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Rainwater engine cooling with optional luggage wetting. I'm the dude peeking out the door. E: poo poo, page snipe. Here, have the best looking Aston since the DB5. Zeppelin Insanity fucked around with this message at 08:38 on Sep 5, 2016 |
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The Marzal is my favourite Louvered Lambo... ...and the interior looks future as gently caress (in a 60s type manner)  HEXAGONS HEXAGONS HEXAGONS (and yet it still has less of those than an RX8 does rotor shapes) 
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Sep 5, 2016 08:40
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Ugh those hexagons are freaking me out.
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Sep 5, 2016 14:05
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Back and side are awesome, front needs more hexagons.
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Sep 5, 2016 16:09
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88h88 posted:...and the interior looks future as gently caress (in a 60s type manner) It also looks like those centre dials would be drat near impossible to see fully without leaning right over due to how far the hexagons stick out.
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Sep 5, 2016 16:40
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...and since when have Lamborghini ever been more about usability and function more than design? 
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Sep 5, 2016 17:10
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88h88 posted:...and since when have Lamborghini ever been more about usability and function more than design? 
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Sep 5, 2016 17:43
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don't think this was actually a real ad, but I don't care
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Sep 5, 2016 17:50
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poo poo, forgot about the tractors. Haha
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Sep 5, 2016 20:10
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Sudo Echo posted:Louvers?
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Sep 5, 2016 20:12
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I  Louvres   I'm actually surprised how well modern Mustangs can pull them off sometimes.
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Sep 6, 2016 04:10
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Falken posted:This might come across as somewhat cheesy, but that looks grate. A bit blocky though, and the wheels don't look that gouda to me
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Sep 6, 2016 04:20
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Tommychu posted:A bit blocky though, and the wheels don't look that gouda to me These puns are getting dangerously cheesy guys.
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Sep 6, 2016 11:48
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You can argue until you're bleu in the face bit I stilton think that'll stop them
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Sep 6, 2016 12:58
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These puns are whey too forced.
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Sep 6, 2016 13:08
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Back in the late 1950s or so my father worked as a surveyor for Iraqi Petroleum, mapping out desert for potential oil stuff later on. He lived in a tent for weeks at a time and he and his crew drove around in Chevy pickups everywhere. He also brought his camera and took some pics. I thought folks would like to see some shots he took of them working. I posted these years ago on SA.   These were some hubs they fabricated to use as winches when they got stuck in mud.  Winches working.
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Sep 6, 2016 14:21
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My aunt's neighbor and friend builds V8 motors for Nissan motorsports and has a few cars he's pretty passionate about : <2000 pound corvette with >700hp LS3 (and louvres!)   http://theoldone.com/grandsport/article/grandsport.htm <2000 pound honda civic hatchback making near 280whp  http://www.theoldone.com/articles/Larryscivic/Larrys_Civic.htm His dad was the designer and builder of the first bomber that could achieve Mach 2
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Sep 6, 2016 22:27
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I love that BASF livery. This is awesome and please post more if you have any.
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Sep 6, 2016 22:47
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a friend is building a civic, forget which model, but he's going to rig it up to a CRV AWD system. Don't know how, but when I can I'll try to get pics.
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raej posted:My aunt's neighbor and friend builds V8 motors for Nissan motorsports and has a few cars he's pretty passionate about : Geez, what a time warp. I remember reading about Endyn's work in like 1999-2000. Wasn't he trying to sell a supercharger that supposedly had good numbers but never materialized or something?
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raej posted:My aunt's neighbor and friend builds V8 motors for Nissan motorsports and has a few cars he's pretty passionate about : Oh dang, that's a real Grand Sport? How many are left in driveable condition, like 2 or 3? I know there's one in Sweden, owned by Kaj Dahlbacka. He's at the Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix every year, and holy poo poo that car is one hell of a beast. No matter where he is on the track, you'll hear it when he lets it rip.
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88h88 posted:The Marzal is my favourite Louvered Lambo... 
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Sep 7, 2016 12:39
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Went to the Historics Festival at Lime Rock Park this past weekend. Took a few shots of things I thought were Cool and Good with my poo poo iPhone. A sweet 365  This unreal Ford Escort - the thing was absolutely doing work in its class on the track  The Escort's engine   Some guy's Ferrari that he drove to the track so he could probably drive one of his multiple other race cars  CART Junior car? This thing and it's livery pulled me over like a bee on honey  That diffuser though   Early 50's Alfa/Ferrari F1 car. Amazing to think that with today's safety those side pods hold gallons of fuel   A 250 SWB   Some 911's    Cockpit of a March Racing Formula 2 car  When I got there they were just starting a 70's Trans-Am group race. Later in the pits I was perusing and peeking in them as they were collectively sitting around in a group, the owner let me have a seat.   As I was thanking him he asked if I wanted to sit in any of the others, he also asked if I wanted to drive one (half serious, half joking) - which I was way too caught off guard to react to correctly so I just stammered like an idiot and meandered away. I'm 99% certain this dude owned the entire group of like 8-10 Trans-Am cars. Bonus video of the Trans-Am group running down the main straight. My phone does not do the noise of those cars any justice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h8WKz6opf0
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raej posted:My aunt's neighbor and friend builds V8 motors for Nissan motorsports and has a few cars he's pretty passionate about : https://goo.gl/photos/3bm2GPNx9XefziLx9 Quick video of it starting up. He drives it around town in Fort Worth.
