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Detroit Q. Spider posted:So I see. I Tineye'd one of th pics and turned up a Russian site that has an awesome translation via Google: http://tinyurl.com/4encfp3 From the two pictures that MonkeyNutZ posted I just knew that it had to have been china.
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MonkeyNutZ posted:E: whoops, physics rant, here is some failure Reminds me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YevmEDd80So
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MonkeyNutZ posted:Before buying a car people should have to study kinetic and static friction. When there is no relative motion between two objects there is static friction. Static friction rises to meet force until it hits its max value (weight*grav*μs) then it drops incredibly fast and flat-lines at its kinetic friction (weight*grav*μk). Years and years ago, I worked part time at a auto parts store. I had a guy come in and he wanted an emergency tow strap for his little poo poo box. Honda or something. Note he wanted it to do an illegal tow (IE: Just moving it) from his buddies place to his or something.. not to actually recover the car stuck in a snow drift or anything. Anyhow, the thing was rated for 4000lbs breaking strength or something like  MAN! It'll break for sure! This is a piece of poo poo! You shouldn't tow a motorcycle with it! Well, I'm not going to say it isn't a piece of poo poo (I like rope/chain combo personally) but I'm sure it'll work for you. What are you moving with it? My Accord (or whatever) Is it stuck? No! But this isn't enough safety factor Um, you do realize you're not lifting the car. You're just pulling it  I mean, you understand you don't need 3000lbs of force to move your car. You can push it yourself right? Yeah There you go.  nevermind
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slidebite posted:
I guess you could also ask him why a 3000lb car can be saddled with an engine that only makes 180lb of torque and still get moving.
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Jan 12, 2011 03:42
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MonkeyNutZ posted:You can imagine how good the people in the neighboring, similar buildings felt about their home purchase after seeing that.
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Jan 12, 2011 04:01
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/5685963/Nine-held-over-Shanghai-building-collapse.html Combination of poor footings, poor quality control (being that the construction company's license had expired  ), and excavation near a river bank, that caused it to give way.
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Jan 12, 2011 04:06
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Alereon posted:Potentially stupid question, but why don't engines have some sort of thermal protection that shuts them down before they get hot enough to catch on fire or sustain damage? I mean clearly there's a temp sensor since an overheat light comes on, why doesn't it just shut off? Some engines do. I know that the mid '90s Australian Fords with the I6 have some built in. Over a certain temperature the ECU starts shutting off injectors so some cylinders are just sucking cool air to help lower temperature. The service manual I have says that this will cause teh car to run rough. Imagine that. According to the same manual the V8 method of protection is essentially spin the poo poo out of the fans and hope for the best. I can assure you this does not work. There is nothing like seeing the temp gauge suddenly spike, the top marker on the gauge illuminating and hearing the car emitting a mournful "ding....ding....ding" to say "Hey! I'm hosed!". Wonderful thing to hear in the middle of the night on a forest road with no phone reception and only a few bottles of iced tea for liquid The coolant tank smelt like tea for months.
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ProjektorBoy posted:I guess you could also ask him why a 3000lb car can be saddled with an engine that only makes 180lb of torque and still get moving. The unit is ft-lb, which I'm sure would have been even harder on his understanding than 180lb(?) of torque.
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kimbo305 posted:The unit is ft-lb, which I'm sure would have been even harder on his understanding than 180lb(?) of torque. Yeah, that's understood. *looks around the forum* You all understood right? I know I did. I suppose I now need to dig up a picture of a horrible mechanical failure. Somewhere I have a camshaft that failed. Gimme a few hours :-)
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kimbo305 posted:The unit is ft-lb, which I'm sure would have been even harder on his understanding than 180lb(?) of torque. Look it's easy, I weigh 180 pounds and if I stand 1 foot away from the car, I can push it. 
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Because this thread has become a catchall for mechanical things getting hosed up, here's some photos from Iceland; 
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kimbo305 posted:The unit is ft-lb, which I'm sure would have been even harder on his understanding than 180lb(?) of torque. I had a friend who told me once about my car then (made 100lb/ft torque on a good day), said if I took my wheel off and put a foot long bar in place, I could sit on it and the car would not be able to move me as I weigh more than 100 pounds. I told him to try it.
