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VikingSkull posted:The Bugatti is an amazing car but it's also really loving heavy. I've always thought it was hugely overrated. As a design exercise it's amazing, but it's rolling sculpture more than a race car. It's got like a thousand pound (steel? some heavy metal) plate lining the bottom of the car purely to make it heavier and more stable/bottom heavy so rich idiots don't crash it as much, you could totally make a hell of a racecar out of one but what class would you even run it in?
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KozmoNaut posted:The trailer for Forza 5 is brilliant. Ridiculous, but brilliant. Disagree. Boring to the max, doesnt help I personally think racing games are complete wastes of time. VikingSkull posted:The Bugatti is an amazing car but it's also really loving heavy. I've always thought it was hugely overrated. As a design exercise it's amazing, but it's rolling sculpture more than a race car. I thought so as well at one point, but while it's ridiculous from so many angles.... it's clearly genuinely great. It's not meant to be a race car anyway, it IS a rolling sculpture, a ridiculous engineering exercise that makes no sense in so many ways bit for all of that it works insanely well, being not just a thing with huge numbers but a car that arguably is without peer. The thing that got me won over was seeing a journalist pulling this stupidly huge and stupidly fast AWD drift with all four burning that almost no EVO or Subaru could do without crashing - only something that is incredibly well engineered and controlled could do it. The other great thing about the Veyron is Etorre Bugatti would have more than approved. He would love it because the Veyron is exactly like how is cars were.
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Don't get me wrong, I love the car and think it's one of the greatest ever built. It's just that whenever it's invariably dusted by a purpose built car, people have a reaction like Goliath just took a rock to the face. It's not invincible, and that Juke R absolutely should have wrecked it. Just like the UGR TT Lambo poo poo on the Juke R. Also.....  NEW ROADKILL
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Cat Terrist posted:The thing that got me won over was seeing a journalist pulling this stupidly huge and stupidly fast AWD drift with all four burning that almost no EVO or Subaru could do without crashing
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Sep 21, 2013 00:58
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VikingSkull posted:
Editor of Hot Rod magazine, obviously pulls in some coin, and every episode, he's shade-tree mechanic fixing something he paid way too little money for. I love it. This is what hot rods are about : you, right there, can do whatever you want, as long as you know what you're doing and realize that you've got to really fix your roadside repair as soon as that opportunity presents itself. That kid at the end was awesome.
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Sep 21, 2013 02:18
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It's actually genius because the average reader of Hot Rod isn't a rich dude with a corporate budget. His Super Bee is probably more in line with his funding and ability, but even that has street cred since it was his first car and he's had it ever since. Hot Rod is an amazing publication. It's the only magazine I buy regularly, as is Hot Rod Deluxe. Car Craft just started one called Elapsed Times focusing on nostalgia drag racing that's also exceptional, but really, that's all that remains of a dying industry.
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Sep 21, 2013 02:57
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I dont think you average internet posting wrencher could afford that engine build and tool set but they didnt sit there and list parts. They showed some engine porn and said that they built it and talked about their hard work and its what makes Roadkill really unique. That engine seemed to make a lot of power for the setup so there's some $$$$ in it, but they don't talk about it and the net result is a fantastic web series.
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Sep 21, 2013 05:24
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I dunno, I read an article by Freiburger on the Shelby GT500 where he said he loved it but couldn't afford it.
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That kid at the end is awesome.  Also 100 degree drop across the carb?  I knew heat of vaporization was a thing, but that's insane.
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Bumming Your Scene posted:I dunno, I read an article by Freiburger on the Shelby GT500 where he said he loved it but couldn't afford it. Yeah, he's definitely not a millionaire, but I'm sure he's fairly comfortable. He could sell his Super Bee and afford it if he really wanted one. Plus he owns the Crusher Camaro, too. That's probably $75,000-100,000 in cars right there. Let's not forget that they live in Cali, though, being a New Yorker I know what it's like to make decent money in a high cost of living state. I'd be rich as gently caress if I lived in Wyoming. That's why no one stays in New York when they retire. I'm taking my retirement and moving ASAP to someplace that reflects my bank statement a bit better, haha.
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Tax The Rich play with a Bugatti EB110SS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcxFr2Jwi2E gently caress affording poo poo. Id file for banrupcy twice over to spend a day with one. My absolute favorite car.
