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InitialDave posted:Holdup fellas, these are 300-series Volvos we're talking about. A friend at uni had this exact setup and almost span us into the wall on Coventry's illustrious ring road. He wasn't even trying to break the back end loose. 
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Night Danger Moose posted:Tony Stewart hits and kills another driver at a dirt track. I'd say that's terrible car stuff. Well, let me entertain you with something not too pleasant. Sprint cars are like 1700lb and make over 1000hp. They have no clutch - they are direct drive and have no LSD. The rev in the video is the massive loss of traction created by the body pitching a tire into the air causing the motor to suddenly have much less load than before so it gains revs very quickly. You can imagine the rest. Tony wasn't up in the dirt to throw roost, he was down on the line which is sticky. I'm not shifting the blame, I'm just explaining what the video actually shows rather than people saying he throttled up and rammed the dude. BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 22:27 on Aug 10, 2014 |
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Aug 10, 2014 22:21
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Safety Dance posted:Coulda been a turbo timer to go with the rest of that nonsense. If you have an oil-cooled turbo, sure!
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BlackMK4 posted:I'm not shifting the blame, I'm just explaining what the video actually shows rather than people saying he throttled up and rammed the dude. Not to mention it looks like the guy intentionally walks into Tony's line prior to getting hit. That's just dumb. Stewart has a history of being a right oval office but it doesn't really look like he was trying to crash into anyone.
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BlackMK4 posted:Well, let me entertain you with something not too pleasant. Sprint cars are like 1700lb and make over 1000hp. They have no clutch - they are direct drive and have no LSD. The rev in the video is the massive loss of traction created by the body pitching a tire into the air causing the motor to suddenly have much less load than before so it gains revs very quickly. You can imagine the rest.
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Great Beer posted:Not to mention it looks like the guy intentionally walks into Tony's line prior to getting hit. That's just dumb. Stewart has a history of being a right oval office but it doesn't really look like he was trying to crash into anyone. Yeah, a couple of cars already nearly got him before Tony. I think it was just a really bad combination of events. Night Danger Moose posted:I know he'd never do it on purpose, and the Ward was just as much at fault as he was. I'm just saying the entire incident is terrible car stuff. Agreed... more of a general blah blah blah from me than anything else.
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BlackMK4 posted:Well, let me entertain you with something not too pleasant. Sprint cars are like 1700lb and make over 1000hp. They have no clutch - they are direct drive and have no LSD. The rev in the video is the massive loss of traction created by the body pitching a tire into the air causing the motor to suddenly have much less load than before so it gains revs very quickly. You can imagine the rest. You may be correct, but he was not treating the yellow flag properly.
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nm posted:You may be correct, but he was not treating the yellow flag properly. Elaborate?
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jammyozzy posted:A friend at uni had this exact setup and almost span us into the wall on Coventry's illustrious ring road. He wasn't even trying to break the back end loose. I've driven a few cars like that. It's hilarious when you're in the mood, less so when you're not.
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nm posted:You may be correct, but he was not treating the yellow flag properly. Disclaimer: I haven't seen the video. For that matter, shouldn't a pedestrian on the track be a red flag?
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MetaJew posted:Disclaimer: I haven't seen the video. I don't know what he's talking about since the incident causing the yellow happened under green. But yes, person on track is a red flag. Mildly strange: At the last trackday I was at (motorcycle) we had a coyote run on track in the corner after the main straight and chill... nothing but a waving yellow. It was a night trackday so it was already hard to see poo poo. (wtf). BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 01:18 on Aug 11, 2014 |
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Aug 11, 2014 01:13
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MetaJew posted:Disclaimer: I haven't seen the video. I don't think anyone imagined the guy would hop out of his wrecked car and onto the track. The amount of time it had to go from yellow to red would have been fairly quick That really is terrible car stuff btw. Very unfortunate.
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Doesn't Stewart have a history of getting out of wrecked cars, standing on the side (or on the track) and gesticulating his disgust at who he wanted to blame for his wreck? I read he's even thrown his helmet at a moving car before. Well, the kid he ran over was 20 years old and likely raised watching Stewart and co. do their thang in the big leagues, so it is no wonder this is the way he reacted. Stewart is reaping what he's sown. In the pits, but still moronic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwc8obMmv7o
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Obviously waiting for those sponsorship dollars to come in to finish the project.
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Aug 11, 2014 16:46
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That belongs in the looks shopped but isn't topic.
