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Tokyo Sexwhale posted:Yeah i'd seen that video before, that's what I was referencing. I wasn't sure if they had only a clutch or not, makes sense since 6000 HP would just fuse everything in the drivetrain together or shred it to pieces. the funny thing is a modern Top Fuel or Funny car actually uses the welding together of the various clutches in the clutch pack to act as rudimentary gears once the first two clutches lock, it drops RPM, another locks in, RPM goes down, etc..... they tune traction in via the pressure plate for track and weather conditions
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Tokyo Sexwhale posted:Yeah i'd seen that video before, that's what I was referencing. I wasn't sure if they had only a clutch or not, makes sense since 6000 HP would just fuse everything in the drivetrain together or shred it to pieces. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_7wpe7aeKc Here they knock the clutch pack off with a hammer and slide all the new plates on between runs.
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# ? Mar 3, 2016 00:37 |
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Autosport posted:The entry for this year's Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup has almost doubled with 38 cars set to take part in the opening round in Misano.
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# ? Mar 9, 2016 20:59 |
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GT3 really seems to be in a boom period and that makes me happy.
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# ? Mar 9, 2016 21:02 |
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Formula E from Mexico on an actual god drat racetrack starting in about 10 minutes, streaming here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUNiVhRzBeg
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# ? Mar 12, 2016 22:50 |
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The uploader has not made this video available in your country.
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# ? Mar 12, 2016 22:51 |
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It's probably on Fox Sports 1 or something.
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# ? Mar 12, 2016 22:55 |
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's available in the UK because ITV4 aren't showing it live. It's live on FS2 in the US.
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# ? Mar 12, 2016 22:59 |
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njsykora posted:It's live on FS2 in the US. A channel literally 3 people get
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# ? Mar 12, 2016 23:15 |
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I'm an idiot and started looking for a stream of sending at 10 this morning, I'm an idiot. Put it a week early on the calendar.
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# ? Mar 13, 2016 00:06 |
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devmd01 posted:a stream of sending It took me far far too long to work out you meant Sebring.
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# ? Mar 13, 2016 09:23 |
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John Pew clonked the wall in night practice. Good thing he pays for the car to run. http://www.racer.com/imsa/item/127287-imsa-more-drama-for-shank-after-night-practice-crash
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# ? Mar 18, 2016 03:12 |
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Sebring has started, and it's probably going to rain quite a bit.
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# ? Mar 19, 2016 15:52 |
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28 has been black flagged for like 20 minutes and the driver has no idea
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# ? Mar 19, 2016 16:01 |
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I feel like we're going to see a very yellow accident today e: rain CactusWeasle fucked around with this message at 17:02 on Mar 19, 2016 |
# ? Mar 19, 2016 16:58 |
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Forgot to set an alarm and its red flagged when I wake up.
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# ? Mar 19, 2016 18:52 |
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Cygni posted:Forgot to set an alarm and its red flagged when I wake up. Cygni we're in #f1 talking about nothing at all.
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# ? Mar 19, 2016 18:56 |
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PC ""driving" standards"
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# ? Mar 19, 2016 21:23 |
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nah guys its totally fine for slicks out there *literally cant stay on the track*
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# ? Mar 19, 2016 22:19 |
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go3 posted:nah guys its totally fine for slicks out there Don't kinkshame corvette racing. Is it actually still raining, or no? They can't seem to decide.
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# ? Mar 19, 2016 22:20 |
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#31 played that rain/not rain dance perfectly. lol vette and 911 rip
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# ? Mar 19, 2016 22:52 |
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Looked like the Vette just shrugged it off at first
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# ? Mar 19, 2016 22:54 |
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Cygni posted:PC ""driving" standards"
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# ? Mar 20, 2016 00:45 |
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Holy poo poo Pipo is a madman. Totally outmuscled the AXE cars. Great ending to the race.
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# ? Mar 20, 2016 03:45 |
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Derani is goddamn stellar.
