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travisray2004 posted:It's Tail of the Dragon in North Carolina and as far as I recall they don't close it off from public traffic but I could be wrong. They close it for the Chasing the Dragon Hillclimb. It's closed in that picture.
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BlackMK4 posted:I don't want to step on toes, but it's probably the best 4cyl ever sold in a production car. You have angered the 4G63.
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Nait Sirhc posted:You have angered the 4G63. I'd totally pull out the crankwalk poo poo butttt.....  turboez
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From Dorkroom:neckbeard posted:poo poo hath gone awry
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Little -too- sideways Seriously though, the S2000 is probably one of the more unforgiving cars I've driven once you find yourself a little too far. Kinda like the Z4M.  I think that's the only car I've ever 'tankslappered' hard in.
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BlackMK4 posted:I don't want to step on toes, but it's probably the best 4cyl ever sold in a production car. Im a big fan on the S14 sound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h54xIAX3RmY
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BlackMK4 posted:Little -too- sideways I agree with everything in this post.
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Source on this? I want to live in an orange geodesic future.
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Boat posted:This one's better, though That GAU sounds like a mad dragon
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for language. Can't say I blame the guys though. Depleted uranium rounds the size of a soda can are no loving joke.
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blk posted:Source on this? I want to live in an orange geodesic future. No idea where that is (I'm curious to know as well), but the car's the Ferrari 512 Modulo. An incredibly soothing video of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxHcURXGlFE
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Kurama posted:
Yeah, that's the one. The building on the background is the Palacio de los Deportes (wikipedia article) in Mexico City. It hosted the 1986 Olympics, the photo was taken around '70. I couldn't find any connection between the car, the designer and the venue. Probably just fitted the car very well. More on the Palacio here: http://syr.academia.edu/LuisCastaneda/Papers/276744/Image-Machine_Felix_Candelas_Palacio_de_los_Deportes
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BlackMK4 posted:I'd totally pull out the crankwalk poo poo butttt.....
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slidebite posted:That GAU sounds like a mad dragon The first comment is great, too. quote:when the British shoot the Taliban ducks, when the Taliban shoots the British ducks. when the Americans shoot EVERYBODY DUCKS
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Nait Sirhc posted:Pfth, the 6-bolt motor is the only 4G63 to consider here. It doesn't crankwalk. most 97s, 98-99 (with three piece thrust bearings) walk with the same frequency as six bolts, and the post DSM EVO blocks don't walk? 
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Octopus Magic posted:most 97s, 98-99 (with three piece thrust bearings) walk with the same frequency as six bolts, and the post DSM EVO blocks don't walk? I wouldn't say 97-99 had the same frequency of crankwalking as 6-bolts. This is strictly going off of Tooners/DSMtalk posts back in 00-05, but there were a HELL of a lot of 2gb 7-bolts walking and swapping for 6-bolts. And how many 6-bolts walked? One out of every fifty thousand? Forgot to include the pre-4B EVO motors.
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BlackMK4 posted:They close it for the Chasing the Dragon Hillclimb. It's closed in that picture. Did not know that. Thank you for educating me.
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Nait Sirhc posted:I wouldn't say 97-99 had the same frequency of crankwalking as 6-bolts. This is strictly going off of Tooners/DSMtalk posts back in 00-05, but there were a HELL of a lot of 2gb 7-bolts walking and swapping for 6-bolts. And how many 6-bolts walked? One out of every fifty thousand? I have never ever in my 12+ years have heard a '98+ walking, and I've heard a few 97s spinning bearings maybe a rare case of something weird, but nothing like the old 95/96s. 7 bolts get a bad rap because dsm "tooners" are idiots and everything is done with the old FSM.pdf and in some guy's garage. I have heard 6 bolts walking but you just don't notice it due to the fact that you don't have a crank sensor on the car. Honestly, most tooners/talk poo poo is just that. Go look at the endplay spec of any old (150k+) six bolt and its probably wobbling around in there a bit. A three piece thrust bearing 7 bolt is a better block than a 6 bolt... Hell, it's got a 1 piece main vs. the old 6 bolt 3 piece. The EVO 4-9 7 bolt crank is the same exact thing as a Dsm 7 bolt crank. Evo 4s used to walk, but the 5-9 never had a problem because they were running the 3 piece thrust bearing by then. I have a 6 bolt in my old car and a built 98 block in my newer car.
