Counting spring coils- Monty Python style......

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Counting spring coils- Monty Python style......

''And NASCAR spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the spring from its box. Then, shalt thou count the coils to four and one half. No more. No less. Four and one half shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be four and one half. Four and three quarters shalt thou not count, nor either count thou four and three eights, excepting that thou then proceed to four and one half. Five is right out. Once the number four and one half, being the correct number, be reached, then, installest thou thy front coil spring of suspension in thy racecar, which the inspectors, being divine in NASCAR's sight, shall inspect it.''':D
 
How true DEF, and quite seriously, why wasn't this 1/8 deficiency caught in PRE-RACE inspection?
 
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OMG that is funny! That is one of my favorite scenes from that movie anyway. Thank you for brightening up a dreary day and a sore subject.
 
TWF, most assuredly my favorite scene from the movie...how Palin keeps a straight face is beyond me.
 
Originally posted by kat2220
How true DEF, and quite seriously, why wasn't this 1/8 deficiency caught in PRE-RACE inspection?
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Probably because the 1/8 difference can't be seen once the spring is installed and compressed in the car's suspension....

They have to remove the spring to measure it accurately, but they don't have that much time to do that in pre race inspection.....
 
Originally posted by DEF3
Probably because the 1/8 difference can't be seen once the spring is installed and compressed in the car's suspension....

They have to remove the spring to measure it accurately, but they don't have that much time to do that in pre race inspection.....
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Thanks for the clarification. I was wondering that myself!
 
"One, two, four and one eighth"

"Four and one half, sir."

"Right"
 
Martin: "Come back here, I can still win the championship!"

Stewart: "Have you gone looney? You're 112 points back"

Martin: "I can still bite your knees off, come here!"

Stewart: "How absurd!"
 
But if Mark could get the car to perform at the same velocity as an unladen African swallow...
 
That's great stuff DEF. I love that movie.

RPM, nice to see you relate it to the black knight, everyone's favorite character.
 
GONG!! Bring out yer unapproved springs!

GONG!! Bring out yer unapproved springs!
 
Tony better watch. Mark will go for the throut like the dreded guard raddit.
 
That's great, Paul. hehe. I think we should always make Monty Python references to every Nascar post... okay, maybe that would be over doing it.



"Martin's championship is no more. It has ceased to be!"
 
That movie rules, Monty Python never fails to make me laugh:)
 
Really funny. I love Monty Python. Afterall "Nooobody expects the Unapproved Spring Inquistion." I may be pushing some kind of stupidity thing there.
 
That's just wrong, mis-fit. Funny but wrong. hehe.

"You must bring us shrubbery"

"Shrubbery?"

"yes, that's right, bring us Michael Waltrip's hair"

"But"

"No more, or we shall taunt you a second time"



(I think I'm the one who's pushing it. :) )
 
"An 8th is as good as a half to a blind bat"

"wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more, say no more"
 
"Whoever crosses the Bridge of Death, must answer me these riddles three, ere the other side he shall see."

"Go ahead, bridgekeeper, I am not afraid."

"Vhat is your name?"

"My name is Mark Martin."

"Vhat is your quest?"

"To seek the Holy Grail of racing, the Winston Cup."

"Vhat is the air velocity of a swallow?"

"With 4 and a half coil springs, or 1/4 inch short?"

"I don't know that....AAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!"
 
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