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Aurune posted:All in Leaf blue. It's the exact color of the protective film companies put over exposed metal pieces to protect them in shipping. I want to peel them. This might be the rarest car I've ever seen in person.  Driven by a little old lady. Wombot fucked around with this message at 19:47 on Jan 8, 2013 |
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                                     And now for something ridiculous. 
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At first I thought it was a terrible photoshop of a dog onto the car, until I realized what it actually was. Whats the story on that?
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What site did you pull all those from? They're all the same size with some terrible artifacting in some, but I'll bet some of those source images are pretty nice. Edit: went looking for the original that Aventador thumbnail came from, found this: 
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Jan 8, 2013 20:36
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aha Its the Instagram folder of duPont Registry's FB page. They get some good poo poo from time to time.
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davebo posted:What site did you pull all those from? They're all the same size with some terrible artifacting in some, but I'll bet some of those source images are pretty nice. Weirdly I noticed that pic on their feed while open to the exact page where that photo is featured in February's edition of Motortrend.
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Preoptopus, you've done it now. I shall return.
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VikingSkull posted:awesome You glorious bastard you.
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The H.A.M.B. is a wonderful place.
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Is it a projector?
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IIRC Roth's idea was that the three colored lights would combine to make one bright white light? Of course light doesn't work like that so it just looks (even more) goofy.
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It looks like one of those light spinner things you could (can?) buy at Spencer's.
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God, please tell me you have to unbolt the exhaust tip before you can get in the car. 
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Terrible Robot posted:IIRC Roth's idea was that the three colored lights would combine to make one bright white light? Of course light doesn't work like that so it just looks (even more) goofy. Light does actually work like that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Additive_color
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Phy posted:God, please tell me you have to unbolt the exhaust tip before you can get in the car. Suicide doors
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Terrible Robot posted:IIRC Roth's idea was that the three colored lights would combine to make one bright white light? Of course light doesn't work like that so it just looks (even more) goofy. How do you think RGB displays and projectors work?
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Guinness posted:How do you think RGB displays and projectors work? That post was poorly worded, I know how displays work, but in the case of the car it did not work so well.
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Okay, that's some hot poo poo right there. Hooray for reverse google search: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veritas_(automobile) Reminds me of the Stirling Moss edition of the SLR roadster, which is also amazing:  Much love for big nosed 2-seaters with no windscreen.
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What is a dodge minivan doing in the awesome thread, you say? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78InPT4iqlw kastein fucked around with this message at 09:26 on Jan 9, 2013 |
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*edit* ^^^ THAT SPOOL-UP, HOLY poo poo.    
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ug6w4ZjwVo&t=10s
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And related to that. Should probably go in mechanical failures, but it's AI awesome how the engine keeps running. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0aROJz2VGE&t=110s
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kastein posted:What is a dodge minivan doing in the awesome thread, you say? Another awesome spool up, courtesy of some arabs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmhBRPyhkaY "Project X Motorsports, 1500hp Alcohol patrol"
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Collateral Damage posted:And related to that. Should probably go in mechanical failures, but it's AI awesome how the engine keeps running. Once they fire off, the big drag engines basically start dieseling. It'll draw air from anywhere as long as there's still spark and fuel. With a magneto and IIRC mechanical fuel pumps, that'll keep happening as long as the engine turns over.
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That is amazing. I'd commute in it.
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KozmoNaut posted:That is amazing. I'd commute in it. Man, that would be a perfect space ship for a late 70s children's show. Just remove the wheels and make the seat light up like a Simon. Boop beep.
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I love Oxbrain mega posts. OXBRAIN SHOULD I BUY A FESTIVA FOR $500???
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Gorilla Salad posted:So it seems some guy has decided to join two Jeeps together to make a larger one. I figured out what that Jeep reminded me of. 
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Anjow posted:Another awesome spool up, courtesy of some arabs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmhBRPyhkaY holy loving poo poo. I want to know who they bought everything behind the motor from, and how they made it not shatter every piece of the drivetrain. e: for that matter I want to know how the gently caress the guys with the red caravan I posted made that poor little automatic transaxle survive 35psi in an SRT4. Those things poo poo themselves all the time bolted to stock V6s.
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Is it just me or has the XJ220 been popping up a lot? I've always wanted one.
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Rhyno posted:I love Oxbrain mega posts. The answer is yes. http://youtu.be/9r_d-2cX9Co
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Devyl posted:Is it just me or has the XJ220 been popping up a lot? I've always wanted one. It seems like people are warming up to it finally. The XJ220 was always kind of the red-headed stepchild of the supercar world; because of that, you can buy entry to the supercar club for relatively little money with an XJ220 - you can buy them all day long for the cost of a higher-spec Porsche 911, as far as I know.
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kastein posted:e: for that matter I want to know how the gently caress the guys with the red caravan I posted made that poor little automatic transaxle survive 35psi in an SRT4. Those things poo poo themselves all the time bolted to stock V6s. I wondered that too. When he's spooling it up by holding the brake and the gas, isn't the torque converter having to dissipate, like, an utterly enormous amount of power? Does that one run just completely cook the transmission fluid into a solid mass? VikingSkull posted:Once they fire off, the big drag engines basically start dieseling. It'll draw air from anywhere as long as there's still spark and fuel. With a magneto and IIRC mechanical fuel pumps, that'll keep happening as long as the engine turns over. If there's still a spark, it's not dieseling. That "23 amazing facts you didn't know about dragsters!" chain email that gets sent around every so often suggests that they do diesel once the electrical power is cut off, though, and it's primarily from the red-hot exhaust valves. http://www.thehulltruth.com/dockside-chat/38687-interesting-facts-about-top-fuel-dragster.html Wasn't there a thread somewhere talking about big industrial diesels at oil fields, where there can be enough oil vapor in the air that the engine just keeps on running even with the fuel supply cut off, and the only way to shut them down is to block the intake with whatever you have at hand? The post I'm thinking of ended with something like "that day, we discovered that a [engine type] will run just fine sucking in balls of newspaper, sheets of cardboard, and an entire set of mechanic's coveralls."
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Sagebrush posted:I wondered that too. When he's spooling it up by holding the brake and the gas, isn't the torque converter having to dissipate, like, an utterly enormous amount of power? Does that one run just completely cook the transmission fluid into a solid mass? Yeah, that torque converter is going to be generating an obscene amount of heat right there; if the guy is at WOT then you're taking whatever the actual power output is at that RPM ( 250hp? 300hp?) and turning almost 100% of it into heat. Sagebrush posted:Wasn't there a thread somewhere talking about big industrial diesels at oil fields, where there can be enough oil vapor in the air that the engine just keeps on running even with the fuel supply cut off, and the only way to shut them down is to block the intake with whatever you have at hand? The post I'm thinking of ended with something like "that day, we discovered that a [engine type] will run just fine sucking in balls of newspaper, sheets of cardboard, and an entire set of mechanic's coveralls." I think usually that type of runaway requires an internal oil leak, rather than just oil mist in the air.
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I think that was more for the case of gases - methane, ethane, etc.
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