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GramCracker posted:Like, it just looks bat-poo poo insane. I guess it doesn't need intercoolers because you'll be dead before IATs get too hot.
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KozmoNaut posted:Citroën created the best suspension system in the 1950s, and they've been improving it ever since I want to see them test it like this.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3cSIwUNW1s
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May 7, 2014 22:06
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travisray2004 posted:All I can think of is maintenance costs on that drat thing. It's actually not that bad. The green spheres need to replaced once in a while. They can be reused pretty much infinitely as long as you inspect the rubber diaphragms and recharge them with nitrogen, which is something even the village smith or local tinkerer can do. A popular modification is to fit them with a schrader valve, which many enthusiasts do on older cars. Other than that, it's a relatively standard hydraulic system, with the usual assortment of valves, pressure sensors and such. The newer versions are computer-controlled, but the basic principle is the same as it was 60 years ago. The electronics are no worse than on any other modern car. The biggest gotcha is actually remembering to use the correct hydraulic fluid for the system, since they've had 3 or 4 different kinds by now, but the correct type is very clearly indicated in the manual, and usually on the filler cap as well. It's weird, French and different, but it is literally nothing compared to say the timing chain on an Audi V8. And that'll kill the car when it eventually fails, a busted hydropneumatic suspension will just make you uncomfortable until you fix it.
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May 7, 2014 22:25
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jamal posted:I guess it doesn't need intercoolers because you'll be dead before IATs get too hot. The venturi effect created by the carburetor actually drops the IAT by over 100f, which is why blow-through setups rarely ever have intercoolers and still manage to not explode whenever you look at the gas pedal.
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Terrible Robot posted:The venturi effect created by the carburetor actually drops the IAT by over 100f, which is why blow-through setups rarely ever have intercoolers and still manage to not explode whenever you look at the gas pedal. It's a swamp cooler with gasoline instead of water!
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May 7, 2014 22:41
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Wait, what kind of blowers are those? I expected roots type but that looks more like an impeller style setup 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDay5OWDPn4quote:The Black Knight Transformer is a "flying truck" that combines the best aspects of a helicopter and an automobile. It is a robust and inexpensive aircraft that can perform autonomous casualty evacuation and cargo dr cum patrol esq fucked around with this message at 00:54 on May 8, 2014 |
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Slavvy posted:Wait, what kind of blowers are those? I expected roots type but that looks more like an impeller style setup
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May 8, 2014 00:52
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torque is a lift generating device
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Falken posted:Part of my brain still doesn't want to accept the stance crowd,
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There is too much hellaflushedness And there's just the right amount  edit: holy gently caress tables
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KozmoNaut posted:It's actually not that bad. The green spheres need to replaced once in a while. They can be reused pretty much infinitely as long as you inspect the rubber diaphragms and recharge them with nitrogen, which is something even the village smith or local tinkerer can do. A popular modification is to fit them with a schrader valve, which many enthusiasts do on older cars. So comparatively speaking, it's a lot more reliable than something like the Range Rover air suspension?
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VikingSkull posted:torque is a lift generating device And here I though it was the induction causing something of a vacuum on the atmosphere pulling it off of the ground.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:And here I though it was the induction causing something of a vacuum on the atmosphere pulling it off of the ground. the hilarious thing is you can tell he's making GBS threads bricks, the butterflies are closed
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May 8, 2014 02:47
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xzzy posted:I want to see them test it like this. I'm sure this has been posted here numerous times, so once more won't hurt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4JQTG634Wc Skip to 3:20 for some suspension punishing action
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May 8, 2014 02:57
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this has apparently been hiding behind a fence up the street from me for a while  
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Is...is that a loving Hammer? Gotte in Himmel. E; ehh, maybe not a Hammer but still a classic old AMG hot rod.
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May 8, 2014 04:15
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I'm guessing C43 with an 80s-esque coke dealer body kit option.
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AI posted:Poor Mercedes identification It's the AMG 190E.
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blk posted:It's the AMG 190E. I am eternally shamed
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atomicthumbs posted:this has apparently been hiding behind a fence up the street from me for a while Wait a minute, you're in Marin aren't you? Mind PM'ing me the location of this thing? I'm getting the terrible project bug again.
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^^^^ Do it!travisray2004 posted:So comparatively speaking, it's a lot more reliable than something like the Range Rover air suspension? Yes. But then again, a moist towelette in a bush fire is more reliable than basically anything on a modern Range Rover.
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Turn up your speakers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeX9mPoC8j0
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angryhampster posted:Turn up your speakers God dammit you beat me to it. I love that video.
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Blacked out 190E AMG's with monoblock wheels are the best Mercs.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:God dammit you beat me to it. I love that video. The best is the swap from alcohol to nitro. You got greybeard feeling when it's time with his bare hands, and it's the perfect way to scare a chick who's never seen a nitro car. I did that to one of my ex's at a car show, she caught a nitro cloud plus the sound. I don't think she got it.
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VikingSkull posted:The best is the swap from alcohol to nitro. You got greybeard feeling when it's time with his bare hands, and it's the perfect way to scare a chick who's never seen a nitro car. I did that to one of my ex's at a car show, she caught a nitro cloud plus the sound. It's for the best. And yes, the cutover is the best part of that video. You guys need to stick around for that if you closed the video early.
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That video owns forever. Someone mentioned Kammbacks in the terrible thread, and that led me to discover this:  The AMC Eagle Kammback. It's a 4-wheel-drive Gremlin. \/Implying the Gremlin isn't rad?
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What is it with AMC cars that you add 4WD and raise them a few inches and they go from bland to rad as poo poo? .....Actually, this is true for any car now that I think about it. Now I want a first gen Legacy.
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It could be the "big eyes" effect, you know how in cartoons when they make the eyes of a kid or animal really big they're instantly super cute. It's just the car version of that, it kind of looks like a hot wheels which I'm sure we all spent large chunks of our youth obsessing about.
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If you didn't spend most of your youth drawing monster truck civilian/sports cars, you need a time machine.
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Octopus Magic posted:If you didn't spend most of your youth drawing monster truck civilian/sports cars, you need a time machine. There was a couple years a buddy and I spent drawing exotic sports cars on index cards, we called them "Ferariat" or something like that. I don't remember the exact spelling anymore, but we were obsessed with Ferrari and obviously had to work that into the brand somehow. They were fairly well detailed, with cutaways showing suspension design and engine placement and so on. None of it would have worked in the real world but at least we tried! So yeah, typical kid.
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 Just gives you the warm and fuzzies, don't it?
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InitialDave posted:
Everything about that is typical of the type.
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Came home a couple of weeks ago to find a tow truck outside my apartment complex in the process of loading up a car that had parked outside the garage doors. I had to stop for a moment and bask in the schadenfreude.
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InitialDave posted:
$152 isn't nearly enough.
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Collateral Damage posted:Came home a couple of weeks ago to find a tow truck outside my apartment complex in the process of loading up a car that had parked outside the garage doors. That just happened on Sunday in my complex. Some new tenants had a huge party and blocked two whole rows of garages. Most of them moved their cars but come noon Sunday there were still 3 or 4 blocking garage doors and the owners were nowhere to be found. That is, nowhere until the cars were already loaded up and leaving. Lots of yelling, swearing and physical threats.
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