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Dr.Caligari posted:I live on the outskirts of a small, relatively poor city in Ohio (the average household income is something like $37k a year) and the newest 'upper-end' sports car I ever see is an occasional new vette and the one same GTR . So my jaw dropped when I saw this beast parked outside the hospital today: 2014 SLS Black series.The big sendoff before the AMG GT comes out.
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# ? Nov 5, 2014 23:03 |
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Panty Saluter posted:Who is that on the left? Mike Musto, host of /DRIVE's Big Muscle series.
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# ? Nov 5, 2014 23:04 |
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Heres one way to bring an impulse buy BMW home to your wife.
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# ? Nov 6, 2014 00:43 |
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Preoptopus posted:Heres one way to bring an impulse buy BMW home to your wife. Who is driving?
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# ? Nov 6, 2014 02:20 |
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Phy posted:Who is driving? Bear is driving! How can this be?!
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# ? Nov 6, 2014 02:24 |
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Panty Saluter posted:Bear is driving! How can this be?! AAIIEEEEEE!!!
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# ? Nov 6, 2014 02:39 |
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Panty Saluter posted:Bear is driving! How can this be?! I'm pretty sure that bear is getting a BJ.
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# ? Nov 6, 2014 02:51 |
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Zoom in on the toggle switches on the center of the dash.
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# ? Nov 6, 2014 04:28 |
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amenenema posted:Zoom in on the toggle switches on the center of the dash. zoomin' in on that pink and green chromatic aberration instead
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# ? Nov 6, 2014 05:21 |
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I just wanted to draw attention how awesomely one-sided this is.
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atomicthumbs posted:zoomin' in on that pink and green chromatic aberration instead I swear to god that's the first thing I noticed
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# ? Nov 6, 2014 06:22 |
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The ebrake handle is some kind of stylized sword hilt?
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# ? Nov 6, 2014 06:38 |
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Preoptopus posted:Heres one way to bring an impulse buy BMW home to your wife. Costco member spotted
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# ? Nov 6, 2014 06:48 |
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Butt Wizard posted:I just wanted to draw attention how awesomely one-sided this is. Yeah, the RS200 wishes it had the race pedigree of the Sierra.
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# ? Nov 6, 2014 08:12 |
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Throatwarbler posted:The ebrake handle is some kind of stylized sword hilt? "Hoonigan."
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# ? Nov 6, 2014 17:16 |
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Preoptopus posted:Camry: I've thought that the last few years of Camry (and Corolla, for that matter) have looked a lot more aggressive, in a good way. This one at least lives up to the aggressive styling. amenenema posted:Zoom in on the toggle switches on the center of the dash.
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# ? Nov 6, 2014 21:18 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0MDY9fl-IA
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# ? Nov 6, 2014 21:20 |
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Darchangel posted:I've thought that the last few years of Camry (and Corolla, for that matter) have looked a lot more aggressive, in a good way. This one at least lives up to the aggressive styling. Ha, I took that picture. It's the console of the FXMD NSX btw:
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# ? Nov 6, 2014 21:26 |
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Darchangel posted:I've thought that the last few years of Camry (and Corolla, for that matter) have looked a lot more aggressive, in a good way. This one at least lives up to the aggressive styling. This is cool and all but I want to point out how dangerous it can be to run a 52amp fuse in place of a 25amp...
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# ? Nov 6, 2014 22:21 |
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amenenema posted:Zoom in on the toggle switches on the center of the dash. brb, pressing the 'donuts' button on Ken Block's new Gymhakana monster dreamcar..
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# ? Nov 6, 2014 22:39 |
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A3th3r posted:brb, pressing the 'donuts' button on Ken Block's new Gymhakana monster dreamcar.. Careful, it functions like a buffer. If you press it too many times it'll queue up the pending commands and do nothing but spin in circles all day trying to clear the backlog.
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# ? Nov 6, 2014 22:43 |
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xzzy posted:Careful, it functions like a buffer. If you press it too many times it'll queue up the pending commands and do nothing but spin in circles all day trying to clear the backlog. Is this supposed to be a warning? 'Cus I'm not seeing anything from dissuading me from doing that...
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# ? Nov 6, 2014 22:44 |
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jamal posted:Ha, I took that picture. It's the console of the FXMD NSX btw: Fuuuuuuckkkk
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# ? Nov 6, 2014 22:48 |
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EightBit posted:Is this supposed to be a warning? 'Cus I'm not seeing anything from dissuading me from doing that... Do you have any idea how hard it is to get puke off of carbon fiber?
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# ? Nov 6, 2014 23:07 |
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Too hot, chap.
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# ? Nov 7, 2014 00:41 |
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the genesis of sidecar racing
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# ? Nov 7, 2014 01:13 |
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If it's a repost; no sympathies.
