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Gasoline: Jul 31, 2008

Simkin posted:

Wierd. Neither of those wrecks looked particularly traumatic, at least compared to lots that I've seen drivers get up and walk away from.

The tire the first car lost hit the second guy in the head.

# ? Jul 20, 2009 17:12

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Simkin: May 18, 2007; "He says he's going to be number one!"

Oh. drat, I completely missed that. :gonk:

# ? Jul 20, 2009 17:33

JingleBells: Jan 7, 2007; Oh what fun it is to see the Harriers win away!

Yup, terrible way to go

# ? Jul 20, 2009 18:03

Fuller9x: Feb 15, 2005; Gimme Milk

It didn't seem to hard a hit but reminiscent of Senna at Imola where he just went off the track. When they threw a safety during the WTCC race to get the helicopter transport off the ground, you knew it was bad.

JingleBells posted:

Yup, terrible way to go

# ? Jul 20, 2009 18:13

blambert: Jul 2, 2007; you spin me right round baby right round.

The wheel is on it's last / second to last bounce as it hits his head. The kinetic energy transferred via his head was enough to punt ~20kg into the air and over a barrier. On top of that, hitting a barrier pretty much head on whilst unconscious isn't going to help your neck much.

It's just really sad thinking how quickly things can go from normal to horrific.

# ? Jul 20, 2009 18:24

Bigsteve: Dec 15, 2000; Cock It!

I have often wondered why closed cockpits have never appeared. Not only would you get a much safer car buy aerodynamic benifits as well.

# ? Jul 21, 2009 01:20

blugu64: Jul 17, 2006; Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face?

Crosspost from cycle asylum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HsUKgotJ1U

The guy who made this must really really want to work at topgear. In fact I challenge you to watch this without hearing clarkson or hammond doing a voiceover. Also be sure to watch in HD, it's great.

# ? Jul 21, 2009 02:34

Sir Tonk: Apr 18, 2006; Young Orc

Not sure if this ever made it to youtube, but gonna ask around anyway. If I ever do find a copy I'll put it up for sure.

Back in 1999 I had just bought my third Mustang; it was an old DPS car the guy that owned the shop I used to work at had owned for like six years. It was an unusually fast '89, considering the small list of mods, and is still chugging along to this day. I don't like paying the insurance anymore, so it's sitting under a cover in my carport for now. Might bring it back to legal status after I get a better job.

I took it to Houston's local street racing spot, known as Rankin, a couple of times after I got it. Used to go there all the time in high school with my first Mustang, but I was up at Ft Hood now so wasn't in town all that much anymore. The main Goodnight strip was empty, so we went down an exit to Airtex where the racers would go when the cops shut down Goodnight. I ended up racing a fox body GT, probably a '91, that didn't seem to have too many mods. Basic engine stuff, sounded fast. I give him two car lengths and the move, maybe one I can't remember. We take off and I start to catch up in first when I completely miss second and fall back a bit. He hits second a bit too hard and totally loses control. Must have had bad tires because he swerved into my lane and then spun around and ended up running over a few small trees in the median. I would have been heavily damaged if I had hit second, since he crossed like five feet in front of me.

We turned around and checked on him to make sure he was ok and we got out of there quickly, as did most everyone else it seemed. The next week that I went back (probably a month later) the parking lot was shut off, so nowhere for the hundred or so spectators to sit around, and the Airtex strip we used for racing was shut down permanently I believe after some guy racing a bike killed himself.

So after all that, I get a call from the guy I bought the flamecar from and apparently someone posted a video of us racing on some website and he was upset that I almost wrecked his favorite car. This was back in '99, so no youtube as far as I know. I had the file for a while, but the hard drive it was on crashed a few years ago and I can't find any backups.

Not sure if this would have ever made it to youtube, but it was a pretty good quality video considering when it was shot and the light conditions. The person filming got the race and the crash, then the camera goes over to the wrecked car and gets a good shot of the damage.

