Powershift posted:

This is the 5th fastest car at drag week right now. a twin turbo big block chevette.

he ran 7.891 at 177mph yesterday, just over 8 today. He could finish with a sub-8 second average.

For those who don't know, for drag week, they drive these cars from track to track, driving ~1500 miles on the highway and doing a day at each drag strip. This guy is rocking it in a chevette.

Jeff lutz jr is also running a civic this year, which is hilarious. He ran 8.161 yesterday, but wants to get the car into the 6s.

Powershift posted:

MrYenko posted:

Is there anywhere that runs current, or even live, Drag Week coverage?

Jeff Lutz Sr going 6.051@251.95 has most certainly perked my interest.

scuz posted:

Is that his Civic from the leafblower Monza episode?

IOwnCalculus posted:

40 PSI is still higher than the recommended pressure on anything I've ever owned (I don't think I've owned anything recommending higher than 35 PSI), and I'd also wager that Lincoln has much more sidewall to play with. Nobody would have expected that Lincoln to display anything close to "handling". Whereas that Bentley is bought by people who still expect a three-ton "car" to handle like it weighs half that, at higher speeds, and with sidewalls about as thick as the average condom.

Hunter S. Thompson posted:

“The Coupe de Ville is not your ideal machine for high speed cornering in residential neighborhoods. The handling is very mushy… unlike the Red Shark, which had responded very nicely to situations requiring the quick fourwheel drift. But the Whale Bad of cutting loose at the critical moment – had a tendency to dig in, which accounted for that sickening ‘here we go’ sensation.

At first I thought it was only because the tires were soft, so I took it into the Texaco station next to the Flamingo and had the tires pumped up to fifty pounds each which alarmed the attendant, until I explained that these were “experimental” tires.

But fifty pounds each didn’t help the cornering, so I swent back a few hours later and told him I wanted to try seventy five. He shook his head nervously. “Not me,” he said, handing me the air hose. “Here. They’re your tires. You do it.”

“What’s wrong?” I asked. “You think they can’t take seventy-five?” He nodded, moving away as I stooped to deal with the left front. “You’re drat right,” he said. “Those tires want twenty eight in the front and thirty two in the rear. Hell, fifty’s dangerous, but seventy five is crazy. They’ll explode!” I shook my head and kept filling the left front. “I told you,” I said, “Sandoz laboratories designed these tires. They’re special. I could load them up to a hundred.

“God almighty!” he groaned. “Don’t do that here.”

“Not today,” I replied. “I want to see how they corner with seventy-five.” He chuckled. “You won’t even get to the corner, Mister.”

“We’ll see,” I said, moving around to the rear with the air-hose. In truth, I was nervous. The two front ones were tighter than snare drums; they felt like teak wood when I tapped on them with the rod. But what the hell? I thought. If they explode, so what? It’s not often that a man gets a chance to run terminal experiments on a virgin Cadillac and four brand-new $80 tires. For all I knew, the thing might start cornering like a Lotus Elan. If not, all I had to do was call the VIP agency and have another one delivered… maybe threaten them with a lawsuit because all four tires had exploded on me, while driving in heavy traffic. Demand an Eldorado, next time, with four Michelin Xs. And put it all on the card… charge it to the St. Louis Browns.

As it turned out, the Whale behaved very nicely with the altered tire pressures. The ride was a trifle rough; I could feel every pebble on the highway, like being on roller skates in a gravel pit… but the thing began cornering in a very stylish manner, very much like driving a motorcycle at top speed in a hard rain: one slip and ZANG, over the high side, cartwheeling across the landscape with your head in your hands.”

Leather Bear posted:

So how is it being the guy who gets to drive cool cars whole every other Ars editor write a about bit coins and cell phones?

OptimusMatrix posted:

Anyone going to no fly Arizona on October 3rd? Bunch of super cars racing half mile on a runway. Sounds like a good waste of 10 bucks for me.

atomicthumbs posted:

drgitlin posted:

Is this better?

drgitlin posted:

Is this better?

neckbeard posted:

I would imagine that for a Lambo owner fuel economy isn't a massive concern, but is it the fuel consumption set in gal/h because mpg is so bad it's painful?

atomicthumbs posted:

No we don't

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhXLysNl-wE

Slavvy posted:

What kind of engine is that? It appears to be twin spark?

atomicthumbs posted:

No we don't

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhXLysNl-wE

T1g4h posted:

426 Hemi maybe? According to Allpar there were a small number of dual plug heads made for them back in the early 70's.

e: Judging by the "KB" thing next to the intake, I'm wondering if maybe it's a Keith Black crate motor.

kastein posted:

After much cogitation I have decided this one belongs in this thread.


I mean, I can't think of many good uses for a new beetle chassis, and the bodywork appeared at least reasonably competent. Pretty sure it is on top of the chassis from that DJ? body in front of it...

Odd way of cutting the rear windows and bodywork out, but the wheelbase actually matched up mostly and the lift wasn't too obscene nor the fender wells mismatched with the tires.

deep impact on vhs posted:

VikingSkull posted:

That's a mid 90's Goldwing by it, too, isn't it?

T1g4h posted:

Saw some cool poo poo today.

Friar Zucchini posted:

That grille thing below the bumper makes it look like it's got a goddamn huge intercooler.

Linedance posted:

Look at it. Look at it.

Solar Coaster posted:

Friar Zucchini posted:

That grille thing below the bumper makes it look like it's got a goddamn huge intercooler.