day

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tommy_Gunns &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The header can be repaired and the intake can be salvaged.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes it looks like the header will live to see another day....

I've already got plans for the intake

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Bob-DC2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">dude, if there was anything we could help you on. i think most of us would do anything to get the car back in one piece.

its soo sad taking apart a car like that, and knowing it isnt going to be running anytime soon, if ever.

hell, at least you are smiling in your photo. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks man... Everything is sorted out. A fellow H-T member is going to buy the shell - not sure what his plans are. I'm no body expert, but I have seen my fair share of race car wrecks and this appears to be very repairable. I'm sure #55 will roll again.

The motor and suspension are going onto a 95 CX hatch to serve as a daily driver, show kaa, track kaa, etc.....

 

what happened? i know it was at gingerman. which turn was this? can you give us some details? i wanna know what to watch out for. in general, the G is a pretty safe track with little to hit ... musta been some damn bad luck. sux0rs...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vactor &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what happened? i know it was at gingerman. which turn was this? can you give us some details? i wanna know what to watch out for. in general, the G is a pretty safe track with little to hit ... musta been some damn bad luck. sux0rs...</TD></TR></TABLE>

Again, my dad was driving.... Went through the 5/6 combo and carried a little too much speed on turn out... He dropped 2 wheels off of the rumble and the car proceeded to turn 90 degrees and headed straight across the track. He did the right thing and hit the brakes and put the clutch in. With the brakes locked on the grass he had no ability to turn and avoid the enbankment. One might argue that he should have tried that, but in the end I think he did absolutely the right thing.

Bob the track manager at Gingerman said he had never seen a car hit that enbankment in the 5 years he has been at the track... **** happens and eventually it will happen to you or your car.

 

this is not a personal attack, so please dont mis understand.. but just as you said, **** will happen.

you've got all these guys that are confused into thinking, the ITR was ,made for the track yadda yadda. cracking on people who dont take their R to the road course, which according to them is what it was "made" for.

there are a few members one this board, without mentioning names who clearly believe this and carry an arrogance about them in that matter.

then when **** does happen, what is the result? one less of the already rare itr's in existance. at first i thought it was BS.. but i think in like 20 years the ITR really will be a collectors item with probably less than 100 of them in existance!

good luck ausmith with the future plans of the remains of your vehicle!

 

It hurts to look at that, so it must have killed you. I can't wait to see your "EK". Good Luck

 

Nice Clayton

 

do i see a turbo'd hatch on the side...? PICS OF THAT PLEASE!

ah, nm, i dont' think its turbo'ed. atleast u still have another nice car

 

Damn that's hard to look at although I've been their before with my ITR!

Glad to hear your dad walked away unhurt!

 

ouch
well at least it can be replaced

 

600 dollar intake....ohhh no

 

jebus! thats one huge hole in the tranny case!