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Preoptopus posted:Electronically controlled exhaust valves... I was thinking that was like flipping a switch between loud and quiet exhaust sound (which would be pretty rad on a car) but in the loving engine the gently caress 
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I don't understand that engine geometry, it has no traditional valves whatsoever and the inlet appears to enter the chamber directly at the exact bottom of the cylinder stroke. And then on the exhaust side it has only half a stroke to expel gasses prior to it passing the exhaust port/valve. I have no knowledge of snowmobiles (two stroke engine?) so this may be commonplace for them, I just assumed the majority used bike engines or something.
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McLaren F1 and P1 compared by Evo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bziUYnN8Mg
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New Project Binky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v59dDxCk9w
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NitroSpazzz posted:McLaren F1 and P1 compared by Evo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bziUYnN8Mg Has anybody drag raced the F1 vs P1?
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AI: The Game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0IZ_TEzg7M
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Puddin posted:I don't understand that engine geometry, it has no traditional valves whatsoever and the inlet appears to enter the chamber directly at the exact bottom of the cylinder stroke. Yes, you just described a two stroke engine. The piston acts as a reed valve, there are no traditional valves. That's why it's a two-stroke; it does more than one of the traditional phases of an Otto cycle engine during each stroke, effectively combining intake, compression, ignition, and exhaust strokes into only two strokes (one up, one down). And yes, a lot of snowmobiles use motorcycle engines, but a lot of bikes, especially dirt bikes, are two stroke as well! Two strokes also used to be found on some road bikes before manufacture of two-strokes for road going vehicles got phased out. SAAB even used to make two-smoke cars. (Newer dirt bikes and snowmobiles have mostly gone over to four stroke designs due to stricter EPA regs coming into effect).
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echomadman posted:New Project Binky I just realized how well spaced all his hand pressed weld holes are. 
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echomadman posted:New Project Binky  God yes
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Preoptopus posted:I just realized how well spaced all his hand pressed weld holes are. I'd say Nik Blackhurst is one of the few people who could match Kevbarlas in terms of sheet metal artistry.
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"Beautiful car! Funny car! This is the car you have always wanted to have, to own. And now you can own it in the game, and the car is full of features. Real car features. It's funny car, I love it. And you will love it also because it is your car, and you must cherish it, and...and fix it, and keep it in good shape. Not crash it and not die." GOTY
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Literally GOTY if I can add some bolt ons to that thing to get some proper donuts.
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echomadman posted:New Project Binky Holy gently caress, that front end. 
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Behold, the worlds first $100k+ Mini
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It's definitely gonna be the Singer Porsche of Minis when it's done
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`Nemesis posted:Behold, the worlds first $100k+ Mini Already happened. The Brits are loving insane with the things they do to Minis - TBH I'm honestly not sure of if Project Binky is the first GT4 driveline Mini either because Minis are the Rule 34 of cars - you think of something, someone has already done it. Not even sure what a original MkI Cooper S with 60's competition history would be worth but I do know you have 850's and 998's with works history going for over 50,000 pounds. One of my uncles spent I think 30K just on a MkI Cooper doing a full authentic restoration about 15 years ago. And rebuilding one? You need to have all the original parts so no repos allowed for the big bucks thence you pay a lot of money to restore what was in the car - I know of guys who fixed engine blocks with holes in the sides because they had the right numbers.
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RCR did a video on the Grand National https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u8xlg-q5Xc he's asking around for a GNX to review, fingers crossed Bonus video showcasing some lesser-known features of the GN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr3_0_sm71k The gas cap hack is pure distilled GM engineering.
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Fucknag posted:RCR did a video on the Grand National About 20 years ago I bought a MINT silver '83 T-Type from a family that was moving cross country and blew a head gasket. I bought it for $250 and sold it for a couple of weeks later for $500 without laying a finger on it. Although I was a gearhead then, it was before my gearhead enlightenment and I basically thumbed my nose at the car because it had a V6 and not a V8. <facepalm>
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This prank will never not be hilarious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wDw5Lk6VL4
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KozmoNaut posted:This prank will never not be hilarious. What I want to know is how does it ever get to the point that someone's in traffic with something like this set up? Even in a manual that'll start without brakes being applied I'm still doing it out of habit for the most part. I can think of very few scenarios where someone might start a car up and end up reaching any kind of major road without at least tapping the brakes a few times making it really obvious.
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wolrah posted:What I want to know is how does it ever get to the point that someone's in traffic with something like this set up? Even in a manual that'll start without brakes being applied I'm still doing it out of habit for the most part. I can think of very few scenarios where someone might start a car up and end up reaching any kind of major road without at least tapping the brakes a few times making it really obvious. Likely not paying attention/thought it was a weird "bug" that would work itself out/just a loving moron. Either way, that's goddamn comedy gold.
