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I think we need to hear that as well if anyone knows where that is on youtube.
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May 16, 2014 18:17
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Das Volk posted:I think we need to hear that as well if anyone knows where that is on youtube. I second this motion.
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Das Volk posted:I think we need to hear that as well if anyone knows where that is on youtube. GramCracker posted:I second this motion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYvqpZpBZjQ Ask and ye shall receive.
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I'm just running lovely all-seasons that came with the car, but I felt guilty for not autocrossing my TDI wagon after seeing this 1984 Volvo 245 by tylerhuestis, on Flickr  Volvo 245 by tylerhuestis, on Flickr
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May 16, 2014 18:28
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I posted a link to a crummy facebook video of a trucker pulling off an amazing save a while ago, now it's on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EibCuXvkRSw Took another sip of the potion, hit the 5 wheel motion  (This happened in Kansas, not Saudi Arabia, too!)
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May 16, 2014 21:47
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kastein posted:I posted a link to a crummy facebook video of a trucker pulling off an amazing save a while ago, now it's on youtube. That trucker is a badass, and I hope jumping the ditch didn't hurt his rig too bad.
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j.peeba posted:Oh look, a great excuse to post my Caterham! I hope you don't mind... Were you near Goodwood in July of '09? That's the only Caterham I've seen with a green rollbar to match. Might have exchanged a few words with you. I was driving an '82 Toyota Starlet at the festival of slow.
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May 16, 2014 23:14
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The FC isn't white. Immersion ruined.
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MiniFoo posted:The FC isn't white. Immersion ruined. Also Takumi is a downhill specialist and that is distinctly uphill. 
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How the hell do you see the tree if you're in the left lane of the drag strip? That scoop is loving enormous.
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MetaJew posted:How the hell do you see the tree if you're in the left lane of the drag strip? That scoop is loving enormous. You use the force. The John Force.
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May 17, 2014 01:57
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Forgot to share this here, btw (ping: the volvo thread): https://www.facebook.com/GTBOARD/posts/10152164876158495
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IOwnCalculus posted:Warning, Jalopnik link but I've never heard this story. Now I want to see these heads. Jalopnik's story just felt too much like a puff piece strictly following the "dumb Americans, look at these smart Japanese" narrative. For every story there is always two sides. Hemming's Version of events Hemmings posted:As seen in Table III of the report, the CVCC modifications significantly reduced hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide emissions, but ended up increasing NOx and carbon dioxide emissions. Fuel economy also suffered at every speed by an average of about 15 percent (though how the EPA managed to wring close to 20 MPG out of a stock 350-powered 1973 Impala we can’t fathom). Nevertheless, the EPA report concluded that “the ability of the CVCC engine concept to meet statutory 1975/76 hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide standards when applied to a full-sized vehicle application was confirmed” and that “fuel economy of this vehicle was comparable or slightly better than 1973 vehicles having similar weight and engine displacement.” The latter conclusion likely came from the comparison in Table VI of the report, which pitted the CVCC Impala (now suddenly rated at 10.4 MPG) against 350-powered full-sizes from the other GM brands, which averaged 9.5 MPG – not exactly an apples to apples comparison. Content  It ended poorly Aureus fucked around with this message at 06:11 on May 17, 2014 |
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Bibendum posted:Were you near Goodwood in July of '09? That's the only Caterham I've seen with a green rollbar to match. Might have exchanged a few words with you. I was driving an '82 Toyota Starlet at the festival of slow. 
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Really cool press-release from Porsche titled "PORSCHE: 10 MAGIC LE MANS MOMENTS" where 10 Le Mans legends tall about their experience, but drivers and engineers.  quote:Hans-Joachim Stuck Full Article: http://pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=30007
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JazzmasterCurious posted:Summer's here, and the toys are coming out of storage. Spotted last night:    The very best part, if you squint through the glare:  A child seat in the back. That's one lucky kid.
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A few years back I saw a brand new Porsche 911 Turbo with the plate 1LOWAPR
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Pyongyang Mercedes. (From here)
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Going through my old photobucket account and finding a bunch of pictures I've posted here over the ages but some of them go back as far as 2006-2010. Older users will probably remember most of them but I was seeing if there's any interest in reposting for posterity, either here or in a seperate massive photodump thread. Samples: Sears Point 2010 (71 pictures)   Kelley Park 2007 (109 pictures)   Monterey Historics 2010 (173 pictures)    Shasta Snow Trip 2006 (60 pictures)   Jaques Littlefield private collection (90ish pictures)   Duel at De Anza autocross (205 pictures)   
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This popped up via Facebook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLQhvruimfs No school like the old school.  (Yes, it's more about weight/traction/torque than it is about power, but it's still fun to watch).
