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Enzenx posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRNoRlLlsD8 Sweet Jesus. Everyone needs to find 7.5 minutes out of their day and watch this. Now.
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Oh my god that sound  I have to wonder now how much HP F1 could make on 1.5l and a V16
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Well that motor was developed for F1 so I'm guessing about 600.  Real answer, given equal displacement, number of cylinders doesn't matter as much (source: the McLaren P1's twin turbo V8 puts out about 740 HP, I'm seeing similar numbers from (modified, but still) twin turbo 3.8 V6es in various Chevys), so the current season with 1.6L turbo V6s will probably be a good indication of what modern engineers could do. Won't sound nearly as glorious, though. 
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Apr 7, 2014 00:41
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Is it weird that I got a chubby from that? I'm not even joking right now.
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Apr 7, 2014 06:53
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Sweet Jesus. Everyone needs to find 7.5 minutes out of their day and watch this. Now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK-MK3FREk4 Here's a video of it revving. Holy crap. Sounds like an evil, evil, evil, AC Cobra.
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Apr 7, 2014 17:26
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Why did we ever build cars that aren't that one?
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Why did we ever build cars that aren't that one? Because we want them to run for more than about five minutes at a shot, and not be hellishly complicated. BRM engineers were batshit insane in both good and bad ways.
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Apr 7, 2014 19:25
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-g2LQoSCvw While he's not going too fast, the fact that this dude is driving a viper with track tires on public roads in the rain and snow is  enough without excessive speeding. Not a good idea by any means.
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Apr 8, 2014 05:12
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Tekne posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-g2LQoSCvw What the gently caress.
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Apr 8, 2014 05:24
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Tekne posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-g2LQoSCvw I wonder how many cars in oncoming traffic he put off the road by driving straight at them through some of those turns. What a jackass.
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Apr 8, 2014 05:42
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Tekne posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-g2LQoSCvw It takes a special kind of rear end in a top hat to cross the double yellow in a blind corner, let alone at speed. In the mountains of South Korea, no less. On second thought, that actually makes a lot of sense if you've ever seen how they drive over there. Road signs, lines, and lights are treated more like suggestions.
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Apr 8, 2014 06:08
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The video is damning evidence even if nothing happened, and I don't think there are a lot of red gen IIs (or any vipers for that matter) with black stripes in South Korea. The whole thing is stupid all around.
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Apr 8, 2014 06:08
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Welp, on a lighter note, this should bring happiness back to where it belongs.
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Fucknag posted:Well that motor was developed for F1 so I'm guessing about 600. Its not really a true indication though as the current engines are all artificially limited in a whole bunch of ways (rev limits, fuel octane, fuel consumption rates, etc). The closest we'll ever get to "unrestricted" forced induction F1 outputs wouldve been in the mid-late '80s when you were looking at around 1000hp/litre ROFLBOT fucked around with this message at 11:44 on Apr 8, 2014 |
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ROFLBOT posted:Its not really a true indication though as the current engines are all artificially limited in a number of ways (rev limits, fuel octane, fuel consumption rates, etc). The closest you would get to "unrestricted" forced induction F1 outputs wouldve been in the mid-late '80s when you were looking at around 1000hp/litre Well, true, but asking what F1 engineers could do necessarily takes into account F1 rules and regulations. An unlimited class, with full active aero, active suspension, crazy Chaparral-style suction fans... I think you'd need remotely piloted cars at that point due to the G-forces.
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Fucknag posted:An unlimited class, with full active aero, active suspension, crazy Chaparral-style suction fans... I think you'd need remotely piloted cars at that point due to the G-forces. ...we can do this now. Why haven't we done this?
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I'm debating if the cars would stay regular sized or weight savings would push them into tiny, extreme RC cars.
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Boat posted:...we can do this now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fGH2xMlZfw Basically on any normal racing circuit the thing generates so much downforce you don't ever really brake, you just turn and keep it planted. Also some more reading: http://www.redbull.com/us/en/motorsports/f1/stories/1331625517209/red-bull-x2014-gallery. The fan X2014 could lap the 'Ring at around 3 minutes, so it's completely bonkers.
