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wesleywillis posted:two duratec V6s bolted together in to a V12. I mean, that's ostensibly what Aston Martin's v12 has always been
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Large Testicles posted:I could totally be making poo poo up but I remember back in the day someone stuffed a 3 rotor+turbo in an MX-3 and did a 7 second pass once and it was never heard from again. Never heard of a FWD rotary swap ever and I kinda doubt a 3 rotor would fit in the engine bay of an mx3 sideways, unless maybe they converted it to RWD.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Never heard of a FWD rotary swap ever and I kinda doubt a 3 rotor would fit in the engine bay of an mx3 sideways, unless maybe they converted it to RWD.  This is a ZAZ Tavria drag car, so it's probably possible.
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Q_res posted:What was wrong with the original Probe GT with the Mazda turbo 4? I have a hard time thinking today anybody in their right mind would pick a probe over either a DSM or 240sx. I mean they're all probably beat to poo poo at this point but still. 
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Humphreys posted:Road & Track Presents: The Need For Speed Wow what a flashback. At the time I couldn't believe the graphics were possible.
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Powershift posted:This is a ZAZ Tavria drag car, so it's probably possible. That'll definitely wake the dead Anyone recognize the transmission?
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Never heard of a FWD rotary swap ever and I kinda doubt a 3 rotor would fit in the engine bay of an mx3 sideways, unless maybe they converted it to RWD. I remember back in the days of Protege Club, Club Protege, IMazda etc..... we'd get someone coming in every few months or so saying "yo i'mma swap a rotary in to muh mx3/protege it gonn be sykk bruh".
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Today was A Good Day. I got to drive a car that's been on my wish list since I was about eight and saw it in a Pocket Book of the 20th Century's Greatest Cars. 1949 Lancia Tipo 438 Aprilia bis      The first saloon car to be designed in a wind tunnel (with a drag figure not seen regularly on cars of its class until the 1970s), one of the first all-steel unitary construction bodies, four-wheel independent suspension (classic Lancia sliding pillars at the front, torsion bars at the back), inboard rear brakes, a 1.5-litre narrow-angle V4 engine with hemi-head and a single overhead camshaft. Glorious to drive - dynamically very close to an Alfasud or a small 1990s Peugeot, with the same supple but tightly-controlled ride. Overall it was like driving around in a marine chronometer; absolutely no sense of 'lost motion' in either the running gear, the body or the controls. Everything was very sharp, accurate, smooth and precise. From the clutch to the window winders. Lancia in its heyday was an amazing company and the Aprilia is easily 20, if not 30, years ahead of its time. The snag (beyond the asking price being several times more than I've spent on every car I've ever owned, combined...) is that at 6ft I am far too tall to comfortably drive an Aprilia. Like all Italian cars made before about 1985 it seems to have been designed for someone who is 5ft tall, with a 3ft torso, 2ft legs and the arms of a large octopus. My head was crammed into the headlining and my knees were on about the same level as my lungs. Oh well, no I know that if I win the lottery and want to buy a highly advanced pre-war European car it'll have to be a Citroen Traction Avant, since I know I can fit in them. What a shame...
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wesleywillis posted:Too bad they didn't make this. Two Duratec V6s bolted to a combining gearbox. 
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This guy built a little 50cc single seater car and used it to tour around virtually all of Japan. He's finishing up soon but check out that map route. https://twitter.com/toyoyo57790459/status/1621798379889258496?t=odNswhf1zqmnxBYGoiEk-g&s=19
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Edwardian Mercedes doing the Drumhouse hill climb in the UK a few years ago
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Hadlock posted:Edwardian Mercedes doing the Drumhouse hill climb in the UK a few years ago Is there nothing Michael Higgins can't do?
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Hadlock posted:Edwardian Mercedes doing the Drumhouse hill climb in the UK a few years ago The Vintage Sports Car Club frequently get together to give cars 80+ years old a workout trying to get up a muddy hill. https://youtube.com/watch?v=R8DB8Zdyh_E https://youtube.com/watch?v=viYewl-TRHQ You can spot that Mercedes in some of their videos
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Hadlock posted:Edwardian Mercedes doing the Drumhouse hill climb in the UK a few years ago The funny part is that the contemporary road networks, if you could even call them that, were at times little more than the event's track in terms of build quality.
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DJ Commie posted:The funny part is that the contemporary road networks, if you could even call them that, were at times little more than the event's track in terms of build quality. Come to Queensland and witness the 'Bruce Highway'
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Large Testicles posted:I could totally be making poo poo up but I remember back in the day someone stuffed a 3 rotor+turbo in an MX-3 and did a 7 second pass once and it was never heard from again. I think this may have been an AE86?
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Powershift posted:
Well sure it's possible when building a race car from scratch, I'm talking about poo poo like this wesleywillis posted:I remember back in the days of Protege Club, Club Protege, IMazda etc..... we'd get someone coming in every few months or so saying "yo i'mma swap a rotary in to muh mx3/protege it gonn be sykk bruh".
