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BlackMK4 posted:Same people that think you can take a factory Corvette Z06 out to the track and thrash on it all day without issues Weren't the issues with the z06 something to do with insufficient baffles in the oil pan or something? Or something to do with the dry sump system? That seemed more like a design flaw?
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MetaJew posted:I'm not going to pretend to understand Baja and off-road racing, but isn't the Raptor technically supposed to be a "pre-runner", which, as I understand it, would drive a course much more slowly and map out obstacles and stuff?
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MetaJew posted:Weren't the issues with the z06 something to do with insufficient baffles in the oil pan or something? Or something to do with the dry sump system? They blow up from oil starvation with a good driver / tires but they also overheat very easily.
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Jul 30, 2021 22:19
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BlackMK4 posted:They blow up from oil starvation with a good driver / tires but they also overheat very easily. I get designing a car to some budget but both of those things seem like something the top tier performance car in your lineup should not do? Yeah yeah GM, I'm naive, etc.
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Jul 30, 2021 22:24
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I got to borrow a nsx with nsx-r running gear yesterday. That seemed very on brand for this thread  Spoiler: it fuckin slaps
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BlackMK4 posted:They blow up from oil starvation with a good driver / tires but they also overheat very easily. Those were from two entirely separate versions of the car. Pre 2010 C6Zs would have oil starvation issues in prolonged (4+ second) high-g left turns. This was actually a common problem with all Gen3s that GM attempted to remedy by making the LS7 semi-dry sump in the first place. Didn’t work.  Pre 2017 C7Zs had overheating issues when hotlapped. The changes GM made for this one were actually pretty minor, but in concert apparently worked pretty well.
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The C6Z also overheats on track I know nothing about the C8, there haven't been any out locally yet.
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Jul 30, 2021 23:08
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Bape Culture posted:I got to borrow a nsx with nsx-r running gear yesterday. That seemed very on brand for this thread Cool can I also borrow an NSX with NSX-R running gear for the day? Asking for an extremely jealous friend (me)
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Bape Culture posted:I got to borrow a nsx with nsx-r running gear yesterday. That seemed very on brand for this thread I request you add driving video to your instagram story 
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Jul 31, 2021 00:09
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Darchangel posted:(the RX-7 one, of course.) 
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BlackMK4 posted:I request you add driving video to your instagram story You got to see the extremely bamboozled mid drive video instead. I’m not driving with a camera out, especially as the place was crawling with police and there was no front plate and it wasn’t mine 
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MetaJew posted:I get designing a car to some budget but both of those things seem like something the top tier performance car in your lineup should not do? The "tires + good driver" is carrying a lot of that issue though. Iirc you can pop a stock s2000 with slicks for the same reason too.
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honda whisperer posted:Iirc you can pop a stock s2000 with slicks for the same reason too. I haven't really seen that, a lot of fast people don't run baffles because some of them hurt drain back. I never logged my pressures in the S2000 though. You can definitely reliably fuel starve them on lefts with a bump mid corner and the stock PCV system will absolutely dump oil through the intake and lead to low oil pressure if you don't check it between sessions or fix the issue once you get quick. e: Oh, and I suppose there is the part about AP1s tearing the front upper control arm mounts off the frame if they aren't rewelded My Miata drops to like 18-20psi of oil pressure on the brakes, which is apparently a normal and fine thing. BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 01:23 on Jul 31, 2021 |
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Jul 31, 2021 00:44
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I didn't know about the suspension thing but lol. I think the oil one is another long enough right direction and with enough g forces problem but it's also not an issue I've personally studied so grain of salt. Didn't Corvette owners actually sue over the track issues?
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I didn't think American cars were supposed to have any cornering capacity (at best left turn)
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Darchangel posted:Kudos for them keeping the hydro-pneumatic suspension. Any modernization of a hydropneumatic Citroën that doesn't retain the suspension is completely missing the entire point of those cars. There's just nothing else like it. I would love to own and drive that DS, it's magnificent 
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MrYenko posted:Those were from two entirely separate versions of the car. Pre 2010 C6Zs would have oil starvation issues in prolonged (4+ second) high-g left turns. This was actually a common problem with all Gen3s that GM attempted to remedy by making the LS7 semi-dry sump in the first place. Didn’t work. Once you get to slicks and a driver capable of using them things start to break down for a lot of cars. Oil starvation, cracking suspension and/or mounts, all sorts of brake issues, etc. Not giving GM a pass on it just saying they aren't the only manufacturer to have these issues. We nearly killed a BMW M20 at Atlanta Motorsport Park on the turn 13-14-15 corner which is a long flat out left turn.
