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Jazz age land speed record documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4FcigOOILU It's got some very cool footage of great metallic balls in history.
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dee eight posted:Jazz age land speed record documentary: I enjoyed that a lot. Thanks for posting it.
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Pity, it skipped one of my favorite LSR stories: the duel between Eldridge and Thomas in Arpajon, in 1924. I wrote an article about it! (... in the form of a car suggestion for Gran Turismo. But I'm pretty sure it's the best article on the Fiat Mefistofele you'll find)
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I had no idea they raced prototypes in group T 
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Im not sure this is the right thread, but.... https://philadelphia.craigslist.org/cto/6237019354.html and it that page disappears: 
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Paging one cat interceptor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR-sSoLcbNE
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Memento posted:I'm guessing that when it's running, it either has a different intake or they take that perspex (?) panel out? Can't imagine it runs smooth enough to not have things smacking against things otherwise. If it has solid motor mounts, that engine isn't moving.
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BlackMK4 posted:I dunno, a 3076 K20 probably makes 500whp The lag would be something else but once it comes on whooosh!
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net work error posted:Racecar mechanics are something special I've spent longer fighting/cutting ball joints in my current project. 
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The Pell posted:Im not sure this is the right thread, but.... As a bike wrench, I can tell you that whenever someone came in and proudly announced they were an engineer of any kind, I knew I was in for a pain in the rear end customer that thought they knew everything, actually knew exactly enough to get themselves in trouble and nothing more, and was gonna stand over my shoulder the whole goddamn time.
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donut posted:Biggest red flag: "I am an Electrical Engineer who has spent countless hours making sure every detail is spot on" I'm an engineer (mechanical) who works with a bunch of electrical and computer engineers. All but one electrical engineer I've ever met is a very strange person. I have a theory that the more theoretical or hard to visualize your field is, the weirder the people in your field are on average. Example for engineering: Construction Management Engineers - least weird manufacturing industrial mechanical (maybe higher, depending on type) computer electrical chemical nuclear Of course, as a mechanical, i'm not weird at all. No sir. I can just imagine the weirdness going on with that car, justified by "No, you just don't UNDERSTAND the PHYSICS, it will work FLAWLESSLY". No, you wrapped a coolant hose with electrical tape to stop it leaking. That's going to be a problem.
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Aug 2, 2017 00:46
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donut posted:Biggest red flag: "I am an Electrical Engineer who has spent countless hours making sure every detail is spot on" I did a spot of servicing computers as a job. We called those people the "dangerous ones".
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Aug 2, 2017 01:10
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donut posted:Biggest red flag: "I am an Electrical Engineer who has spent countless hours making sure every detail is spot on" ... then spells 'A lot' as "allot" and I assume the rest of the documentation is just as hosed up. .... also spends $fucktons making an ugly as gently caress car marginally faster than a goodlooking car you can buy off the lot tomorrow for less money that has a warranty
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Aug 2, 2017 01:14
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What the gently caress? A 2 litre V16?????
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Spider lives in engine hoist at a shop somewhere, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt8jAaRBSNc&feature=youtu.be
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:What the gently caress? A 2 litre V16????? I was thinking "No way, they must mean 16V", but holy poo poo, it's a 2L V16: http://oppositelock.kinja.com/did-you-ever-wonder-how-a-2-0-v16-sounds-1504567466
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boxen posted:I'm an engineer (mechanical) who works with a bunch of electrical and computer engineers. All but one electrical engineer I've ever met is a very strange person.
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On the other hand, Ken is an EE
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Yeah, but would you really say ken is normal? Completely whacked out? Not really. Normal? Normal people don't have a 5 ton and half a jeep scrapyard in their northern wasteland of a yard.
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Aug 2, 2017 03:20
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As a EE who works at a company full of EEs, I can confirm that they are mostly boring imbeciles who drive beige Camries. I watched as one tried to watch a YouTube video on how to change a tire on his Honda Odyssey from a basement level parking garage instead of reading his owner's manual. He then got a big floor jack from a security guard, instead of using the scissor Jack and proceeded to start jacking up on the plastic rear bumper cover.
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I work with EE PhD's in a research environment. It gets so much worse. I am also working on my own PhD in EE... Awesome car poo poo (note the background,too):  from here: https://kpr.craigslist.org/cto/d/1971-dodge-adventurer-se/6242830162.html TotalLossBrain fucked around with this message at 05:10 on Aug 2, 2017 |
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Cop Porn Popper posted:Yeah, but would you really say ken is normal? Completely whacked out? Not really. Normal? Normal people don't have a 5 ton and half a jeep scrapyard in their northern wasteland of a yard. Ken is a SAINT
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Yesterday whilst sat at the pub I saw an Ultima Can Am like this one blitz past. I heard it about a mile away first. It sounded loving sweet. Thennnnnnnn cycling home I came across a loving oldschool Viper waiting to cross traffic, that thing was wiiiiiiiiiiiiide and also sounded loving sweet. I'm not sure whether it was a 1st or 2nd gen but it's one of 2 I've ever seen on the road over here. 
