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dev null posted:Because you can't have Vipers in America? And I'm 99% sure that Honda doesn't have an engine in it. It's got a V8 made of Hayabusa engines. http://www.holeshot-racing.co.uk/index.php/engines/h1-v8-busa http://formulafreak.kinja.com/man-rebuilds-2007-honda-f1-car-for-track-day-use-1717383001
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BMB5150 posted:No he didn't but I'd say he deserved a penalty that should only be to him and not his co-driver in which they won the championship at the end of that day. Doug Fehan told me they were going to use the Larbre car at Mosport too. Fun fact: that chassis was also the #4 car last year.
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dev null posted:Because you can't have Vipers in America? And I'm 99% sure that Honda doesn't have an engine in it. Aren't the engines in F1 cars stressed members, as in, no engine, car is missing vital structure?
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EightBit posted:Aren't the engines in F1 cars stressed members, as in, no engine, car is missing vital structure? e: I'm googling and it seems that for vibration/crash absorption purposes engines may have very specific casings or some such? Somebody else more knowledgeable please answer, I'm curious. 
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kastein posted:Take equal parts top fuel dragster race, tractor pull, Isle of Man, and Mad Max Holy poo poo, most of those are them trying to get hooked up the whole way down the "track". That's gotta be pants making GBS threads fun to do.
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Lord of Garbagemen posted:Europe/Australia/Asia (anywhere that's not subject to the US's poo poo car laws) must be such a magical place for a gearhead. And if you want to be gearhead in europe I hope you have really deep pockets because everything car related (except beat-up economy shitboxes) is expensive.
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And if you do any modification to a car, congratulations, in half the countries you're breaking the law. Even if you're not, good luck getting insurance that costs less than 3x the value of the car annually. Engine swaps? Ha! One of my big envies is that the US, for the most part, does not give a poo poo about cars compared to most of Europe, and you can get away with a lot more as a gearhead. And cars are so cheap over there! You can get a Mustang for like $30k! You can get a Corvette if you're not a banker! And fuel is so cheap you can actually drive them! Of course I'm sure there's plenty to be jealous of over here. Grass is always greener and all that. Zeppelin Insanity fucked around with this message at 08:42 on Jul 16, 2015 |
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Pretty much the only thing I can see that's bad about being in the US is the 25 year wait for old Japanese cars. But yeah, grass is greener, definitely. Also I need money to buy this.    1979 Nissan Cedric 2.8 http://www.japancaraccess.com/japanese-used-nissan-cedric-cars_5530460131.html#photo
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Lord of Garbagemen posted:Europe/Australia/Asia (anywhere that's not subject to the US's poo poo car laws) must be such a magical place for a gearhead. Exclude Italy from Europe then. One of our most infamous car laws is that engine swaps can only be done with the original manufacturer's written permission; other parts replacements (even wheels) are outright banned if the new parts aren't included in the original registration. There have been people forced to go to Germany to certify and register their EV conversions or tuned cars (in Germany you just bring your car to TV or DEKRA, pay, and let them certify whether it's road legal or not; Italians usually opt for TV because they have a branch in Italy), and Italian police will still sometimes disregard the German documentation and take your car away. Forget about being refunded after you successfully prove the car is road legal and it's given back to you years later. Another way around the laws is to get registered as a manufacturer: you are then given a (small) number of registration plates that you can slap on your contraptions (I have no idea of the fees and limitations to being a manufacturer) The only good car law in Italy is that they will (mostly) honor the laws from other EU countries hackbunny fucked around with this message at 09:13 on Jul 16, 2015 |
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Also doesn't Denmark tax cars at some ridiculous amount meaning if you want to buy a car you'd better have at least 150% of the actual price of the car? *edit: 180% Apparently people are paid well though since this was brought in so it's less dumb than it sounds. Only like 35% of Copenhagen's population (530k) own a car though.
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I agree that American car laws can sometimes be pretty silly when applied to imports. Like, you really love your side markers: And big bumpers:  And god forbid you want to put an aero cover in front of the headlights:  And wasn't the entire plot of Rain Man put in motion by California emission standards blocking the importation of a bunch Lamborghinis?
