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Old 22-09-2011, 06:39 PM   #21
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I take it he had a few off days during the RB08 then!
That was not Erics doing and you know it Tony!! Claire xx
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Old 23-09-2011, 11:13 PM   #22
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To be fair, Barry's breakdowns were pretty much all his own doing, water cooled V8's need water, not mud, sand & silt....2 or 3 times.

Simon may have been slow, or let you down on delivery times, I dunno, but your unreliability wasn't his fault.
Sorry John but you don't know the facts.

I give the hull to experts 1 year before the race and get it back 1 day before the race.

The main reason it took so long was the consol and fuel tanks on faulse promises. ( Now a man who does not understand racing i can forgive )

The first failure was an over compilcated fuel system ( could of found that out with some testing )

Second failure was a rear engine mount that broke ( and not silt as we first thought ) again testing would of revealed that problem.
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Old 26-09-2011, 03:16 PM   #24
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Sorry John but you don't know the facts.

I give the hull to experts 1 year before the race and get it back 1 day before the race.

The main reason it took so long was the consol and fuel tanks on faulse promises. ( Now a man who does not understand racing i can forgive )

The first failure was an over compilcated fuel system ( could of found that out with some testing )

Second failure was a rear engine mount that broke ( and not silt as we first thought ) again testing would of revealed that problem.
Its nice to know that I get the blame for everything: racing= no warranty.
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