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That would probably work if your diff and transmission ratio was 1:1. Otherwise...not so much.
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Mr.Peabody posted:Since we seem to be throwing in accidents lately, I figured this recent video should be included to pay homage to snowpacolypse 2010. I like how our very own Forum SuperstarTM Vitamin J saw fit to comment on that video, with the result being as predictable as ever.
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wallaka posted:That would probably work if your diff and transmission ratio was 1:1. Otherwise...not so much. *For the US, you might even get away with 4.44s. And possibly leaving it in third.
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Whitey Ford posted:Because this thread has become a catchall for mechanical things getting hosed up, here's some photos from Iceland; To me it seems like they're going "AW poo poo WHAT IS UP MY DOGG!"
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MrDeSaussure posted:A video documenting what happens when allthe redundant brake systems are disabled on a ski lift, while loaded. gently caress man, I grew up in Grand County and rode up the lift next to that one a ton of times... 
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Jan 13, 2011 02:03
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MrChips posted:I like how our very own Forum SuperstarTM Vitamin J saw fit to comment on that video, with the result being as predictable as ever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlNDPh7j3aI Part 2 has an awesome start
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dietcokefiend posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlNDPh7j3aI oh the CARnage! cadillac cts ftw (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Jan 13, 2011 05:58
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Whitey Ford posted:Because this thread has become a catchall for mechanical things getting hosed up, here's some photos from Iceland; Can someone explain how this may have happened? The ground seems level, and wheels are straight forward... I'm feeling slightly retarded not being able to see why or how this truck ended up like it did... Did the dumpster side of the truck cause the front to start lifting in some fashion?
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Jan 13, 2011 15:33
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Fat driver.
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FatCow posted:Fat driver. In this case then, it should have collapsed in the middle of the cab 
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slidebite posted:My guess is it wasn't the engine itself that overheated, it was something close to the engine that overheated due to lack of airflow and revving the piss out of it for an hour. Several years ago, a guy across the street from my high school had a heart attack while warming up his car. His foot ended up holding down the gas pedal and the engine revved until something caught on fire. Someone finally noticed all the smoke and flames and went over to investigate after about 30-45 minutes of constant revving.
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Fermunky posted:Can someone explain how this may have happened? The ground seems level, and wheels are straight forward... I'm feeling slightly retarded not being able to see why or how this truck ended up like it did... Overloaded bed tipped over, probably bent the frame. The "crash" scene was somewhere else, this was just wear it was parked. Since the back is heavier than the front, when it was parked the bed took precedence and made the cab look bent over.
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DELETED posted:Several years ago, a guy across the street from my high school had a heart attack while warming up his car. His foot ended up holding down the gas pedal and the engine revved until something caught on fire. Someone finally noticed all the smoke and flames and went over to investigate after about 30-45 minutes of constant revving.  What a terrible way to die. Knowing that not only are you in terrible pain and can't move, but you are just destroying your car in the process. 
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Fermunky posted:Can someone explain how this may have happened? The ground seems level, and wheels are straight forward... I'm feeling slightly retarded not being able to see why or how this truck ended up like it did... E: Here you can see the bed on its side with the cab sitting normally 
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DELETED posted:Several years ago, a guy across the street from my high school had a heart attack while warming up his car. His foot ended up holding down the gas pedal and the engine revved until something caught on fire. Someone finally noticed all the smoke and flames and went over to investigate after about 30-45 minutes of constant revving. Not nearly as fatal, almost the same result for the car though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKkqB2sJGmY Veeb0rg fucked around with this message at 17:59 on Jan 13, 2011 |
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Veeb0rg posted:Not nearly as fatal, almost the same result for the car though. I'd be so conflicted about what to do in that situation. I think the car lover in me would think  and go save the Audi. (but give the guys keys to the po-po)On the other hand... I really want to see his reaction when he wakes up and his car either won't start or shits the bed at the turn of a key.