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The problem with racing is the cars have advanced past the limits of the surfaces they race on. If we want racing technology to progress like it used to in the good old days, entirely new types of race tracks need to be constructed. They would have to be much longer, much wider, the turns wouldn't be as sharp and most likely would need to be banked. You can defeat the G-forces that way and increase speeds to the next level. It's debatable as to whether these tracks should include spectator areas. The thing is, construction of such tracks would be incredibly expensive, and as such most likely will never be created. So in the meantime, restrictions will get ever tighter and speeds and technology will eventually stagnate.
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AI as gently caress
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That crazy bike engined Fiat hillclimb car doing what it does best. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1oM1hcMEZI
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Puddin posted:That crazy bike engined Fiat hillclimb car doing what it does best. That was glorious.
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Apr 9, 2014 13:40
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You find the coolest poo poo.
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Puddin posted:That crazy bike engined Fiat hillclimb car doing what it does best.  I want to drive that in an autocross. Just because of the awesome factor.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:You find the coolest poo poo. credit goes to Hot Rod for this one, I have them on my FB lol e- to make up for that fact, here's some Smokey Yunick and Fireball Roberts goodness from Daytona, 1962 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGGxQSDGvD0 e2- that Petty Belvedere lmao, so loving ugly Seizure Meat fucked around with this message at 23:19 on Apr 9, 2014 |
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VikingSkull posted:Leno finally finished his hot rod Lotus Elan Nothing like putting an Elan on a diet and adding power This car is great, but god drat it has the worst pin stripes I've ever seen.
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That Lotus is a damned work of art. I need to be a billionaire so I can hire artists & magicians to make my dream garage.
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Dirt Every Day has finally completed the most awesome vehicle ever built: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5CYmklIx5Q
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Rally navigators know not to look out the windows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQmBOIrmsXQ
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Had to watch that like a million times in a row. Content: Some skier puts a supercar on a ski slope in preperation for the Miami - Ibiza Gumball rally this year. You wont guess which one tho. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPkYb7_rMaA
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Preoptopus posted:Had to watch that like a million times in a row. I don't really care for the drink, but I love EVERYTHING Red Bull does with sports. That was awesome.
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angryhampster posted:I don't really care for the drink, but I love EVERYTHING Red Bull does with sports. That was awesome. Not that it's relevant discussion for this thread, but I'd like to know how they sponsor so much poo poo. It's not like the energy drink pulls in that much money, right?
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rcman50166 posted:Not that it's relevant discussion for this thread, but I'd like to know how they sponsor so much poo poo. It's not like the energy drink pulls in that much money, right? A quick Google showed they had around 3.4 billion dollars in sales last year. I guess that's a lot? I honestly don't know.
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It's soda that they can sell for 18 cents per ounce instead of 2 because of slightly more caffeine, I imagine profit margins are pretty high (and Coke does pretty well as is so...)
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angryhampster posted:I don't really care for the drink, but I love EVERYTHING Red Bull does with sports. That was awesome. It's also worth pointing out that video wasn't done by Red Bull...it's a Bet Safe advertisement.
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Fucknag posted:It's soda that they can sell for 18 cents per ounce instead of 2 because of slightly more caffeine, I imagine profit margins are pretty high (and Coke does pretty well as is so...) It's more realistic to think of Coke and Pepsi's only actual expenditures as being advertising for the product. The R&D and manufacturing is barely a rounding error.
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thealphabetsez posted:It's also worth pointing out that video wasn't done by Red Bull...it's a Bet Safe advertisement. True. I just saw his red bull hat and went hog wild. Seriously though, F1, Crashed Ice, Air Races, Flugtag, Rally in the US, dropping a dude from half way to space, they just do cool stuff.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:It's more realistic to think of Coke and Pepsi's only actual expenditures as being advertising for the product. The R&D and manufacturing is barely a rounding error. Basically they decided to sponsor cool poo poo instead of polar bear commercials.
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Motorcycle on a rope swing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tEnnp7_slE
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