{"id":1245,"date":"2022-02-11T17:13:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T17:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2022-02-11T17:13:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T17:13:21","slug":"some-horrors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/?p=1245","title":{"rendered":"Some Horrors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now, at various points during the strip down, there were moments of WTF.<\/p>\n<p>Particular ones that spring to mind include where someone had rammed a self tapping screw through the radiator supports to stop the radiator being able to rattle around, the number plate light &#8220;bracketry&#8221; and the electrical tape around the vacuum T-piece.<\/p>\n<p>But all of that was trumped by the rear suspension.<\/p>\n<p>I know the wheels are far wider than stock, but they&#8217;re also 3 piece split rims. You can specify and adjust the offset pretty comprehensively. Instead, someone has elected to fit overly wide inner barrels and take a grinder to the bolt heads where the bearing carrier bolts up to the wishbone.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/img_8313.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1239\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/img_8313.jpg 750w, https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/img_8313-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/img_8312.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1238\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/img_8312.jpg 750w, https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/img_8312-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/img_8315.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1243\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/img_8315.jpg 750w, https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/img_8315-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Clearance up top has been achieved with some blacksmith style &#8220;heatin&#8217; and beatin'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/img_8314.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1240\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/img_8314.jpg 750w, https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/img_8314-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/img_8311.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1241\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/img_8311.jpg 750w, https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/img_8311-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/img_8310.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1242\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/img_8310.jpg 750w, https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/img_8310-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The spring platforms on both sides, comprehensively remodelled, despite doing what they could with some custom &#8220;spacers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/img_4363.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1244\" width=\"1000\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/img_4363.png 1000w, https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/img_4363-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/img_4363-768x354.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Yup, penny washers on the drive pegs!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now, at various points during the strip down, there were moments of WTF. Particular ones that spring to mind include where someone had rammed a self tapping screw through the radiator supports to stop the radiator being able to rattle around, the number plate light &#8220;bracketry&#8221; and the electrical tape around the vacuum T-piece. But [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[43],"tags":[26,25,27,44],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1246,"href":"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245\/revisions\/1246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}