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Veeb0rg posted:Not nearly as fatal, almost the same result for the car though. Here are some people doing it on purpose. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZnb1SNw6QU
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Replaced a squealing CV joint and gained a nifty desk toy! I caught it before anything catastrophic happened, but it had gone through some serious heat. The first quarter inch of the outside of the stub axle was annealed along with the inside of this bearing. 
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NoWake posted:Replaced a squealing CV joint and gained a nifty desk toy! 
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Every blown up component of anything at work I toss in a big bin, and on break I just make it into little guys that I hide around the shop. I've probably made about 40 by now in 2 years and they're just starting to notice them everywhere. This is the only one I brought home because it was the first one I made and I was pretty amused with myself. They generally have arms and halves of washers for eyebrows and other silly things.
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Hypnolobster posted:Every blown up component of anything at work I toss in a big bin, and on break I just make it into little guys that I hide around the shop. I've probably made about 40 by now in 2 years and they're just starting to notice them everywhere. You gotta post more pictures of these, they sound awesome!
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Whitey Ford posted:Because this thread has become a catchall for mechanical things getting hosed up, here's some photos from Iceland; Downshifted and PUNCHED IT! Sure ain't a HONDA in that boys, that's TORQUE for ya! I do believe my answer is the correct one, if you look at it, it seems the tires slid so my guess is the PTO or something bound up.
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NoWake posted:Replaced a squealing CV joint and gained a nifty desk toy! funny thing is, Ive seen heat treated Offroading CV's that look exactly like this after manufacturing.
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Well, I had a bit of a "Snowpocalypse" experience earlier today... it was snowing all day, an annoying sort of fine snow that seems to turns into pure slipperiness (ABS and TC were kicking in all afternoon). I'm coming back home from the market, and coming right to a steep downhill bit of road about a mile from my place. Right away I think "this could be tricky", and I was right. The Accord in front of me locks up his brakes and slowly slides right into a car parked on the side of the road. Of course I touch the brakes, start to skid, then everything turns a bit slow-mo. I release the brake, spot a gap between the Accord and the car in the right-hand lane, add a bit of throttle and I make it through without any contact. That BMW winter driving course I took a couple of years back paid off.
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el topo posted:Well, I had a bit of a "Snowpocalypse" experience earlier today... it was snowing all day, an annoying sort of fine snow that seems to turns into pure slipperiness (ABS and TC were kicking in all afternoon). I'm coming back home from the market, and coming right to a steep downhill bit of road about a mile from my place. And that's exactly what separates snow drivers from normal people. We know that "Add throttle, dab of oppo perhaps." is a valid and proper choice. 99% of the population is like ZOMG BRAKES I NEED TO STOP NOW STOP STOP STOP! Followed by the sound of folding metal and plastic.
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Sponge! posted:And that's exactly what separates snow drivers from normal people. We know that "Add throttle, dab of oppo perhaps." is a valid and proper choice. 99% of the population is like ZOMG BRAKES I NEED TO STOP NOW STOP STOP STOP! Followed by the sound of folding metal and plastic. Yeah, exactly. If I get trapped somewheres during a storm in my 2wd Ram, it's always funny passing stuck bro trucks as I go slow as gently caress with plenty of counter steer to compensate for the locked rear. They kind of look at me like I'm some kind of wizard, but it's just normal common sense driving. No matter how good you think your car is in the snow, the weak link is always the person using it.
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I've long thought that skid control and inclement weather training should be a mandatory part of licensing process. Imagine the number of accidents that might be avoided... ~~*~~you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one~~*~~
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VikingSkull posted:Yeah, exactly. If I get trapped somewheres during a storm in my 2wd Ram, it's always funny passing stuck bro trucks as I go slow as gently caress with plenty of counter steer to compensate for the locked rear. They kind of look at me like I'm some kind of wizard, but it's just normal common sense driving. No matter how good you think your car is in the snow, the weak link is always the person using it. Exactly. And when I've been schlepping people around who can't get places on their own I've had more than one scream out in terror as I'm calmly spinning the wheel like a submarine hatch with one hand, and jockeying the transmission with the other... And I drive an 89 civic wagovan, and these people are too afraid to drive their focus or escort...
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