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Looks like the guy was driving to a shop, probably because he didn't know how to fix it.
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In the related videos to the horn prank (I have no idea how it's related) is this gem. Why brake-checking a semi is pretty dumb. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z85BAvvI9k
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`Nemesis posted:Looks like the guy was driving to a shop, probably because he didn't know how to fix it. The description says it's the "gas boy at work" and you can see the mobile pump in the bed. loving with the FNG's is always fun. When I worked at an aircraft refurbish shop the go to for new guys was wait until after we stripped a plane to metal and are set to clean it off with this etching soap poo poo we had. Then tell the guy to get the prop wash from the closet. 15 minutes later when he came back empty handed saying he couldn't find it, give him the helpful hint that the prop wash is located behind the flight line. Seizure Meat fucked around with this message at 22:25 on Apr 23, 2015 |
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wolrah posted:Even in a manual that'll start without brakes being applied I'm still doing it out of habit for the most part. You don't need to hold the brakes to start an auto either, just to shift from park. That's still strange that you'd get that far. Also what's the best way to do this?
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I forgot which, but one of the Top Gear specials had Clarkson do the same to May. It was the greatest.
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StormDrain posted:You don't need to hold the brakes to start an auto either, just to shift from park. That's still strange that you'd get that far. Also what's the best way to do this? Don't a lot of vehicles have a pressure switch attached to the master cylinder? That should generally be in an accessible-ish place under the hood as would be the horn. A short bit of wiring, maybe a relay, doesn't have to be a great job to work for this purpose so you could probably booger it in there pretty badly and still have it get the job done. Otherwise if there's a sensor on the brake pedal presumably the horn wiring is somewhere under the dash in the general driver's side area as well.
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VikingSkull posted:The description says it's the "gas boy at work" and you can see the mobile pump in the bed. When I was in the air force gassing planes, the joke was telling the new guy to pull a spark plug from the truck (Mack diesel), when they'd come back saying they can't find it we'd say just follow the loving plug wires dumbass 
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Okay, you know what? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlgwoGb5Vxw This was a dumb tiny video that made me laugh. I hope it makes you laugh too.
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Guy in a pickup truck hogs the left lane next to a semi, blocking an increasingly aggressive douche in a Camaro from passing by. The inevitable happens at the 2:20 mark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA7BASFqXIw
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Camaro guy is obviously at fault but the pickup driver is a dangerous rear end in a top hat as well.
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Jeez that camera car's following distance despite the situation that is developing just ahead of him.
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angryhampster posted:Camaro guy is obviously at fault but the pickup driver is a dangerous rear end in a top hat as well. When you copy and paste YouTube comments, you should source your quotes
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raffie posted:Jeez that camera car's following distance despite the situation that is developing just ahead of him. It looks to me like he didn't appreciate the Camaro's behavior and was helping the truck trap him in. The real victim here is that poor bastard in the semi, minding his own business in the right lane.
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The highway itself cheered for team iceland in the mighty ducks 2. Everything in frame in that video is an rear end in a top hat. edit: hey, who wants nightmares? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLzcIRAmXYM enjoy waking up in the middle of the night screaming. If you need to, this will take your mind off wondering if your hood is properly latched. is it? did you check? maybe you should stop and check. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZOuiNSjbbA Powershift fucked around with this message at 01:15 on Apr 29, 2015 |
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angryhampster posted:Camaro guy is obviously at fault but the pickup driver is a dangerous rear end in a top hat as well. I just don't get why people think they have to be road vigilantes and police things like overtaking or speed limits. Let the rear end in a top hat pass and have an accident on his own, while your blood pressure remains within operating range and you live to wave another dickhead by tomorrow. I've been tailgated by idiots in their fully-laden SUVs + trailers, and eventually (when it was safe) just slowed down to let them pass. When they passed I flipped them off for their miles of discourtesy and got brake-checked. I guess that makes me just as guilty, but I let it go and laughed at the guy when we stopped at the same petrol station 100 kilometres down the road. He looked remorseful as his whole, displeased family piled out of the car. Anyway here's a poo poo-your-pants video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMRbEO_y_P4
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Hello Spaceman posted:Anyway here's a poo poo-your-pants video: Shocked he didn't go for the extinguisher pull. One thing which I've always liked about racing in the US is we tend not to have windows on our doors. While climbing out thru the window would likely not be easy. Hell, getting out between the seat and the roll bars can be awkward. I imagine should I have to exit in the event of a a fire, I'd find a way to make it easy.
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