# ? Jul 21, 2009 02:52

oxbrain: Aug 18, 2005; Put a glide in your stride and a dip in your hip and come on up to the mothership.

Sir Tonk posted:

Not sure if this ever made it to youtube, but gonna ask around anyway. If I ever do find a copy I'll put it up for sure.

Back in 1999 I had just bought my third Mustang; it was an old DPS car the guy that owned the shop I used to work at had owned for like six years. It was an unusually fast '89, considering the small list of mods, and is still chugging along to this day. I don't like paying the insurance anymore, so it's sitting under a cover in my carport for now. Might bring it back to legal status after I get a better job.

I took it to Houston's local street racing spot, known as Rankin, a couple of times after I got it. Used to go there all the time in high school with my first Mustang, but I was up at Ft Hood now so wasn't in town all that much anymore. The main Goodnight strip was empty, so we went down an exit to Airtex where the racers would go when the cops shut down Goodnight. I ended up racing a fox body GT, probably a '91, that didn't seem to have too many mods. Basic engine stuff, sounded fast. I give him two car lengths and the move, maybe one I can't remember. We take off and I start to catch up in first when I completely miss second and fall back a bit. He hits second a bit too hard and totally loses control. Must have had bad tires because he swerved into my lane and then spun around and ended up running over a few small trees in the median. I would have been heavily damaged if I had hit second, since he crossed like five feet in front of me.

We turned around and checked on him to make sure he was ok and we got out of there quickly, as did most everyone else it seemed. The next week that I went back (probably a month later) the parking lot was shut off, so nowhere for the hundred or so spectators to sit around, and the Airtex strip we used for racing was shut down permanently I believe after some guy racing a bike killed himself.

So after all that, I get a call from the guy I bought the flamecar from and apparently someone posted a video of us racing on some website and he was upset that I almost wrecked his favorite car. This was back in '99, so no youtube as far as I know. I had the file for a while, but the hard drive it was on crashed a few years ago and I can't find any backups.

Not sure if this would have ever made it to youtube, but it was a pretty good quality video considering when it was shot and the light conditions. The person filming got the race and the crash, then the camera goes over to the wrecked car and gets a good shot of the damage.

Wicked sick kill dog.

# ? Jul 21, 2009 06:27

ThwartedEfforts: Aug 20, 2002

259 cars in mass pile-up on German motorway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFoP9n2go1k

Now only a matter of time before they get speed limits like the rest of the civilised world.

# ? Jul 21, 2009 10:24

KozmoNaut: Apr 23, 2008; Happiness is a warm
Turbo Plasma Rifle

ThwartedEfforts posted:

259 cars in mass pile-up on German motorway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFoP9n2go1k

Now only a matter of time before they get speed limits like the rest of the civilised world.

I caught this on the news while I was working out yesterday, everyone was just completely speechless after seeing the footage. I agree that the days of unlimited autobahn stretches will soon be over.

Completely unrelated, Jay Leno just did a piece on the Blastolene Piss'd Off Pete, a Detroit Diesel-powered Peterbilt hot rod:

http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/video_player.shtml?vid=1136500

"Let me go get my supercharged diesel-powered hot rod" :black101:

# ? Jul 21, 2009 11:03

Fuller9x: Feb 15, 2005; Gimme Milk

Craig Lowndes versus a wheel at Bathurst http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc_KzvQdUVc
and the resultant damage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i4xN0vfpUk

Bigsteve posted:

I have often wondered why closed cockpits have never appeared. Not only would you get a much safer car buy aerodynamic benifits as well.

# ? Jul 21, 2009 18:54

frozenphil: Mar 13, 2003; YOU CANNOT MAKE A MISTAKE SO BIG THAT 80 GRIT CAN'T FIX IT!

Some please give Dave Despain a show again. :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiGpsz_K7Yo

"Of course there's too god damned much NASCAR on the network; it's because there are too god damned many NASCAR fans! And whose god damned fault is that?"

frozenphil fucked around with this message at 19:21 on Jul 21, 2009

# ? Jul 21, 2009 19:18

Simkin: May 18, 2007; "He says he's going to be number one!"

