Punishing a Brand New Car in the World's Oldest (Cheapest!) Motorsport // Lands End Trial Pt 1
6,404Punishing a Brand New Car in the World's Oldest (Cheapest!) Motorsport // Lands End Trial Part 1. In this episode Jonny Smith convinces Kia to let him take a brand new Picanto GT Line on the Landsend Trial. This may be the most cost effective motorsport left, but it's definitely not the mildest. The trial was designed over 100 years ago to prove the robustness and reliability of new motorcycles. Then cars started entering. 2024 marked the 100th running event, so Jonny wanted to see if a new car could handle the punishment.
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Thanks to Sion Ellis at Auto Max in Dolgellau Wales for prepping the car https://www.automax-wales.com/
Huge thanks must also go to the Motor Cycling Club (MCC) - https://www.themotorcyclingclub.org.uk/ - who encouraged us to try and conquer the trial in a new car, and try to capture it in such inhospitable rural parts of the world (at night!).
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
2:00 Wrecking a new car?
3:10 History of trial
4:29 Fifth Gear TV
6:48 Meet Sion the mechanic
6:58 Barnfind Renault 5 GT Turbo
8:40 Any engine mods?
9:24 Ground clearance issues
12:10 Tyres and traction
14:23 Up on the ramp
15:42 Rear suspension mod ideas
17:22 Shielding brake and fuel lines
19:05 Front under armour
20:46 Front wish bones
26:02 CANT
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