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Sep 7, 2016 16:50
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KozmoNaut posted:I know there's one in Sweden, owned by Kaj Dahlbacka. He's at the Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix every year, and holy poo poo that car is one hell of a beast. No matter where he is on the track, you'll hear it when he lets it rip. As far as I know Dahlbacka's car is a replica. Good enough replica to have FIA HTP papers though.
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Sep 7, 2016 16:56
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DoLittle posted:As far as I know Dahlbacka's car is a replica. Good enough replica to have FIA HTP papers though. He bought it from Michel Campagne, who AFAIK always claimed it was the real thing. Of course, if you know otherwise, I'd love to hear about it 
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Sep 7, 2016 17:36
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Some Wisconsinite swapped a GM EcoTec into a Datsun 510 and it is soooo pretty.
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Sep 7, 2016 17:47
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GramCracker posted:
WHAT is that tiny pulley powering??
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Sep 7, 2016 18:18
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Slide Hammer posted:WHAT is that tiny pulley powering?? Guessing cam angle sensor?
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Sep 7, 2016 18:24
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Slide Hammer posted:WHAT is that tiny pulley powering?? Probably oil pump for cam head.
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Sep 7, 2016 18:28
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Looks like maybe a mechanical fuel pump
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1500quidporsche posted:Probably oil pump for cam head. That's what I was thinking as well. I really should have asked someone.
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Sep 7, 2016 18:41
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Seems very strange that it's connected to that pulley and then the shaft/outer casing leading off of it isn't straight. Seems like a recipe for wearing out whatever the gently caress is turning inside (?) it.
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Sep 7, 2016 18:45
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Fuel distributor for the Lucas mechanical fuel injection system. I don't believe there's actually that much torque being transmitted so using a flex shaft like that was ... well, that's a pretty standard sort of Cosworth I4 installation for it. On the DFVs and whatnot, the installation was a bit more elegant.
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mekilljoydammit posted:Fuel distributor for the Lucas mechanical fuel injection system. I don't believe there's actually that much torque being transmitted so using a flex shaft like that was ... well, that's a pretty standard sort of Cosworth I4 installation for it. On the DFVs and whatnot, the installation was a bit more elegant. So it's literally got a lil rope-drive going across the top of the engine and running the fuel pump? That's so British it hurts.
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KozmoNaut posted:He bought it from Michel Campagne, who AFAIK always claimed it was the real thing. Here is a picture from 2003 of all 5 original Grand Sports:  The car owned by Dahlbacka is not any of them. It is a copy built in 2009 by Michiel Campagne and Duntov Motors. A bit like "continuation" Cobras. Here's Campagne's for sale add for his car: http://www.tachyon-motorsport.nl/p/22/472/mo87-cg16%7C18=472/1963-chevrolet-corvette-grand-sport-mcgs Here Dahlbackas'n info blurb on the car: http://www.sixtyfivers.com/test-nico-3-2/ quote:Denne bil er bygget af Duntov Motors i USA og Micihiel Champagne fra Holland, i begyndelsen af 00'erne bad GM om tilladelse til at bygge en Grand Sport licens fra de originale tegninger og bruge deres chassis nummerserier, men GM lo bare ad ham. A rough translation: quote:This car was built by Duntov Motors in the United States and Michiel Campagne from Holland. In the early 00s he asked GM for permission to build a Grand Sports on license from the original drawings and use their chassis number series, but GM just laughed at him. However, in 2008, when GM had financial worries and contacted the Michiel with an offer. Michiel and Duntov Motors was jointly agreed to build this car and Michiel managed to get the car FIA HTP classified.
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Terrible Robot posted:So it's literally got a lil rope-drive going across the top of the engine and running the fuel pump? That's so British it hurts. Fuel distributor; the pump is a separate piece or sometimes is just electric. It's actually kind of a clever system. There's a drum spinning with two ports inside another one with a bunch of ports, with a little shuttle that goes back and forth in the inner drum, and a cavity on either side of the shuttle with stops to limit how far it moves. So when it's injecting, fuel from the engine's mechanical fuel pump is going in one port and the other port is open to one of a bunch of holes that each goes to an injector; it only injects as much fuel as was put on that side last cycle, and a cam driven by throttle position or manifold vacuum moves one of the stops and thus the total amount of fuel on either side. So you've got sequential fuel injection with no electronics. *quickedit* As if that wasn't British enough? The Cosworth BDA is basically a cheapened version of the FVA, which was kind of a testbed for the DFV Formula 1 engine built with a shortblock derived from a Ford economy car engine from the 50s, and the rope drive bit is there because they were too lazy to find a better place to put the injection bits. mekilljoydammit fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Sep 7, 2016 |
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KozmoNaut posted:Oh dang, that's a real Grand Sport? How many are left in driveable condition, like 2 or 3? All five were running in 2003, at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. (Edit: That picture above) From what I've seen: 001 was still racing a few years ago. 002 is in a museum in Philadelphia, and the only GS never restored...still "as raced in 1966." So probably driveable or close to it. 003 is restored and running. 004 was restored to racing condition just before Amelia Island and still runs vintage races. 005 has been owned by Bill Tower since 1978. I don't know if ever gets out, but based on the owner I can't imagine it's not driveable. Edit: That plain white one is not one of the five, it's a Mongoose replica. Godholio fucked around with this message at 21:04 on Sep 7, 2016 |
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DoLittle posted:Here is a picture from 2003 of all 5 original Grand Sports: Thanks for the info, I appreciate it.
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It's not on fire, must be someone else's tractor with the Lamborghini badge slapped on 
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