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Humphreys posted:Road & Track Presents: The Need For Speed remember the Nazca from Need For Speed 3 
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Humphreys posted:Come to Queensland and witness the 'Bruce Highway' 
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just gonna post the video in case none of you have seen it. if you havent, wtf... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrkuo0y8gMU
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Large Testicles posted:just gonna post the video in case none of you have seen it. if you havent, wtf...      I want to go to there. More: https://imgur.com/gallery/UYlDsET
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Godzilla back at The Mountain. In the Combined Sedans support race for the Bathurst 12hr, this 1170hp RWD R32, while crashing out over the top, managed to set a new speed record down Conrod Straight of 327km/h. V8Supercars only hit 300. Thing looks rowdy. https://twitter.com/Mark_Whitelegge/status/1622197798148898816 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-eYQlkMXrc Sherriff later posted on social media: “Well Bathurst was a hoot. I’m sorry guys but the very small bag of talent I had when we arrived was empty by lap five of (the) last race and the red car got the wall.” BuckyDoneGun fucked around with this message at 18:11 on Feb 6, 2023 |
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BuckyDoneGun posted:Godzilla back at The Mountain. In the Combined Sedans support race for the Bathurst 12hr, this 1170hp RWD R32, while crashing out over the top, managed to set a new speed record down Conrod Straight of 327km/h. V8Supercars only hit 300. Thing looks rowdy. Good lord that car sounds amazing!
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BuckyDoneGun posted:Godzilla back at The Mountain. In the Combined Sedans support race for the Bathurst 12hr, this 1170hp RWD R32, while crashing out over the top, managed to set a new speed record down Conrod Straight of 327km/h. V8Supercars only hit 300. Thing looks rowdy. Ripping the front wheels off the deck when he gasses it fuuuuuck
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if this guy wasn't based in Tasmania, we'd be hearing about Nissan-Racetech cars at Le Mans
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BuckyDoneGun posted:Godzilla back at The Mountain. In the Combined Sedans support race for the Bathurst 12hr, this 1170hp RWD R32, while crashing out over the top, managed to set a new speed record down Conrod Straight of 327km/h. V8Supercars only hit 300. Thing looks rowdy. Well that didn't take long.
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Ahhh yes Conspiracy Against Motor Sport strikes again. FYI CAMS was the previous name for Motorsport Australia. It was changed to seem more like the only official governing body because the alternative - AASA was gaining ground (mostly due to AASA not being run by a bunch of fuckwits and who actually were interested in helping clubs and associations) and as well the name CAMS was so poisioned for being such a bunch of dickheads for decades. I worked with both as a Event Director and lordy AASA was so much less obnoxious.
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I find it kinda odd that a lot of the marc cars builds have appeared in combined sedans rather than the 12hr which is part of what they where built for. I do get that it's probably cheaper by far to run in a support category instead of the full 12hr race.
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Man breaks reverse speed record in a Corvette https://www.motorious.com/articles/news/man-breaks-reverse-speed-record/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ6xAvtkCxk Applebees Appetizer fucked around with this message at 13:39 on Feb 7, 2023 |
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Man breaks reverse speed record in a Corvette Personally in my opinion and I'll take it as a vote to get a probe: Wrong thread. It's that exact type of pedantic 'record' that would actively make me go 'oh hmm ok' and leave the bar so I didn't have interact with that person. A lot of Guiness records are now plagued with crap like this (he even states he has them all over his house).
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Humphreys posted:Personally in my opinion and I'll take it as a vote to get a probe: Wrong thread. It's that exact type of pedantic 'record' that would actively make me go 'oh hmm ok' and leave the bar so I didn't have interact with that person. A lot of Guiness records are now plagued with crap like this (he even states he has them all over his house). I mean hey, you called it..... First to ten etc
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From a car coming up for sale    https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/lm23/le-mans/lots/r0005-1990-nissan-r90ck/1332788 It's all just looks so neat. From a more different car  https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/lm23/le-mans/lots/r0001-1984-lancia-lc2/1279811 It's like a volvo speedometer in reverse. Powershift fucked around with this message at 12:49 on Feb 8, 2023 |
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https://macsmotorcitygarage.com/fords-weird-and-wonderful-427-calliope-engine/ Ford in 1968 designed a pushrod V8 with two in-block cams and 3 valves per cylinder.
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A GR engine powered vehicle you probably haven't heard of before https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1925-white-15-45-yellowstone-park-touring-bus/
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Hadlock posted:A GR engine powered vehicle you probably haven't heard of before Oh poo poo, I rode on that or it's sibling when I was out there 2 years ago. It's definitely an experience doing Yellowstone in an old rear end car.
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STR posted:Huh, why do I hear what sounds a lot like a tow truck outside at this hour? *looks outside* That loving sucks. Sorry dude. If I could get you on USAA I would. Their rates seem higher but I've never had those kinds of issues. (We'll see how I feel in a few months if they try to raise my rates. Just filed my first claim EVER for lost/spoiled food due to that loving ice storm and losing my power for almost 3 days because Austin Energy and NIMBYs didn't want to trim trees around electric lines.)
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