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# ? Mar 20, 2016 03:49 |
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Man Derani is a beast. His time with esm will be over soon and picked up by a manufacture
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# ? Mar 20, 2016 04:32 |
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Goddamn, sports car racing is THE poo poo right now
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# ? Mar 20, 2016 20:59 |
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BMB5150 posted:Man Derani is a beast. His time with esm will be over soon and picked up by a manufacture He's a goddamn magician in a racecar. Passing twice on consecutive laps on the same turn in the same way, and they knew it was coming and could do absolutely nothing to stop him. Wonder if AXE will whine about balance of performance again.
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# ? Mar 20, 2016 22:20 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=021GVfHJ_YE Jeeeeeeeeeesus!
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 08:29 |
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CactusWeasle posted:Goddamn, sports car racing is THE poo poo right now
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 13:56 |
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Looks pretty tasty! http://www.dailysportscar.com/2016/03/23/new-honda-nsx-gt3-revealed.html
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 18:58 |
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dsriggs posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=021GVfHJ_YE Only suffered a broken collarbone, I hear. Sheer luck that the car didn't roll over in a way that would have decapitated him or landed on someone in the pedestrian tunnel he fell into. 20 or 30 years from now we're going to look back at the open wheel cars of today and wonder why the heck it took so long to enclose the cockpits.
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 19:33 |
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The inaugural Bathurst 6 Hours for production cars is starting in about half an hour. Here's the link to the livestream if anybody's bored: http://livestream.com/accounts/1658248/events/4774776
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# ? Mar 27, 2016 01:30 |
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Oh rich ferrari-driving amateurs, never change https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKvARd7EbMk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdOBsBf-hhY
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# ? Mar 28, 2016 04:39 |
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The chuckle by one of the commentators in this one says it all. Nothing needs to be said.
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# ? Mar 28, 2016 07:30 |
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Double post, because brakes are very important for race cars! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3yrxrcxTUc
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# ? Mar 28, 2016 07:40 |
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We brought alcohol drag racing to the mountains of Virginia this weekend at a little 1/8 mile track called Eastside Speedway in Waynesboro, VA. When I say backwoods, I mean there is no running water bathrooms, port-o-johns only. This was the 52nd Annual Easter Funny Car and Supercharger Showdown. Narrow track, questionable guardrails, questionable track patrons (we watched a drunk guy roll over a John Deere Gator and bust his head open while we were sitting in the RV. Anyways we won the race for the second straight year. Beat Gary Pritchett in the final for the second straight year. He is the step-son of longtime racer Bunny Burkett. He's married to Top Fuel racer Leah Pritchett. First pass was a early lift 4.08 at 163. Collected the cones at the end, busted the front wing. Second pass was a lazy 4.14, he lifted when he didn't see or hear the other car so it would be closer at the finish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9l50wLrA1Y We run this 34 Ford body for match races because of this track, we put the funny car in the wall here a few years ago and its so much easier for the driver to see out of this. We'll run the bearings and leakdown the motor, swap the bodies and be at Zmax in three weeks for the 4-Wides.
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# ? Mar 29, 2016 23:37 |
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That is a badass little car.
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# ? Mar 30, 2016 05:17 |
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Put together a WEC preseason post for Ars since the LMP1s have all been unveiled now: http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/03/2016s-wec-hybrids-this-years-coolest-racing-cars-take-to-the-track/
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the_worm_ posted:We brought alcohol drag racing to the mountains of Virginia this weekend at a little 1/8 mile track called Eastside Speedway in Waynesboro, VA. When I say backwoods, I mean there is no running water bathrooms, port-o-johns only. This was the 52nd Annual Easter Funny Car and Supercharger Showdown. Narrow track, questionable guardrails, questionable track patrons (we watched a drunk guy roll over a John Deere Gator and bust his head open while we were sitting in the RV. Anyways we won the race for the second straight year. Beat Gary Pritchett in the final for the second straight year. He is the step-son of longtime racer Bunny Burkett. He's married to Top Fuel racer Leah Pritchett. that thing being narrowed up makes it look like a Crosley e- also do the actual Altered guys give you poo poo for having a Funny Car chassis?
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