I have a story about trusting visegrips.
Back in my (folly of a misspent) youth (72-73?), one of the guys that
used to hang around the bike shop had a turbo corvair. . He was a total
nutcase behind the wheel and the only time I rode in his car was when he
was pushing a ton of boost and had not sorted out the detonation. I felt
a little "safer" with this governor, but the car was still wicked fast
and the suspension was set up so you could tell the date on a dime if
you rode over it. I think my friend's 510 with 20 lbs of boost was a
little quicker, but that is another story...
Anyway, he took his car to Lime Rock on the Porsche Club day on the
track and failed inspection when a front brake line let go. You guessed
it. He went over to the far side of the pits and rolled up a section of
the line, clamped it down with vise grips and went through "inspection".
He turned in the 2nd FTD to a 911 that came in on a trailer....
He later put in a 215 F85 engine with a reverse cam and te last time I
saw him he was flipping it around into a mid engine setup. I never
rode in that car again.
>Bob Melusky
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>I would not trust a clamped visegrip. Too much vibration going on.
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