Crashed Your Race Car... When to repair it and when to start over.

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10 ай бұрын

Crashing your race car is never a good experience. The only good thing to come of it is if you come out unharmed. After the incident, the question always comes up… Should you repair what you have or start a new build from scratch.
Almost anything can be fixed, but at a certain point, sometimes it is just better to start over. In this video, Tim breaks down the reality of dealing with a wrecked race car. What kind of damage is usually ok to repair, how to handle it emotionally, financially, and much more.
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@thomasvittetoe1930 9 ай бұрын

I’m glad Tim is back doing videos

@jeffreylynch3203 9 ай бұрын

I just closed my performance shop. Small time, one man operation, but I was a GM service engineer, an instructor, an author, and small time racer. But you and I have spent so many hours trying to educate people, that it is a main reason why guys like you and I get cranky. But you are a better man than I for making these videos. I got early retirement from GM 22 years ago, but have now closed my shop for good. Customers have gotten less able to absorb much these days. And bracket racing with automatic controls, as you have pointed out, have taken away the self satisfying element of development. I won because I had a better understanding, not more money. I still go and run my stuff but competing in a bracket environment is just not my style. Like the man said, You can’t cure dumb, but duct tape can help muffle the sound. You are a good man. Thanks.

@lazyhoundracing9621 9 ай бұрын

I will never race at your level but I find your honest videos inspiring. I also only buy American made. America is great right now. If I can't buy it I make it or get it made. Thank you for your time.

@BKMDano17 9 ай бұрын

You are the most straightforward squared away person I have ever seen on KZfaq. Personally I would have liked to have known someone like you when I was young I'm sure it would have paid off. Unfortunately I didn't.

@smal1393 9 ай бұрын

Glad to see you back doing videos, you were missed. I have learned so much from you. thank you.

@troy-from-cjrc 9 ай бұрын

Having been involved in a wrecked one weekend and raced the next front half with a steel quarter and miscellaneous other repairs thrown in for good measure I can say yes, it can be done... but not without a lot of guys ready to push 24hrs a day till its done. Wrecked cars suck, and thinking that amount of work can be done in less than a few weeks is crazy and expensive. Great advice on when to let it go and start new, more people need to learn when enough is enough.

@mikeleschber33 7 ай бұрын

Tim you are top of the game. Thanks for sharing with us your knowledge and experience. You seem to be more calm and kind as a person than the past. Keep on keeping on!

@joeculpjr3028 9 ай бұрын

Always love your straight forward raw and no BS honesty and passion Tim. If 10% of the rest of the world were that way, we would be in a much better place today!

@bobroberts2371 9 ай бұрын

Five other vids that tie into this vid Track Safety: Questions You Need To Ask PSA For Drivers Fire Safety Rant What You Should Know About Racing Fire Systems Don’t Put-Off This Fire System Checkup

@robertaue9509 9 ай бұрын

Well said. The oval cars are the same. Front half easy fix back half easy fix kinda, get into the center and it’s junk

@slowpoke96Z28 9 ай бұрын

Another hard part is telling crew guys with heart, soul, and dreams in a car and them accepting it won't materialize because the car is totaled.

@irieman442 9 ай бұрын

Thanks Tim!

@lucienpayne9552 9 ай бұрын

A well thought out dose of reality. Thanks!

@hayyarbrough 9 ай бұрын

Agree, I'm glad you put this video out there.....🏁🏁

@ronniemcgiboney329 9 ай бұрын

Love the honesty and just straight forward no bullshit videos .

@timmurray7639 9 ай бұрын

Straight and to the point but very good information and insight as always.

@1320pass 9 ай бұрын

Sage advice. Thanks Tim.

@rodneymoore2154 9 ай бұрын

Tim glade to see you back used to build cars back in the late 70s it amazes me what it takes know to compare to then the speed and quickNess you deal with know it's downright amazing love to see the deference between then and now great jod

@scottforester1487 9 ай бұрын

Well said Tim

@DragBoss351Cleveland 9 ай бұрын

Telling the way it is Tim. Thanks 💯🏁

@JohnClutch1 9 ай бұрын

Thanks Tim

@tbirdracer460 9 ай бұрын

Great video!

@Tazroh 9 ай бұрын

Hello Tim, just received one of your carbon fiber dashboards and it is a very nice piece 👌🏻

@Inthefoxhole 9 ай бұрын

A great teacher you are McAmis. Your cars you build speak for themselves👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@treyrags 9 ай бұрын

Great video

@scotthultin7769 9 ай бұрын

First 👍's up Tim McAmis thank you for sharing 😊

@raykaufman7156 9 ай бұрын

Hopefully people will listen to this advice. Ive seen way too many customers get burned by trying save a race car with an open ended repair order....