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Went to a local Alfa club's track day, the first of this summer:  
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I did a track day on the Shenandoah circuit at Summit Point today. Took around 25gb of video and this 30 second iphone clip was the best of them all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86UxiFIMACQ
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InitialDave posted:This popped up via Facebook: Clearly no one told him that a steam engines have enormous torque. Also, that steam tractor probably weighs at least 15 tons. One fun fact about steam: As long as a steam locomotive's boiler can supply enough steam, it can take any train which it can get moving up to its top speed. This was demonstrated in 1990 when the Union Pacific railroad used their 4-6-6-4 Challenger 3985 to pull a 147 car intermodal train which would normally be hauled by 3 diesels. Technically 3985 could "only" put out around 5000 hp, compared to the ~11,000 hp the 3 diesels were capable of, yet it pulled the train at the same speed the diesels could, over 65 mph. Yes, I know, this is locomotive insanity, but steam power is rather fascinating.
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So when myself and my dad were on the London to Brighton Mini run yesterday, we stopped off at the services on the M23, and an American car club happened to be stopped there at the same time as well. Having seen these sorts of cars on TV and in films but never in person, I didn't realise until now how big they were.    Full album http://imgur.com/a/Q91gY Can anyone identify what this is? It was driven by a very gothic looking couple, complete with a coffin with a full skeleton in the back. The video doesn't quite get across how amazingly loud it was either. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGMbNDl3jXY Also, the most MURRICA! vehicle I've ever seen (in person anyway). Not sure if this is awesome or terrible mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIwjRCc7_H8
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:Clearly no one told him that a steam engines have enormous torque. Also, that steam tractor probably weighs at least 15 tons. Isn't that because steam engines don't have a torque curve? As in peak torque is available from a total standstill; they don't have to deal with power bands and gearing and such. That being said, aren't diesel locos mostly a generator driving a big electric motor anyway? Which would give you the same end result, unless I'm missing something.
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Ludicro posted:
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Ludicro posted:Also, the most MURRICA! vehicle I've ever seen (in person anyway). Not sure if this is awesome or terrible mind. Also not truly murrican, it didn't have "SUPPORT ARE TROPS" on the back.
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Slavvy posted:That being said, aren't diesel locos mostly a generator driving a big electric motor anyway? Which would give you the same end result, unless I'm missing something. Some are indeed electric with a diesel generator, but a lot of older locomotives are driven by the engines, which are usually bordering on enormous in displacement.
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That caprice doesn't sound like it's modified, it sounds like they sawz-alled the catalytic converter and muffler. It actually sounds more like the 3.8/4.3L V6 base-level engine, depending on what year it was. A lumpy-cammed V8 doesn't sound like that... Thing...
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SuperDucky posted:That's a 3rd gen Chevy Caprice wagon. The motor most likely isn't stock as there would have to be a pretty hefty cam in the available 305 to make that kind of burble. The sound makes me think 454, but more versed hot rod guys could probably identify more accurately. The ornamentation was added later, obviously. Yeah, that's a Caprice, one of my fav Murrican cars and I'd say the engine's some sorta big block variety.
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Slavvy posted:Isn't that because steam engines don't have a torque curve? As in peak torque is available from a total standstill; they don't have to deal with power bands and gearing and such. The main thing is that a steam locomotive is a constant torque machine, while diesel locomotives are constant horsepower machines. A steam locomotive puts out the same torque at 0 mph as 100 mph, while a diesel puts out far more torque at low speeds, and far less at high speeds. The result is also that a steam locomotive's horsepower output rises linearly as it accelerates. The real limiting factor is the boiler's steam generation capacity. The driver size is a factor as well, because smaller drivers mean the cylinders have to move faster, requiring more steam and using up the steam production capacity of the boiler faster, as well as causing problems with reciprocating forces. You can only swing a 20 ton main rod around in a circle so fast before any minor imbalance becomes amplified to ridiculous levels. In the end though the math generally works out in such a way that a diesel locomotive can get a train moving which it doesn't have the capability to get up to speed, while a steam locomotive has more trouble starting a heavy train, but once it does, it will take it up to high speed more easily. http://www.railway-technical.com/st-vs-de.shtml That goes into way more detail than you'll probably want to read, but it's interesting. It makes me wonder how all of this applied with steam powered cars, and what might be possible with one using modern technology.
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:It makes me wonder how all of this applied with steam powered cars, and what might be possible with one using modern technology. Diesel electric steam hybrid! NO! nuclear electric steam hybrid. It would be so 1950s "atoms for peace" that you'd have to wear horn rim glasses just to get onboard.
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Collateral Damage posted:I was confused about the preview showing a Saab. Changed the thumbnail, should make it a bit clearer now. Thanks to those who identified the car as well. I'm not massively into massive American cars but I'd have loved to taken a lot of those I saw yesterday for a spin. I do dread to think what gas mileage they get though.
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