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Preoptopus posted:gently caress affording poo poo. Id file for banrupcy twice over to spend a day with one. My absolute favorite car. That throttle linkage. 
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Not a typical crash into a concrete barricade. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hStcyDj830Q
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meatpimp posted:Not a typical crash into a concrete barricade. Isnt the driver under water at the end? Why are people not running over there to stop him from drowning?
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CarForumPoster posted:Isnt the driver under water at the end? Why are people not running over there to stop him from drowning? Perhaps they are actually smart and realize they probably don't have the proper training to assist in the situation and will likely make it worse by increasing the number of people needing rescue? Or it could just be the bystander effect.
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Sep 22, 2013 20:28
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CarForumPoster posted:Isnt the driver under water at the end? Why are people not running over there to stop him from drowning? They only show a few seconds of video after the car has come to rest in the water. I'm sure it would take even dedicated rescue crews more time than that to recognize what has just happend and spring into action.
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meatpimp posted:Not a typical crash into a concrete barricade. Holy poo poo that front suspension got completely ripped out and the driver rear rim exploded.
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Brigdh posted:Perhaps they are actually smart and realize they probably don't have the proper training to assist in the situation and will likely make it worse by increasing the number of people needing rescue? Or it could just be the bystander effect. "I am not properly trained to help another person... so I'll just check my Facebook instead"
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Followup to that crash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsuhlAP8sMI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3-g31IEBD8
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kill me now posted:They only show a few seconds of video after the car has come to rest in the water. I'm sure it would take even dedicated rescue crews more time than that to recognize what has just happend and spring into action. The guy in the shot had time to watch then check his phone. And then in the next video you hear people laughing, those guys almost drowned it's hilarious! Glad I don't race cars wherever that is. [edit] Crosspost from another thread. Apparently when you order an auction car from Japan they don't strap the cars on the boat and this can happen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38jDQkkaxT8 Applebees Appetizer fucked around with this message at 01:36 on Sep 23, 2013 |
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Hot off the press Aventador go vroom-vroom-boom in Brooklyn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDJ1QPzUBqg pics: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c0f_1379905295 The comments on this one are going to be great.
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drat. drat drat, drat. Stupid tree. What a waste. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YGch6AVlFE
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Why was the Aventador sitting in the middle of the road?
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b0nes posted:Why was the Aventador sitting in the middle of the road? Europe.
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b0nes posted:Why was the Aventador sitting in the middle of the road? Idiot rich kid behind the wheel.
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b0nes posted:Why was the Aventador sitting in the middle of the road? The plates look like UAE or Bahrain, so probably some filthy rich oil baron's kid on vacation in Europe with his flown in toy. Entitled stupidity essentially.
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leica posted:[edit] Crosspost from another thread. Apparently when you order an auction car from Japan they don't strap the cars on the boat and this can happen: I think the story on that was that the cars were tied down. With a single strap. As in, all the cars sharing one strap between them. Once that broke, they were all hosed.
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So Big Muscle has a thing.
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 a "Thing" is an understatement.
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Fucknag posted:That kid at the end is awesome. I've been thinking about why this would only benefit carbed engines, and I'm still not really sure. Either way fuel is vaporized and cools the intake gasses, right? Unless we're talking about direct injection, then it's still cooled before the valves close. Can anyone explain this?
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darknrgy posted:I've been thinking about why this would only benefit carbed engines, and I'm still not really sure. Either way fuel is vaporized and cools the intake gasses, right? Unless we're talking about direct injection, then it's still cooled before the valves close. Can anyone explain this? I'd have to guess the pressure drop due to the Venturi effect causes the temperature to also drop. Positive pressure on the intake side increases this as the pressure differential is even greater. Kind of like how a can of compressed gas gets really cold when you let it out.
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Evaporative cooling from the fuel, too.
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kastein posted:Evaporative cooling from the fuel, too. Yeah, this. My question is why it would be different for FI vs carb.
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It happens in FI, too; however, it happens way way way way closer to the combustion chamber versus a carb.
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Hello new Chris Harris with an Alfa 4C https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnuNv77rB0Q
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Well, I totally want one now. To be fair, I've wanted one ever since it was announced, but now I want it even more.
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Alpha went ahead and built themselves a squashed lotus.
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And who says Germans have no sense of humor? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLwML2PagbY
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