@karlringe9523 9 ай бұрын

Hi, Thanks This runs through your head when building my car, nice summarising Tim. Thanks I have been looking at strengthening the front end as we build keeping g in mind if there is an accident, hitting the wall whether the extra strengthening is going to damage the body part and floor strength knocking the floor chassis out of shape, I thing that sometime the added strengths from corner joicing may actually cause more major damage to the car on a simple wall hit. If this makes sense . Thanks Mate

@michaelgallopo5879 9 ай бұрын

Interesting video 👍

@papermasterg3030 9 ай бұрын

Très intéressant. Merci pour ces explications. Je m'inspire beaucoup de vos vidéos pour réaliser mes modèles réduits. Elles sont un puits de savoir !

@Timmcamis 9 ай бұрын

C'est formidable à entendre. Merci beaucoup!

@tomasglans1567 9 ай бұрын

Lots of clevernes there,as always!

@db7069 9 ай бұрын

So much truth

@waynep343 9 ай бұрын

I have always thought that on the front half at the firewall. Hydro formed the tubes like a flexible drinking straw with a liner tube that is only welded in at one end. Giving it some place to absorb the impact. The outer is welded at both ends.

@rhettgerner839 9 ай бұрын

Is that meth?

@hillbillywes100 9 ай бұрын

Listen up, he is truth tellin!

@user-uj5ef1eg5b 9 ай бұрын

I hit the wall in my bracket car a couple weeks ago with only 29 passes on the car.. Now Im building a new chassis. The old cage and chassis and safety gear did their job I walked away unhurt.

@brianhenkel1886 9 ай бұрын

Absolutely double it I have felt with a lot of chassis guys and it’s always twice what they quoted

@chrisbeatty743 9 ай бұрын

I think it’s a good time to scrap your car when your car is in a tighter spiral than Tom Brady’s passes at 200 mph edit: I’m referencing the thumbnail

@L9r5c 29 күн бұрын

Me watching a guy talk about rebuilding something I’ll never afford to crash lol

@Keiththescoutcrazy 9 ай бұрын

Don't throw it all away, cut it up and make go karts out of it for the kids in the neighborhood might be good for all of us.

@SosopChabot 9 ай бұрын

30k? If it’s twisted, just add 3 or 4 flats on the bent side…

@nate5102 9 ай бұрын

I love this guy lol

@camaroboi13 9 ай бұрын

Somehow I don’t think this is really a KZfaq kind of video. See, 99.999% of us couldn’t afford the race car in the first place 😅

@hedgepethracing9590 9 ай бұрын

You inspire me to work on my car...owe u a 🍺 someday

@jdias51 9 ай бұрын

This fully applies to your 10sec foxbody mustang too once you take out the rockers, b pillar, a piller and floors she's done sell the carcass let someone else try and fix it take the sale money and your what you would of spent fixing go buy something already done and be back on track faster for the same money with a better car

@slowpoke96Z28 9 ай бұрын

Or maybe don't sell your junk car that you know is probably a death trap now. That makes you no different than the sleazeball used car guy selling lemons to people who don't know any better.

@jdias51 9 ай бұрын

@slowpoke96Z28 or maybe somebody wants all your parts and pieces for they're project car and let them take the next 2 years to put it together for x amount of dollar saving meanwhile you hopped in a turn key car and back to racing

@slowpoke96Z28 9 ай бұрын

@@jdias51 we call that parting out. But you said sell the carcass, as in all the useful bits are gone, and let them "try and fix it" while you take the money and run.

@jdias51 9 ай бұрын

@slowpoke96Z28 yehh I see your point but if a car is totaled I call it a carcass regardless if it's got usable parts in it Jimmy Dale said it awhile ago which I completely agree with though the best way to get into racing or continue racing dollar for dollar is buy a turn key car

@marcwalker9035 9 ай бұрын

🎯

@danielsmith-ze3wy 9 ай бұрын

👍👍👍👍

@H3110NU 9 ай бұрын

I always wondered if you could take a faster crashed car etc and just run it with a different motor package as a bracket racer or a slower class with a tweaked chassis.

@user-ju8po9sy2m 2 ай бұрын

My car is built from a ex pro mod. It was borderline repairable to them but they have 2 cars and went with a new chassis because they had a lot of runs on it. It was honestly getting tired before the crash at the power they ran. But for me it was a good start for my build and power goals,especially when the price was the cost of putting on a BBQ 😂

@bobroberts2371 9 ай бұрын

The guy in the big box on the left the vid below can fix it on the cheap. Finish your Project Car with a Fabricator In A Box

@migsan7030 9 ай бұрын

How do they have enough money for racing????? I really want to know, i want to race too!

@THELTX427VA 9 ай бұрын

RARE UPLOAD

@Timmcamis 9 ай бұрын

8 new videos in the last 8 weeks. Over 200 others to choose from too lol.

@billmadison2032 2 ай бұрын

I'll sub if you answer the question. your opinion on open transmission Tunnels. I wouldn't drive one with it. how about you?

@dsauce8780 9 ай бұрын

Still alive? Ok good that’s your prize for spending the money to do the right thing first time around. Want to survive the next one? Do it right again.