Oh? Did Speed can his show so that they could fit some more Nascar :jerkbag:

in?

# ? Jul 21, 2009 19:33

frozenphil: Mar 13, 2003; YOU CANNOT MAKE A MISTAKE SO BIG THAT 80 GRIT CAN'T FIX IT!

Simkin posted:

Oh? Did Speed can his show so that they could fit some more Nascar :jerkbag: in?

Didn't they move it to some ungodly hour so that no one will watch it? I've certainly never seen it on my TV listings.

# ? Jul 21, 2009 19:34

Ziploc: Sep 19, 2006; MX-5

frozenphil posted:

Didn't they move it to some ungodly hour so that no one will watch it? I've certainly never seen it on my TV listings.

I know for a fact that its available as a full length podcast.

# ? Jul 21, 2009 20:46

Seizure Meat: Jul 23, 2008; by Smythe

frozenphil posted:

Some please give Dave Despain a show again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiGpsz_K7Yo

"Of course there's too god damned much NASCAR on the network; it's because there are too god damned many NASCAR fans! And whose god damned fault is that?"

I've seen this before but it's literally the greatest thing ever aired on SPEED.

# ? Jul 21, 2009 22:50

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

Fuller9x posted:

Craig Lowndes versus a wheel at Bathurst http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc_KzvQdUVc
and the resultant damage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i4xN0vfpUk

Lowndes was lucky the Perkins bar was there.

AND Great Race highlights from the Group C days found

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEs6hmRTsUs&feature=fvw

# ? Jul 21, 2009 23:09

Taaaaaaarb!: Nov 17, 2008; Electric Space Famicon

Jesus loving Christ, how much NASCAR can they have on Speed before they just rename it to 'The NASCAR Channel'? Speaking about NASCAR...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkHycFocaOA
So, GT5 will have NASCAR because it's popular

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLbSu72pzB0
Okay, so they did manage to make it look kinda fun.

# ? Jul 22, 2009 03:07

bung: Dec 14, 2004

I'm thinking that GT5 will be a launch title for the next gen Sony console. But wasn't it supposed to be a launch title for the PS3?

# ? Jul 22, 2009 04:51

XCPuff: Nov 26, 2005; FEAR THIS MAN

Sir Tonk posted:

Not sure if this ever made it to youtube, but gonna ask around anyway. If I ever do find a copy I'll put it up for sure.

Back in 1999 I had just bought my third Mustang; it was an old DPS car the guy that owned the shop I used to work at had owned for like six years. It was an unusually fast '89, considering the small list of mods, and is still chugging along to this day. I don't like paying the insurance anymore, so it's sitting under a cover in my carport for now. Might bring it back to legal status after I get a better job.

I took it to Houston's local street racing spot, known as Rankin, a couple of times after I got it. Used to go there all the time in high school with my first Mustang, but I was up at Ft Hood now so wasn't in town all that much anymore. The main Goodnight strip was empty, so we went down an exit to Airtex where the racers would go when the cops shut down Goodnight. I ended up racing a fox body GT, probably a '91, that didn't seem to have too many mods. Basic engine stuff, sounded fast. I give him two car lengths and the move, maybe one I can't remember. We take off and I start to catch up in first when I completely miss second and fall back a bit. He hits second a bit too hard and totally loses control. Must have had bad tires because he swerved into my lane and then spun around and ended up running over a few small trees in the median. I would have been heavily damaged if I had hit second, since he crossed like five feet in front of me.

We turned around and checked on him to make sure he was ok and we got out of there quickly, as did most everyone else it seemed. The next week that I went back (probably a month later) the parking lot was shut off, so nowhere for the hundred or so spectators to sit around, and the Airtex strip we used for racing was shut down permanently I believe after some guy racing a bike killed himself.