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# ? Nov 7, 2014 03:25 |
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Quad cam LS engines are on the way
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# ? Nov 7, 2014 04:35 |
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Not an appealing prospect. The ongoing performance success of the LT/LS/LT platforms make all this DOHC horseshit look like a flash in the plan. In a world where we need to fit turbos and batteries into our engine bay, a OHV configuration seems just fine to me.
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# ? Nov 7, 2014 04:52 |
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Yeah, packaging and simplicity is the big reason the LSx is so popular. Add dohc and you might as well just use a ford/toyota/nissan engine that has been around long enough to be reliable and have an aftermarket.
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# ? Nov 7, 2014 07:38 |
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MattD1zzl3 posted:Not an appealing prospect. The ongoing performance success of the LT/LS/LT platforms make all this DOHC horseshit look like a flash in the plan. In a world where we need to fit turbos and batteries into our engine bay, a OHV configuration seems just fine to me. I disagree. When we can finally put "TWIN CAM" decals across the bottom of our doors again, we will truly be free
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# ? Nov 7, 2014 08:38 |
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Here's a turboed 3.0L 944 race car. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mm3w5OvywI
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# ? Nov 7, 2014 09:00 |
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Falken posted:Here's a turboed 3.0L 944 race car. I just had an orgasm.
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# ? Nov 7, 2014 10:17 |
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MattD1zzl3 posted:Not an appealing prospect. The ongoing performance success of the LT/LS/LT platforms make all this DOHC horseshit look like a flash in the plan. In a world where we need to fit turbos and batteries into our engine bay, a OHV configuration seems just fine to me. notice that the company doing it is Mercury Marine packaging is often not a problem in the engine bay of a 37' Cigarette
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VikingSkull posted:notice that the company doing it is Mercury Marine It's intake better be as pretty as the LT5.
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# ? Nov 7, 2014 16:25 |
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atomicthumbs posted:I disagree. When we can finally put "TWIN CAM" decals across the bottom of our doors again, we will truly be free Really, I think we should add more cams to each head. I won't be happy until each valve is independently controlled by its own camshaft.
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# ? Nov 7, 2014 16:26 |
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Really, I think we should add more cams to each head. I won't be happy until each valve is independently controlled by its own camshaft. That's the way the next Audi V8 will be done when everyone else is using hydraulic or solenoid actuated valves. Each valve's camshaft will have a sensor that can leak coolant or oil into the wiring harness as well as a brazed steel tube assembly for high pressure oil and a control module that manages the valve that runs the cam that runs the valve. There will be 32 timing chains and 16 balance shafts. On the back of the engine.
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kastein posted:That's the way the next Audi V8 will be done when everyone else is using hydraulic or solenoid actuated valves. Each valve's camshaft will have a sensor that can leak coolant or oil into the wiring harness as well as a brazed steel tube assembly for high pressure oil and a control module that manages the valve that runs the cam that runs the valve. The amazing part will be that the first required service for these parts will take place 5,000 miles out of warranty and the car will run perfectly right until that point.
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# ? Nov 7, 2014 16:51 |
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kastein posted:That's the way the next Audi V8 will be done when everyone else is using hydraulic or solenoid actuated valves. Each valve's camshaft will have a sensor that can leak coolant or oil into the wiring harness as well as a brazed steel tube assembly for high pressure oil and a control module that manages the valve that runs the cam that runs the valve. They'll have the chains run around the perimeter of the engine but separated by a plastic chain guide that prevents them from coming into contact with one another. When your motor mounts age out at 24,000 km the chain guides will snap from rubbing against the underside of the hood on upshifts and start actuating the wrong valves. Variable valve timing will be accomplished by varying the amount of oil that each chain is lubed with, by increasing friction marginally the total valve duration can be increased from slowing the chain down as it passes over the cam gear. This will require 32 individual high-pressure oil pumps with biodegradable plastic impellers. This is also how the start-stop system is implemented, with nominally-replaceable asbestos service brakes on each chain allowing the car to instantly stop and resume at red lights. In order to maximize the amount of weight put over the front axle, Audi engineers will push the engine even further forward and split the radiator into four individual radiators, like a cow's stomach. Two of them will face directly into the front wheel wells in order to take advantage of the active cooling effect of driving into puddles. Each radiator will also have a variable geometry inlet and outlet to reduce cooling system pumping loss, actuated through a flimsy plastic cam that is moved by hobby-shop Chinese RC motors whose wiring harness is exposed in the wheelwell tantalizingly close to the control arms. The interior will squeak at 72,000 km followed shortly by the C-pillar trim falling off the ceiling on cold days. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 16:57 on Nov 7, 2014 |
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Seat Safety Switch posted:They'll have the chains run around the perimeter of the engine but separated by a plastic chain guide that prevents them from coming into contact with one another. When your motor mounts age out at 24,000 km the chain guides will snap from rubbing against the underside of the hood on upshifts and start actuating the wrong valves. The cam position sensors will all be optical. Oh wait, that's just hosed up. Audi loves VR type sensors (god bless em!), we aren't talking about loving Nissan or the craptispark here.
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