Ok,
so a while ago I was asked by the pilots at Waterkloof airforce base to assist them with a big problem. :thinking:
The government had bought a bunch of EuroFighters, and for some reason the front landing gear would sometimes get stuck and wont open. :shocked:
They needed a way to land safely in an emergency, :dunno: and thats where I come in... :thinker: come up with some idea to help them not to crash in case this happens. :thumbsup:
So first I decided to make use of my stunning E46 325i, :wub: I wanted to use an M3, but my financial status didn't allow it at the time. So anyway, 325i, took it to JSN motors and had the AC Schnitzer chip fitted. That helped allot to get me out of the lines quick enough in case of an emergency. :excited:
Secondly I fitted a turbo to the radiator, to help the car stay cool under pressure, and I fitted ABS to aircon, and NoS to the powersteering, also banana branches to the steering rack, and finally a Roofrack, to make sure the nose of the jets dont scratch my paint. :screwy: :wtf:
So on the first test run in my 325i, the nose kept lifting off the ground, :nono: and although this was fun, it didn't help, cause I couldn't see where I was going, :rofl: so I built a front spoiler out of some old gutters I had to help with downforce.
On the second run the downforce created by the front spoiler was so good, that the rear wheels started spinning due to the back end kicking up in the air, :werd: so once again, back to the workshop...
I took some tomato cases and built a boot spoiler, then pasted carbon fibre vinyl sticker on to make it look good, :thumbsup: and fitted it with 2-sided type, time for run 3... :boink:
So there I was, ready to go. Now as you know my car doesn't have launch control,
but no problem, :thinker: I tied the back bumper to a lamppole, and had one of the pilots stand there with a knife, I started reving, and dropped the clutch, and signalled him to cut, :boink: my car went off like an eskimo running from a polarbear, and soon it was time for second, third forth...then... O no!!! ...what was that noise???? :thinking:
I heard this noise, :drama: sounded like something rubbing together, so emediatly I opened my window, :search: front bumper still there, rear spoiler, there, roofrack, there, and then I saw it in the mirror... :yikes:
my rear wheels was rubbing against the front wheels trying to overtake them. :clap:
Man that was one of the most interesting times of my life...
so a while ago I was asked by the pilots at Waterkloof airforce base to assist them with a big problem. :thinking:
The government had bought a bunch of EuroFighters, and for some reason the front landing gear would sometimes get stuck and wont open. :shocked:
They needed a way to land safely in an emergency, :dunno: and thats where I come in... :thinker: come up with some idea to help them not to crash in case this happens. :thumbsup:
So first I decided to make use of my stunning E46 325i, :wub: I wanted to use an M3, but my financial status didn't allow it at the time. So anyway, 325i, took it to JSN motors and had the AC Schnitzer chip fitted. That helped allot to get me out of the lines quick enough in case of an emergency. :excited:
Secondly I fitted a turbo to the radiator, to help the car stay cool under pressure, and I fitted ABS to aircon, and NoS to the powersteering, also banana branches to the steering rack, and finally a Roofrack, to make sure the nose of the jets dont scratch my paint. :screwy: :wtf:
So on the first test run in my 325i, the nose kept lifting off the ground, :nono: and although this was fun, it didn't help, cause I couldn't see where I was going, :rofl: so I built a front spoiler out of some old gutters I had to help with downforce.
On the second run the downforce created by the front spoiler was so good, that the rear wheels started spinning due to the back end kicking up in the air, :werd: so once again, back to the workshop...
I took some tomato cases and built a boot spoiler, then pasted carbon fibre vinyl sticker on to make it look good, :thumbsup: and fitted it with 2-sided type, time for run 3... :boink:
So there I was, ready to go. Now as you know my car doesn't have launch control,
but no problem, :thinker: I tied the back bumper to a lamppole, and had one of the pilots stand there with a knife, I started reving, and dropped the clutch, and signalled him to cut, :boink: my car went off like an eskimo running from a polarbear, and soon it was time for second, third forth...then... O no!!! ...what was that noise???? :thinking:I heard this noise, :drama: sounded like something rubbing together, so emediatly I opened my window, :search: front bumper still there, rear spoiler, there, roofrack, there, and then I saw it in the mirror... :yikes:
my rear wheels was rubbing against the front wheels trying to overtake them. :clap:
Man that was one of the most interesting times of my life...
