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Well, it was friday afternoon (day off work) and i was taking my 240 for a little fun run up and down highway 33 (Ventura County). On the way up the hill I got lucky and there was zero traffic. I turn around and head back down the hill and I see this red Mitsubishi GT 3000 going up the hill.....to make a long story short, the guy in the GT 3000 had turned around and was chasing after me. Just near the bottom of the hill I see the guy in my mirror so I pick it up a bit. As luck would have it, just as we both were begining to have a little fun (nothing crazy mind you), my front fiberglass spoiler decided it was time to come loose. Apparently the bolts securing the center of the spoiler had come loose and the spoiler tipped down enough to catch an edge and roll under on the pavement. Holy crap! What a nasty sound. So, I slow and pull off the side of the road to inspect the damage while watching the guy in the GT 3000 cruise by smiling. As you can imagine my pride was the only thing that suffered any damage to speak of. The spoiler....well it was not as bad as the nasty sound made it out to be. So, have any of you had your parade rained on like my little experience?


comment_161260
...The spoiler....well it was not as bad as the nasty sound made it out to be. ...

Geez, what kind of spoiler do you have that can withstand getting dropped in front of a car, roll completely under and escape unscathed?

You MUST post a pic!

E

comment_161266

I was in my 75 280 one nice hot summer day in texas. Pulled up to a red light and next to me is a nice 90's Camero. We zipped through a couple of green lights and then we got a red one. I was ready and had betten plenty of cars like this with this 280. Had some nice mods but thats another story. Any way the light turned green and I took off. I had him off the line and just about to get through the light and I hear a loud POP from under the hood. Then no power at all. Of course the guy looks over and laughs at me while I'm putting down the street. I was lucky though all that happened was I poped 2 rocker arms off they were both sitting sideways. I thought for sure that I had blown the engine..

comment_161270

I once pulled up to the line at an autox with a passenger I'd never met before. It was his first autox and I'd been talking to him for about 10 minutes telling him about my car and prepared cars in general. Got up to stage and forgot it was in gear, let out the clutch and stalled it! Luckily my foot was on the brake. There was a whole bunch of people standing around the start line, and they were all laughing. All I could do was look out and give them a big thumbs up like, SURE I meant to do that!!! I think the run redeemed me to some extent, but it was pretty embarassing...

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comment_161275
Geez, what kind of spoiler do you have that can withstand getting dropped in front of a car, roll completely under and escape unscathed?

You MUST post a pic!

E

To be specific....its the fiberglass BRE type SPOOK spoiler I purchased from MSA. It didn't go unscathed however! I had to dress up the leading edge (remove some material to match what had been ground away) a bit and it now has a couple of small cracks at each side. It will be OK until I get a new spoiler....looks OK and I now have a little more ground clearance!

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