So after all that, I get a call from the guy I bought the flamecar from and apparently someone posted a video of us racing on some website and he was upset that I almost wrecked his favorite car. This was back in '99, so no youtube as far as I know. I had the file for a while, but the hard drive it was on crashed a few years ago and I can't find any backups.

Not sure if this would have ever made it to youtube, but it was a pretty good quality video considering when it was shot and the light conditions. The person filming got the race and the crash, then the camera goes over to the wrecked car and gets a good shot of the damage.

Hahaha oh man, I remember the old Rankin Rd. days and hearing about people getting guns pulled on them and poo poo after beating people. loving stupid.

# ? Jul 22, 2009 06:39

Seat Safety Switch: May 27, 2008; MY RELIGION IS THE SMALL BLOCK V8 AND COMMANDMENTS ONE THROUGH TEN ARE NEVER LIFT.; Pillbug

Safety tip:
You should probably make sure your transmission is actually bolted in before doing a high speed highway pull on a big motor build.

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/Colt-tranny-drops-at_696672.htm

# ? Jul 23, 2009 03:47

Ziploc: Sep 19, 2006; MX-5

Seat Safety Switch posted:

Safety tip:
You should probably make sure your transmission is actually bolted in before doing a high speed highway pull on a big motor build.

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/Colt-tranny-drops-at_696672.htm

Awesome video.

# ? Jul 23, 2009 07:15

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

Im sure as hell not going to be the last to post this, but I get to be first!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8nptFx1jug

Marcus Gronholm. Pikes Peak. 850 hp Fiesta. LOTS OF ENGINE NOISE!

Get watching

# ? Jul 23, 2009 13:32

bung: Dec 14, 2004

Cat Terrist posted:

Im sure as hell not going to be the last to post this, but I get to be first!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8nptFx1jug

Marcus Gronholm. Pikes Peak. 850 hp Fiesta. LOTS OF ENGINE NOISE!

Get watching

That was awesome!

# ? Jul 23, 2009 15:12

ab0z: Jun 28, 2008; by angerbotSD

Cat Terrist posted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8nptFx1jug

Marcus Gronholm. Pikes Peak. 850 hp Fiesta. LOTS OF ENGINE NOISE!

Totally awesome! If you haven't seen "Climb Dance" you must watch it first, then watch this!

# ? Jul 23, 2009 17:29

D C: Jun 20, 2004; 1-800-HOTLINEBLING
1-800-HOTLINEBLING
1-800-HOTLINEBLING

Cat Terrist posted:

Im sure as hell not going to be the last to post this, but I get to be first!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8nptFx1jug

Marcus Gronholm. Pikes Peak. 850 hp Fiesta. LOTS OF ENGINE NOISE!

Get watching

They sacrificed a lot of squirrels for the making of that video.

Simply awesome.

# ? Jul 23, 2009 21:00

frozenphil: Mar 13, 2003; YOU CANNOT MAKE A MISTAKE SO BIG THAT 80 GRIT CAN'T FIX IT!

Cat Terrist posted:

Im sure as hell not going to be the last to post this, but I get to be first!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8nptFx1jug

Marcus Gronholm. Pikes Peak. 850 hp Fiesta. LOTS OF ENGINE NOISE!

Get watching

I love youtube comments.

"this guy can't friggin drive, the chicken keeps letting up. pedal to the metal dude "

# ? Jul 23, 2009 22:49

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

Eh gently caress it, repost of the original Climb Dance in comparison.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edLnXzAwHVc

# ? Jul 23, 2009 23:08

a real chump: Jul 30, 2003; noice; Nap Ghost

That is the most adorable rally car, it sounds so happy.
Like a dog barking back in the 16bit gaming days. : D

# ? Jul 24, 2009 01:18

kimbo305: Jun 9, 2007; actually, yeah, I am a little mad

bung posted:

I'm thinking that GT5 will be a launch title for the next gen Sony console. But wasn't it supposed to be a launch title for the PS3?