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88h88 posted:Also doesn't Denmark tax cars at some ridiculous amount meaning if you want to buy a car you'd better have at least 150% of the actual price of the car? Technically, it's a registration fee, not a tax. If you buy a car that will not be used on public roads, you only pay basic sales tax on it. The registration fee is 105% on the first 81,700 DKK (~$12K) and 180% on anything above that. For motorcycles the values are a bit lower, the first 9,200 DKK (~$1.3K) are free and the changeover from 105% to 180% is at 25,800 DKK (~$3.8K). There are also various penalties and bonuses based on fuel economy, safety features etc. As an example, some friends of mine who live in Dubai just bought a Porsche Boxster GTS. They paid the same as you would for a mid-spec Opel Insignia in Denmark. And gas costs ~11 DKK per litre ($6.08/gallon). And yes, we do have relatively high wages, but cars are still relatively expensive. That and the amazing public transport and bicycle facilities in Copenhagen account for the low car uptake. When literally 99% of your everyday needs are within walking or biking distance, it's much better to just rent a car for those rare occasions where you need one. And Denmark is very flat in general (tallest point is less than 200m above sea level), which makes it ideal for cycling. Outside of the larger cities, cars still rule the road, though. KozmoNaut fucked around with this message at 12:25 on Jul 16, 2015 |
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angryhampster posted:It's got a V8 made of Hayabusa engines. That's so loving awesome. Almost all of the chassis' that get auctioned off of or sold have no engines.
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hackbunny posted:I agree that American car laws can sometimes be pretty silly when applied to imports. Like, you really love your side markers: Most of this drives me insane, but the amber side markers really grind my gears as a US gearhead.
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At least we've figured out putting the side blinkers on the mirrors. Still stupid but at least they don't mess up the body panels.
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hackbunny posted:I agree that American car laws can sometimes be pretty silly when applied to imports. Like, you really love your side markers: There's also this bullshit:  The only current stupid thing I can think of in the US is CAFE. Otherwise Europe sucks for cars, you'd probably go to jail the moment you drove one of the Roadkill contraptions on the road here.
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mobby_6kl posted:The only current stupid thing I can think of in the US is CAFE.
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EightBit posted:Aren't the engines in F1 cars stressed members, as in, no engine, car is missing vital structure? Start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_49 Basically yes, the engine is a load-bearing structure in F1. So is everything else- if it's on the car, then if at all possible, it's also load-bearing and part of the crash structure. The carbon fiber cockpit is, essentially, the "frame" of the car. The driver's seat is more or less a shaped bit attached to the frame with some foam. The engine is assumed to be the rear crash structure so you only need to worry about adding one up front to cover both sides. Everything else is held on with the minimal necessary structure for aero / stiffness / safety regs. To see a modern car's internals, the Sauber F1 cutaway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wn1EFLa2C8 In a way this makes total sense. The car is built almost like a rocket. You have your engine, on top of that you bolt fuel, and on top of that a closed compartment to keep the crew safe. Anything else that's not mandatory is just adding weight. This is just so far from what you could ever do in your garage- anyone with mechanical inclinations first thinks of welding a tube frame chassis together.  (random image of a slot car that's built remarkably accurate to tube frame racing) Start by looking at that model and figuring out which parts you potentially could do away with. All of a sudden making the engine a load-bearing member looks obvious. e: And all of this is very oversimplified. Basically, the whole car IS the frame, the side pods help with rigidity as does the running board as does... etc. revdrkevind fucked around with this message at 16:12 on Jul 16, 2015 |
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hackbunny posted:It forgets to mention how cool it sounds: 
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Lord of Garbagemen posted:Europe/Australia/Asia (anywhere that's not subject to the US's poo poo car laws) must be such a magical place for a gearhead. we have our own share of fairly dumb laws here
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrCfg2D9BYQ Jeff Zwart had a crazy run up Pikes Peak this year in his 911 GT3 
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What's making that sawing sound? It doesn't seem to be tied to any driver input.
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You mean the blow off valves? It's basically a GT3 cup car with turbos. My first thought was that it looks sped up.
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jamal posted:You mean the blow off valves? It's basically a GT3 cup car with turbos. e: yep those are his blowoff valves, they happen whenever he lifts off the throttle, even a little.
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LiquidRain posted:At first I thought it was tire squeal but it's way too abrupt to be that. Are those really the blowoff valves? Random turbo porn video, there's a blowoff on the shot of the first car: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPcQFDlMS-4
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I can't wait to see an onboard camera from Jeff Tigert. ~10m on a sportbike up the hill.
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T1g4h posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrCfg2D9BYQ Awesome video. Here's another (truncated) view of the run from the outside.
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nigga crab pollock posted:thought this was a ranchero with some lincoln emblems slapped on it when we pulled up next to it. upon closer inspection... It's a flower car. i've been searching for a cheap one for ages. You'd think there have to be cars like that sitting in fields everywhere.  
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I found out when I looked into it (like last week) that there is an entire flower car and hearse auction website. The flower car prices were retarded 
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Most of the JDM guys I've met just get out and walk in, but never have an answer for 'why don't you just go backwards?' Except one guy I used to work with, had a Pulsar GTI-R and did backwards drive-thru every time. Also Lambo Free Pass does not apply to Ferraris, wrong thread.
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Tommychu posted:Also Lambo Free Pass does not apply to Ferraris, wrong thread. What about this lambo? It's Japanese celebrity Gackt's "Golden Dragon Edition" https://youtu.be/dpRHuaLh6cE?t=444 
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