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Sten Freak posted:The Lancia a family member imported had its issues sorted - the radiator was removed and cored or reubilt and the car is running great now. They're going to register it and start driving the hell out of it. Absolutely gorgeous
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Fart Pipe posted:80s Dodge Ram with a boosted LS2. Oh my god the sound That turbo whistle followed by a whimper of tyres and a wall of sound is some real-life knightrider poo poo. 
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jeff8472 posted:what is this awesomeness ?  A Lotus Europa
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jeff8472 posted:what is this awesomeness ? Lotus Europa. A/K/A "I don't get it. I know it says 'Lotus,' but it looks like this." e: Whoa. Had that tab open for a while...
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Don't know much about Travelalls aside from the fact that I never see 'em.  Plates mean it came from at least eight hours away. 
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This is the car that inspired me to buy a 245 and start working on cars. Mine's same color! (for now  )      
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OneOverZero posted:Don't know much about Travelalls aside from the fact that I never see 'em. You don't see many because most of them have rusted into oblivion. That thing is loving spotless.
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Saw this at the local Ferrari barn the other day. Very pretty. Had timing gear and a whole bunch of USB ports in the dash from whatever rally that is in Colorado.  
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Solar Coaster posted:This is the car that inspired me to buy a 245 and start working on cars. Mine's same color! (for now The loving dog stuffed animal makes it for me.
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88h88 posted:Dr. Erik Brandenburg. pack it up, conversation's over
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atomicthumbs posted:pack it up, conversation's over I disagree 
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Seems like the kind of thing you might be able to do with a big electric motor and a lithium ion battery or a super capacitor these days. Congrats, your top fueler is now a hybrid.
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Saw this at the local Ferrari barn the other day. Very pretty. Had timing gear and a whole bunch of USB ports in the dash from whatever rally that is in Colorado. I swear to god, the only two things that will survive the end of the world will be cockroaches.... and all of the Ferrari Colombo V12s.
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Wild EEPROM posted:awesome ai car poo poo: I am constantly alternating between "Oh man is he gonna be sorry when he crashes that thing" and "It´ll be pretty easy to repair now that he knows how its all built" when watching these. Guy really knows his fab.
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Some slow motion video of a launch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_u0YR10Vo0
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VikingSkull posted:no parasitic loss on the Hemi I feel like something is misunderstood here.
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MrSaturn posted:I feel like something is misunderstood here. Well, Hemi + Blower => Supercharged power - supercharger running "costs" Hemi + Blower /w aux engine => Supercharged power He made (huge guess) 80hp while adding 50kg. I guess the trap times said whether or not it was worth it. Edit; is that even an Hemi? I dont know jack poo poo about old American boat anchors.
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I'm pretty sure he meant no parasitic loss from the supercharger. However, I do wonder if the elimination of power draw from the supercharger literally outweighs the weight from the additional engine.
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joat mon posted:Some slow motion video of a launch:
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BMW M Initiation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbhHoVU8RGo
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General Wiggles posted:BMW M Initiation I do like the "Professional driver. Closed course. Don't even think about it."
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That might have some pretty terrible styling, but it makes all the right noises.
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animeliker posted:Let's all agree on one thing though; Nigel Mansell is the worst driver in all of recorded history, and only won through some act of god. He wasn't much better at pushing them. 
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atomicthumbs posted:
They also used the engine-powering-an-engine concept on the F-1 engine used to lift the Apollo rockets.  It lugs a turbine that produces 55,000 BHP, which is used to drive pumps for the main engine.
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Dick Trauma posted:He wasn't much better at pushing them. This is probably one of my favourite F1 photos.
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xzzy posted:They also used the engine-powering-an-engine concept on the F-1 engine used to lift the Apollo rockets. That _is_ the fuel pump. It's a 55,000HP turbine that burns rocket fuel. Its exhaust runs around the rocket cone to cool the cone and protect it from the main rocket exhaust. The reason the motor needs a pump that strong is because there's no way to flow fuel by gravity from the tank, even under 3g of acceleration. That's right, this engine sucks more gas than can fall out of the bottom of a 33-foot-wide tank. So the tank is pressurized from the top and fuel is sucked from the bottom. The first stage burns five MILLION pounds of fuel in under three minutes. That's why the fuel pump is so badass. In other news, the Saturn V first stage (S-IC) produces almost two million horsepower in noise on liftoff according to some plaque at KSC.
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