Whats the damage on your car after you hit the tire? I hit a big tire carcass a couple of years ago (as I was heading to a BMWCCA driver school incidentally). It killed my AC condensor, a couple of brackets that hold the radiator up, the fan shroud as well as the bumper cover and plastic wheel well arche liners. The folks at the event still let me run since I wasn't leaking anything and the car still ran fine. People actually asked if i took the bumpercover off for aero reasons.. lol The fan shroud was cracked in a few places, I suspect that the tire carcass pushed the condensor/radiator/fan unit into the engine and the shroud hit the turning belts on the front of the engine causing it to fracture in several places. I'm lucky that no big peices got caught up in the belts.. coulda had a big mess. I've fixed everything myself for about 1k including paint.. except for the A/C (still living without the AC.. and no one will ride in my car in the summer!) __________________ 98 318ti, 99 Miata, 90 Miata |