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Nait Sirhc posted:I wouldn't say 97-99 had the same frequency of crankwalking as 6-bolts. This is strictly going off of Tooners/DSMtalk posts back in 00-05, but there were a HELL of a lot of 2gb 7-bolts walking and swapping for 6-bolts. And how many 6-bolts walked? One out of every fifty thousand? I seem to remember 97.5+ cars having WAY less CW issues than the mid 95 to early 97 cars. (early 95 cars had leftover 94 7 bolt blocks and therefore rarely crankwalked.) Almost all the 2gb cars that failed were 97s. The amount of cars that failed from 98-99 were in line with the average number of cars that had thrust bearing failures across all manufacturers. You just don't hear about them as much coming from non-enthusiast owners of cars that are not abused to hell and back. Sentras or Camrys would probably have serious thrust bearing issues if they had 2600 and 2900lb pressure plates installed too. Having said that, my college roommate's stock 7 bolt ran 11's for years and never had a single hiccup. Also it was automatic. The 7 bolt engines had weaker internals, but were actually better designed than the 6 bolts. Stock, they ran less boost than 6 bolts with a smaller turbo and still made 15 more hp. I'd have zero issues modifying and racing a 7 bolt engine.
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BlackMK4 posted:Little -too- sideways Been there done that
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A little something my buddy saw rolling around in Las Vegas today. 
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Q_res posted:Pretty sure that's a 918. It is. One of three running prototypes.
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Isn't that the Hennessey/Lotus thing? Also, gently caress Hennessey.
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jonathan posted:Isn't that the Hennessey/Lotus thing? Also, gently caress Hennessey. Nah, that thing is an ungainlily stretched Exige.
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Definitely a 918. God drat, I'm glad to see the performance promise of hybrid drivetrains being realized in such a sexy package.
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einTier posted:A little something my buddy saw rolling around in Las Vegas today.
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Hahaha, that one is great. I pulled the exact same poo poo. On the street. Because I
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einTier posted:A little something my buddy saw rolling around in Las Vegas today. Yep, it's a 918. If you see a guy wearing a Porsche shirt around it. Odds are his name is Daniel. Really nice guy.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFNIqxTT_mw Chris Harris talking with some engineers about the 918. I wonder if I'm ever going to see that car live, the noise it makes is simply quite amazing.
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It's neat and all, but the Carrera GT still sounds far better.
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I want a gas-turbine hybrid electric car just because it would sound like a loving banshee
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 Is the cover to heat the steering wheel or is it for some other racing purpose (to stop grease or sweat getting on the wheel?)
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plecostomus posted:
My guess would be to keep sweaty hand grease off the steering wheel. Not sure how well fancy racing wheels grip but I bet if you never touch it without gloves on it's gonna be better than the alternative.
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Eh, gently caress it. Carbon everything!   It's that season. Wish I could find the Clarkson pumpkin I saw before   Paul Boz_ fucked around with this message at 13:40 on Oct 3, 2012 |
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BlackMK4 posted:Little -too- sideways Everyone was taking that corner way too fast. There were 5 S2000s racing that day, and all but one of them spun out around that corner. All the FWD cars went through on 3 wheels:   
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F1 Hovercraft Racing. I'm amazed there's not more safety gear involved, since they drift the poo poo out of these things, and they seem prone to rolling over. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6YHz6YwlBo
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red19fire posted:F1 Hovercraft Racing. I'm amazed there's not more safety gear involved, since they drift the poo poo out of these things, and they seem prone to rolling over. Drifting is literally the only way to change your vector on a hovercraft.
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red19fire posted:F1 Hovercraft Racing. I'm amazed there's not more safety gear involved, since they drift the poo poo out of these things, and they seem prone to rolling over. That's AWESOME! It reminds me of that saying 'If it has wheels, men will race it'. Obviously, these don't have wheels, so it should be modified to 'If it has an engine, men will race it.'
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