I'm sure plenty of people bought PS3s at launch to get GT5, no matter when it was going to be released.

Is the engine is that Fiesta the same as the WRC Focus's, just with more boost?

# ? Jul 24, 2009 03:50

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

kimbo305 posted:

Is the engine is that Fiesta the same as the WRC Focus's, just with more boost?

Pretty sure the answer is no. It looks like it's based off a Euro rallycross chassis, so it should be bigger bore / stroke and a wildly bigger turbo.

FYI, a WRC car often runs 60(!) psi boost. How the gently caress they do that with the restrictor in place, I have no idea. A restrictorless WRC car should be producing 500hp, with about 550 nm torque. With the restrictior, you get about 350hp with 700nm.

# ? Jul 24, 2009 05:09

kimbo305: Jun 9, 2007; actually, yeah, I am a little mad

Cat Terrist posted:

Pretty sure the answer is no. It looks like it's based off a Euro rallycross chassis, so it should be bigger bore / stroke and a wildly bigger turbo.

Bigger bore and stroke, or only one? Both engines have the same displacement. It seems crazy that so many racing classes have a 2.0L cap on engines.

# ? Jul 24, 2009 05:35

wolrah: May 8, 2006; what?

Cat Terrist posted:

A restrictorless WRC car should be producing 500hp, with about 550 nm torque. With the restrictior, you get about 350hp with 700nm.

Wait what? The restrictor increases torque? I know a lot of the rules of airflow go out the window when boost is brought in to the equation but that still seems odd. Obviously you're the rally driver, I'm the guy who's never owned a turbo and is running off little bits remembered from reading Maximum Boost years ago, so I'll take your word for it, just curious about something that seems a bit backwards.

# ? Jul 24, 2009 16:15

Simkin: May 18, 2007; "He says he's going to be number one!"

Goddamn. I haven't seen a Pike's Peak race in a few years, so I was really, really saddened by how far the pavement has marched up the hill. :smithicide:

# ? Jul 24, 2009 18:35

ab0z: Jun 28, 2008; by angerbotSD

Simkin posted:

Goddamn. I haven't seen a Pike's Peak race in a few years, so I was really, really saddened by how far the pavement has marched up the hill.

Yeah that is a bit of a disappointment.

# ? Jul 24, 2009 20:47

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

wolrah posted:

Wait what? The restrictor increases torque? I know a lot of the rules of airflow go out the window when boost is brought in to the equation but that still seems odd. Obviously you're the rally driver, I'm the guy who's never owned a turbo and is running off little bits remembered from reading Maximum Boost years ago, so I'll take your word for it, just curious about something that seems a bit backwards.

The rough rule of thumb is that you lose 30-40% hp but gain 15-20% torque. The restrictor haircuts the powercurve after about 5500rpm - but what it does do is increase air velocity into the turbo so that the turbo is working more effectively. And so you get a torque boost so the car is a torque monster at about 4000 rpm, but there is no point in revving past 6000rpm. I tend to change gear at 5700

It does seem odd at first, but it works.

# ? Jul 25, 2009 03:01

ThwartedEfforts: Aug 20, 2002

Autocar: What's the Corvette ZR1 chasing?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXsKEbBxzls

California?

(whatever it is, the Vette looks like it wants it for lunch)

# ? Jul 25, 2009 17:28

thealphabetsez: Jun 1, 2004

ThwartedEfforts posted:

Autocar: What's the Corvette ZR1 chasing?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXsKEbBxzls

California?

(whatever it is, the Vette looks like it wants it for lunch)

1:54 is awesome!

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# ? Jul 25, 2009 18:19

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# ? Apr 26, 2024 21:34

Taaaaaaarb!: Nov 17, 2008; Electric Space Famicon

I'm astounded by the responses to what people thought the vette was chasing. A Gallardo, an R8 V10, a 911 GT3, and a Renault Scenic?! C'mon! It clearly sounds 12 cylinder.

# ? Jul 25, 2009 18:27

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