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Yeah it will happen with just about any road car on slicks. There’s also a corner on the ring that will destroy your diff when you’re fast without an external cooler. It’s a funny old game.
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Bape Culture posted:There’s also a corner on the ring that will destroy your diff when you’re fast without an external cooler.  I need to know more, which corner?
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I'm guessing a long fast uphill sweeper, I don't know the corner names, but that would be my guess.
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Bape Culture posted:Yeah it will happen with just about any road car on slicks. There’s also a corner on the ring that will destroy your diff when you’re fast without an external cooler. It’s a funny old game. The correct fix for this is vintage cars on bias ply tires, enough grip to have fun but not enough to break poo poo. The locost is fast and fun on slicks, it's hilarious on modern street tires and it's a maniac on bias ply.
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Finally got a shot of this local hero out of the storage tent. 
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Chris Knight posted:Finally got a shot of this local hero out of the storage tent. That looks amazing
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I always liked the ranchero more than the contemporary el caminos, and the stacked headlight years were the best of them. As Nero Danced fucked around with this message at 16:43 on Aug 1, 2021 |
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Chris Knight posted:My RX-7 shirt arrived today, and it rules. Thanks again for the headsup! Got mine, too, and you're welcome. I plan to wear it at the RX-7 meetup this coming Saturday. KozmoNaut posted:Any modernization of a hydropneumatic Citroën that doesn't retain the suspension is completely missing the entire point of those cars. There's just nothing else like it. Agreed, on both points. As Nero Danced posted:I always liked the ranchero more than the contemporary el caminos, and the stacked headlight years were the best of them. I won't go that far, but that particular generation of Ranchero is aces. I haven't seen many of those. (edit: I used to own a '68 Elky, 327/PowerGlide, buckets and U-shifter.)
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Dash design really went downhill after this. A full 1.5l bottle of San Pelly plus other assorted snacks and drinks? https://twitter.com/thealso/status/1424019846384300041?s=19
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Dash design really went downhill after this. A full 1.5l bottle of San Pelly plus other assorted snacks and drinks? The first gen Ford Ranger (US) has an open storage area in the dash, directly above the glovebox. It is just tall enough to wedge six 12oz aluminum cans into. The vehicle is just narrow enough that you can reach five of them if your arms are long-ish. How that man never got pulled over for drunk driving, or drinking while driving, I'll never know. We also figured out that if you gently drop a can out either window at 55mph, it'll get sucked up into the bed to join the beer can tornado going on back there. As an aside: the truck was an '86 Ranger Waldoch conversion 4x4. Never seen another like it. All three diffs switchable on-the-fly, wired for a winch, rubberized floormats, color coded (brown) everything, even had a matching pinstriped topper once upon a time. Neat truck, totally gutless with the 3.slow, but would crawl at 2mph anywhere the tires could find grip.
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I'm now imagining a world where everyone drove tiny cars and I'm making myself sad that we can never have it. https://twitter.com/JahBandz17/status/1424281686670520321?s=19
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Did the Shriners drive little go-karts around in parades everywhere or is that just a midwest thing?
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boxen posted:Did the Shriners drive little go-karts around in parades everywhere or is that just a midwest thing? Dunno about everywhere, but it happens on the northeast too.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:I'm now imagining a world where everyone drove tiny cars and I'm making myself sad that we can never have it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJPIv-gPMq4
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Probably this came from here but I don't care. Have it again! This guy is a master. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4MpBPXojF4
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StormDrain posted:Probably this came from here but I don't care. Have it again! This guy is a master. Oh my god that guy loving owns. Absolutely incredible.
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StormDrain posted:Probably this came from here but I don't care. Have it again! This guy is a master. Grrr I so want one!!!
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https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1973-cadillac-fleetwood-brougham-2/
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My word. 
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Would like to see an EV conversion in that. So much room for batteries!
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https://i.imgur.com/jIm0R6P.mp4
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Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing...  So was the time?
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I tried to look for the actual video but the channel in the watermark is just one of those "20 CRAZIEST MOMENTS EVER" type deals and this is probably the entire clip.
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