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BuckyDoneGun posted:I actually think the red SUV one looks pretty good. Look thread we found a sucker!
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Humphreys posted:Look thread we found a sucker! Didn't say I'd buy one, especially given I live where I can buy current Crowns off a dealers lot all around town, or just order a new shape Century if I want one (and had the 6 figures needed).
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BuckyDoneGun posted:You might be thinking of the Century, which still exists and only recently got replaced. I'll be damned, they actually stuffed a V12 in those for a couple years.
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opengl128 posted:What, got a problem with...this? Suddenly that Corvette SUV looks really good
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Colostomy Bag posted:I'll be damned, they actually stuffed a V12 in those for a couple years. Yeah just a short couple of 21 years 
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Speaking of terrible looking cars... https://twitter.com/ArielMotorCo/status/1564906313968230401?t=T0s_FYlONOFbYi6Hcew-5Q&s=19 I wonder when they're going to finish designing the exterior.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Speaking of terrible looking cars... OK Batman, we get it, you have an Arial Atom and a lot of spare carbon fibre left over. Humphreys fucked around with this message at 12:42 on Sep 1, 2022 |
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https://lennonmurdertruth.com/footnotes-and-new-developments/ There is a lot of mental illness on that page.
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Is anyone else seeing an absurd increase in the number of people running lovely LED bulbs in halogen housings? At least with HIDs with was mostly the  crowd, but I've been seeing tons of this lately with LEDs just shooting light everywhere. And its in everything, what I've been seeing a lot of lately is people jamming them in place of high beams, which is awesome when your car runs the high beams at lower power as DRLs, except LEDs don't seem to give a care about the lower power so you are just driving around with LED high beams on all day. Seems to be super common in Hondas (been noticing tons of Odysseys like this) and Subarus for some reason.I guess it's parents thinking LED = safer, paying no care or attention to the fact that most of these bulbs work for poo poo in halogen housings. opengl fucked around with this message at 15:51 on Sep 1, 2022 |
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Active weight reduction is not always a great strategy. Idea time: Race series often have a weight minimum. Build a car with a hidden water tank. Maybe inside the roll cage tubes. Fill the tank with water before the race. After the race starts, jettison the water. When the race is coming to a close, use an air/AC compressor to pull water out of the atmosphere and store it back in the hidden water tank. Put that fuel cell stuff in the tank so the water doesn't splosh around. Win races with a lightweight car.
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A beefy enough condenser to get that done fast enough probably costs more weight than you save.
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What about a little condenser connected to a turbine that gets air flow over it throughout the entire race to slowly trickle fill? Not robbing power from the engine, has the entire race to fill or start filling when needed?
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Blowjob Overtime posted:What about a little condenser connected to a turbine that gets air flow over it throughout the entire race to slowly trickle fill? Not robbing power from the engine, has the entire race to fill or start filling when needed? What if you had a couple gerbils in a treadmill, that knocks over a candle, which burns a string to release a balloon...
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KERS, but instead of a battery, you run the compressor on braking?
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Deteriorata posted:What if you had a couple gerbils in a treadmill, that knocks over a candle, which burns a string to release a balloon... I mean, no bad ideas and all that, but don't you think the balloon would get noticed?
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Blowjob Overtime posted:What about a little condenser connected to a turbine that gets air flow over it throughout the entire race to slowly trickle fill? Not robbing power from the engine, has the entire race to fill or start filling when needed? So, uh, where do you think the turbine is getting its power from?
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OK OK OK I got it. On the first lap, dump a bunch of lead shot a'la Smokey Yunick. Then, during the last few laps, engage a Brabham BT46-style fan that both provides extra downforce and sucks up the lead shot previously dumped. Store that lead shot in a vacuum bag, et voila!
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Galler posted:So, uh, where do you think the turbine is getting its power from? Pick this bad boy as the topper for your car: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B82C5TKB/ Car go fast, make wind, boom. Disclaimer: all of my car design experience comes from Rocket League.
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Yeah, real cars are subject to real physics so no free energy. The turbine spins due to the air flowing over it due to the car moving through the air due to the motor and drive train. In the end its still sapping power from the engine.
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Blowjob Overtime posted:Disclaimer: all of my car design experience comes from Rocket League. What do I need to do to make my car flip through the air and land on its wheels with zero damage?
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Uthor posted:What do I need to do to make my car flip through the air and land on its wheels with zero damage? You'd have to ask Psyonix, they make the cars. I just use the cars to miss the ball and elicit sarcastic quick chats from teammates. Realtalk: is there a good article/book/whatever that chronicles noteworthy racing workarounds? It really is interesting that so much of racing is finding ways to not get caught cheating.
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Built like a poo poo brickhouse.
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So, um, what happens if someone runs into that corner again?
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Uthor posted:So, um, what happens if someone runs into that corner again? Their car gets bricked.
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opengl128 posted:Is anyone else seeing an absurd increase in the number of people running lovely LED bulbs in halogen housings? Yes I have it is horrible. Especially when it is like some 12 year old car and either the power is weird or the installation was bad or the unit is bad and they kind of flicker a little bit so you have like a microsecond bright white LED strobe light behind you or coming at you. Super fun. I've been noticing it more and more around me anyway.
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bigbillystyle posted:Yes I have it is horrible. Especially when it is like some 12 year old car and either the power is weird or the installation was bad or the unit is bad and they kind of flicker a little bit so you have like a microsecond bright white LED strobe light behind you or coming at you. Super fun. I've been noticing it more and more around me anyway. Oh god the strobing, I forgot about that. It's super bad when I'm on the bike probably because my mirrors are vibrating at a high frequency and amplifying the effect.
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The Awesome car poo poo thread has a bunch of cool AI generated car images. I thought I'd make some lovely garbage that should never exist for this thread. I give you: "shotgun fancy" a CarForumPoster art series Lincoln UTE clipart  Lincoln Mark VIII as a truck Japanese retrowave style  General Lee Mercedes S class  Mazda Miata Pickup Truck for south alabama 
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i would rock that miata-up daily.
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Uthor posted:So, um, what happens if someone runs into that corner again? Call a mason.
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PBCrunch posted:Idea time: an F1 Team did this in the 80s. They were able to fill the tank after the race before inspection, and did so with water combined with lead shot. They were caught and DQd for the entire season.
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PBCrunch posted:Idea time: How about at fuel stop crew also refills water so makes weight.
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Humphreys posted:How about at fuel stop crew also refills water so makes weight.  Shove this in the car on the last pit stop, comes back empty, guess driver was thirsty 
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i like that old trick with the lead helmet on the seat during tech, then whoops we're having radio troubles we gotta give the driver a new helmet with a working radio right before the race
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Raluek posted:i like that old trick with the lead helmet on the seat during tech, then whoops we're having radio troubles we gotta give the driver a new helmet with a working radio right before the race Haven't heard of this one before, good cheat!
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Porsche used to have a pressurized roll cage that way they could detect cracks. Do the same thing but fill it with helium.
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Nos filled cage
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yo dawg i heard you like garlic knots
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