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boxen posted:I was thinking "No way, they must mean 16V", but holy poo poo, it's a 2L V16: "Sadly" he has recently switched to a more normal 3-rotor Mazda. I've watched some other videos of the french all-terrain rally championship but no other car seems as crazy/cool as the... things Vincent Foucart makes
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Yesterday whilst sat at the pub I saw an Ultima Can Am like this one blitz past. I heard it about a mile away first. It sounded loving sweet.
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InitialDave posted:I know the Ultimas are well developed now, but I can't get over how they just don't look quite right to me. I do like the Superlite SLC, though. I quite like the fact they look a little like they're put together in sheds. Very British. ...and then you learn they're obscenely capable cars and they just become cooler. Never seen the Superlight before, outside of the too huge front lights I quite like it. MR setups offer a nice packaging solution and cooler shapes for cars IMO.
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My mate has one for his business, it's somehow both the most janky piece of poo poo and incredibly awesome at the same time. Insanely heavy clutch too.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:I quite like the fact they look a little like they're put together in sheds. Very British. ...and then you learn they're obscenely capable cars and they just become cooler.
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InitialDave posted:What I really want in terms of that kind of segment is a replica of a Jaguar XJR-9, not that I cold afford it if someone made one. Only assuming I could drive it with the back of the shell off, engine on full display. track day bro! posted:My mate has one for his business, it's somehow both the most janky piece of poo poo and incredibly awesome at the same time. Insanely heavy clutch too. What was up with it in terms of jank?
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hackbunny posted:"Sadly" he has recently switched to a more normal 3-rotor Mazda. I've watched some other videos of the french all-terrain rally championship but no other car seems as crazy/cool as the... things Vincent Foucart makes Just watching some vids and TBH the engine seems like a truly torqueless wonder - nothing down low and gets all fury and hp like a switch up high, while being incredibly complex. A 3 rotor would be a much calmer and predictable power delivery and be a lot simpler to work with... let alone a NA 20B would match the hp. Wonder what that V16 sounded like in person https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmMwCeJLvQs Hooooly poo poo his car is legit one of the fastest cars I have ever seen accelerate on grass / gravel....! CAT INTERCEPTOR fucked around with this message at 11:19 on Aug 2, 2017 |
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Aug 2, 2017 11:13
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Wonder what that V16 sounded like in person Tinnitus.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4fAsIuzGa8 Linked from the last video.... what the HELL is this rally series? Are there any rules? These cars are fuckign insane!
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boxen posted:I was thinking "No way, they must mean 16V", but holy poo poo, it's a 2L V16: That's uhh a unique sounding rally car
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4fAsIuzGa8 I want to know too. Seems like the only rule is must be 2L. This guy is awesome, first 4x 500cc motor cycle engines in v16 config for his 2L, then a triple rotor (I'm even having doubts he's got a 20b, could be a kit like they used to do, or a home built 13g!) E: VV Yeah, if someone is messing about with engines like this guy is, I doubt "slap on a turbo" is an option Fo3 fucked around with this message at 12:38 on Aug 2, 2017 |
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Looks like tube frame prototypes and cc/weight limits where sub 2000 cc is probably the optimal. I'm guessing turbos are banned since i couldn't hear any. http://www.rallynet.net/index.php/technique/6-reglementation-du-championnat-de-france-des-rallyes-tout-terrain/20-groupes-et-eclasses
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stump posted:Tinnitus.
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InitialDave posted:The hills are alive with the sound of demented bees.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4fAsIuzGa8 Group T! The FIA class for offroad vehicles. I hadn't been paying much attention to it because I assumed it would be all ponderous trophy trucks, I had no idea the reality was closer to silhouette dune buggies ripping through the countryside. It's pretty much impossible to get reliable specs as they're all kit cars (they're entered with the chassis manufacturer as the manufacturer name and the engine manufacturer as the model name), with the occasional production car thrown in. Like at 3:18 in this video, that sure looks like an actual 6R4, and I'm not terribly good at telling engines apart by ear, but it sounds like the NA V6 it's supposed to have: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FIwWHUXrb8&t=198s e: OTOH #182 is registered as a "KARL'S CAR Bmw" so, just another kit car Humbug posted:Looks like tube frame prototypes and cc/weight limits where sub 2000 cc is probably the optimal. I'm guessing turbos are banned since i couldn't hear any. Oh hmmm they're actually FFSA classes, less restrictive than the equivalent FIA classes e: and the chassis "manufacturers" all seem to be lone French guys building the things by hand hackbunny fucked around with this message at 16:25 on Aug 2, 2017 |
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donut posted:Biggest red flag: "I am an Electrical Engineer who has spent countless hours making sure every detail is spot on" In my experience, they do stuff that *works* but is completely at odds or inappropriate for automotive norms. Wrong connectors, odd wiring, kludged on, non-matching stuff. don't even get me started on Ham radio guys adding crap to their cars. CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Just watching some vids and TBH the engine seems like a truly torqueless wonder - nothing down low and gets all fury and hp like a switch up high, while being incredibly complex. A 3 rotor would be a much calmer and predictable power delivery and be a lot simpler to work with... let alone a NA 20B would match the hp. gently caress, I want a 20B.
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