Colin, how did you organise steering and stub axles? Did you get the setup from something else or did you make it?
Eircooled Soapbox Derby
- Thread starter Kevin O'Brien
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Found the perfect road for this last night. Was driving from Carlow to Galway yesterday and Sat Nav took me over the Slieve Bloom mountains on the way there.
There's a stretch of road (the R440), probably about 1.5-2miles long at the Galway end of that drive not far from Kinnitty that is a long, continuous downhill gradient. It has been recently resurfaced so fine and smooth, but it has alot of nice hairpins that would make it interesting...
Only met one car the whole time I was on the road so not a major traffic route. And to cap it off, there's a fairly big layby at the end of the stretch that would be ideal to finish in, park cars, etc.
Pretty much the centre of Ireland too so equal hassle for everyone to get there...
Googlemaps pic below (the A shows rough location).
Suggested course, one mile in length, all downhill from start to finish with plenty of hairpins towards the end. Plenty of parking space at start and end...
https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=R440&daddr=R440&hl=en&ll=53.091009,-7.656462&spn=0.005167,0.033023&sll=53.089411,-7.655303&sspn=0.011405,0.033023&geocode=FY4XKgMdpE6L_w%3BFXwaKgMdjP2K_w&t=h&doflg=ptm&mra=dme&mrsp=0&sz=16&layer=c&cbll=53.091519,-7.66214&panoid=ix1uigdZiJiYiwEho_AqQQ&cbp=11,268.79,,0,0&z=16
There's a stretch of road (the R440), probably about 1.5-2miles long at the Galway end of that drive not far from Kinnitty that is a long, continuous downhill gradient. It has been recently resurfaced so fine and smooth, but it has alot of nice hairpins that would make it interesting...
Only met one car the whole time I was on the road so not a major traffic route. And to cap it off, there's a fairly big layby at the end of the stretch that would be ideal to finish in, park cars, etc.
Pretty much the centre of Ireland too so equal hassle for everyone to get there...
Googlemaps pic below (the A shows rough location).
Suggested course, one mile in length, all downhill from start to finish with plenty of hairpins towards the end. Plenty of parking space at start and end...
https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=R440&daddr=R440&hl=en&ll=53.091009,-7.656462&spn=0.005167,0.033023&sll=53.089411,-7.655303&sspn=0.011405,0.033023&geocode=FY4XKgMdpE6L_w%3BFXwaKgMdjP2K_w&t=h&doflg=ptm&mra=dme&mrsp=0&sz=16&layer=c&cbll=53.091519,-7.66214&panoid=ix1uigdZiJiYiwEho_AqQQ&cbp=11,268.79,,0,0&z=16
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that's it
just about a half mile-ish down the way it opens out a bit so lads can jostle togetherhave a look up and down the road here...
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Birr...sLUSXcLU_ST5N8mV36Q&cbp=11,98.03,,0,9.37&z=16
the road now has been resurfaced so tarmac was taken out wider...great fun...
this is the layby, a bit further down the road...into Kinnitty afterwards then for a big breakfast...and to meet an ambulance if needs be
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Birr...WUc0jmn4VLJCDYED3DwZw&cbp=11,233.04,,0,0&z=16
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Set up your view and press this button -
Good stuff, thanks for that...links updated now...
Did you move to Spain as well ?
Nice weather you have down there Rocky
No still living in Wexico, weather always like that in the sunny south east