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So I was looking through used Imprezas on the internet (because it's literally the cheapest option in Japan if you want a good sporty base with a turbo) and came across this one car which I thought had probably the worst aftermarket body kit that I had ever seen. Overly ostentatious design that nobody could ever take seriously or drive with any dignity and they didn't even do a good job of color matching with the body.  Unfortunately I was shortly after proved very wrong. This is not the worst aftermarket body kit that I have ever seen. This is the worst stock body kit I have ever seen. Ladies and gentlemen, the S201.  I'd like to imagine the people involved weren't allowed in the design studio again for a long while... or at least until 2007 
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Aug 11, 2014 19:54
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That rear bumper gives it Cavalier rear end
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I actually really like 3rd gen Imprezas  But yeah, that's a hideous kit on that GC. Ick.
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Aug 11, 2014 22:24
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More MR2 horribleness. guy is getting torn a new rear end in a top hat on facebook right now, rightly so... now he's babbling about  "there will be heat shielding/heat wrap covering it"
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Lamar Smith R-TX posted:More MR2 horribleness.  Jeeze. What was going thru his head? "I should really carefully cut this hole in the side of my car for this brilliant plan of mine. You know what? gently caress it, sawzall and wing it!". Also, is it just me or is the exhaust pointing forward? Also, while doing a image search I found this... Some things, really don't need side pipes.  Edit: Aww I wanted something silly.
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xzzy posted:You have rallycross, which is even better. I live in America these days so I have World Racing League! Grassroots endurance racing >>> rallycross, because 3 hour stints >>> sprint racing.
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Aurune posted:Also, while doing a image search I found this... Some things, really don't need side pipes. I don't know, considering some of the Volvos recently linked in the awesome car poo poo topic that may very well deserve those side pipes.
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Aurune posted:
Some things do and this is one of them. Such a tidy job too.
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I've made a pact with myself that if I ever get a C3 Corvette, it's getting side pipes. No questions asked. Everyone has a little bit of redneck in them and thats how mine would show haha
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Aurune posted:
...And now, EVERYONE can get horrific calf burns!
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Unfortunately, that red volvo is shopped. Did an image search to find out more about it and got this: http://forums.dieselstation.com/lofiversion/index.php?t15875.html.
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I'd like it better if those pipes are flat black instead of polished, but yeah side pipes are pretty rad on lots of things.
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Photoshop aside. Chevy Small Blocks in Volvo 240s is a time honored tradition and is never, ever, wrong.
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Does the 240 have a good chassis, or is it more a matter of being cheap and easy to modify?
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:Does the 240 have a good chassis, or is it more a matter of being cheap and easy to modify? Already RWD, has a pretty good sized engine compartment, the chassis is decent and it's built like a brick. I also had a 2 door, turbo, manual 240 as my first car so it holds a special place in my car heart. e; The only thing about it that is terrible car stuff is the loving heater core. DiggityDoink fucked around with this message at 20:49 on Aug 12, 2014 |
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:Does the 240 have a good chassis, or is it more a matter of being cheap and easy to modify? Yes!
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DiggityDoink posted:Already RWD, has a pretty good sized engine compartment, the chassis is decent and it's built like a brick. I also had a 2 door, turbo, manual 240 as my first car so it holds a special place in my car heart. The way I understand it, they started with a heater core and the blower and built a car around them.
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I DD an 82 245 wagon. It's my resto project. Earlier models have issues with the wiring; as in it's biodegradable. I've already replaced the engine wiring harness, and the rear wiring harness for my tailgate. Its already got the M46 manual in it and has been a solid workhorse for me for the last 2 years. I love this car. Slap in a turbo and some sway bars and you are set for an awesome ride on the cheap. Also parts are stupid easy to find, at least for me here in the PNW.
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Saw one of our quality guys leaving work in his SRT-8 today, rumbling up the road, immediately followed by one of our younger male employees in his fart-canned bright orange MG ZR. 
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I saw something tragic in CBC video of last week's extreme rainfall event in Burlington, Ontario.
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rocket_350 posted:I saw something tragic in CBC video of last week's extreme rainfall event in Burlington, Ontario. What you can't see is the big vinyl H on the hood, HONDA across the top of the windshield, and the peeling chrome tape hubcaps.
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I wish they made another CRX, that didn't end up being the Insight, and wasn't over 3,000 lbs. It'll never happen, but my first car was a CRX and a guy can dream, right?
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Carteret posted:I wish they made another CRX, that didn't end up being the Insight, and wasn't over 3,000 lbs. CRZ with a k-series swap? God if only.
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