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[Peep_Show]

TGIF!

Tequila Goes In First!

 

[hennible]

We had a VW bug, a 2000 model with a turbo. Now that thing could handle. Spoiler popped up at 160km. Kinda a little sleeper car, we never had high enough rated tires on it, never went over 180km, but punkys dad had Z rated (whatever that means) tires on the thing and took it up to 220km that was were the speedo topped out. Not a family car so we sold it after we had our first. Too bad there are some crazy roads in B.C. Id sure would have loved to drive it on... Like the highway into Wistler.

 

[bamadude]

We had a VW bug, a 2000 model with a turbo. Now that thing could handle. Spoiler popped up at 160km. Kinda a little sleeper car, we never had high enough rated tires on it, never went over 180km, but punkys dad had Z rated (whatever that means) tires on the thing and took it up to 220km that was were the speedo topped out. Not a family car so we sold it after we had our first. Too bad there are some crazy roads in B.C. Id sure would have loved to drive it on... Like the highway into Wistler.

Come to darkside.
Tech service took the day off.

 

[Alaskan]

Going over 160 in an old us made muscle car must be terrifying. Those things are basically a cart on wheels with a huge engine strapped to it, no one has thought about handling, or breaking, or suspension. I mean even the modern day Mustang is still made with leaf spring suspension in the back. That's insane.

Bama, that Hayabusa is a crazy thing. Friend of mine had a 600 cc version of the GSX-R, but now he has a MV Agusta F4 1000 R. Crazy piece of machine, the workmanship is crap (Italians make pretty things, but my god some of the engineering shortcuts on that) but the thing will go over 180 mph. He's lost his license a handful of times on that thing...

You gotta remember that the US has some roads that are as straight and flat as a ruler for miles.... No turning required.

 

[Beer can]

Vehve, who kicked Ferrari's butt in the 24hr Lemans '66 '67 '68 '69, and '70?

 

[vehve]

Al, yeah, and if it's just for playing around, I get it, but I don't think I would want to drive something like that every day.

Beer, well yeah, but then they haven't really evolved at all since then. And Le Mans is about durability, something I wouldn't expect from an Italian car either. Old US cars were built to withstand anything, so that's one way to go, or then you can take German engineering, and have a car that's both fast and reliable.

Although right now things are happening in the US car industry that look interesting. With VW shooting themselves in the leg, and the US putting in a lot of effort into electric cars, it could be quite a different market in say 5 to 10 years compared to how it looks now.

 

[perchie.girl]

Al, yeah, and if it's just for playing around, I get it, but I don't think I would want to drive something like that every day.

Beer, well yeah, but then they haven't really evolved at all since then. And Le Mans is about durability, something I wouldn't expect from an Italian car either. Old US cars were built to withstand anything, so that's one way to go, or then you can take German engineering, and have a car that's both fast and reliable.

Although right now things are happening in the US car industry that look interesting. With VW shooting themselves in the leg, and the US putting in a lot of effort into electric cars, it could be quite a different market in say 5 to 10 years compared to how it looks now.

they are already doing formula racing all electric. and getting 140 miles per hour (225Kph) out of fuel cells. There is a formula race at Long Beach in California every year.

http://www.presstelegram.com/sports...rix-may-be-showcase-for-electric-vehicle-tech

been doing it since about 2010.

http://www.presstelegram.com/events...-has-become-big-proponent-of-formula-e-racing

Racing has been historically the way to promote innovation.

The 55 Chevy (my personal fav) built up to race came out of stock car racing. Stock car racing came out of Prohibition. Running moonshine from county to county on back roads. if you think about it some of the safety innovations in cars was the indirect result of racing.

deb

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote:
Not to mention Bonniville Salt flats. Dad used to race motorcycles out there.

Believe me you don't want to lay it down on salt.

worlds fastest Indian


""The current holder of the Outright World Land Speed Record is ThrustSSC, a twin turbofan jet-powered car which achieved 763.035 mph - 1227.985 km/h - over one mile in October 1997. This was the first supersonic record as it broke the sound barrier at Mach 1.016.""

I used to follow all this stuff because my dad did. Before mom and he got married he was doing all sorts of stuff with Racing and Flying. Nothing formal usually on a bet for a case of beer. Yeah I know not the smartest but he loved to watch the Air races and boat races and anything on TV to do with innovations for speed.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: Dad used to cross the desert with his Corvair... He drove it like a fighter pilot. going to and fro to the atomic test site. He would open it up and be doing 110 through the desert. Roads are straight but not always flat. you could get air born through the woopdedoops if you werent careful. He said he started to back it down as he was coming into town and the car started loosing control.

He figured what it was and sped back up till he spotted a gas station. then he Held on as he started backing off and down shifting. Somewhere when he was up at high speed he had lost air from one of his tires. The centripital force had kept it inflated.... the straight flat road facilitated that.

By the time he got to the gas station he was on one rim. Thank goodness it was a front tire All the weight of the car was in the back where the engine was.

It was a great story he could tell em. Id like to think it was true.

deb

 

[Cold Canadian]

The old muscle cars had a way better suspension then what's marketed today (at least for what they were intended for ) , full frame underbody , steel , and they were made for speed , plus if you did have a bang up , chances were better of walking way ....Nothing like a finally tuned full throttle motor to get your heart racing .Around here we still have the late nights on Main when the sleepers come out , some you can feel long before you see them , hairy cams etc , sound like they are going to stall , but put the peddle down and you have a new appreciation for what muscle is .Never owned anything but American , never had a desire to drive any import , just always seemed to fall short of my ideal of what a car should be .The cars I owned were set up for speed , a lot of the older factory cars were built for it as well , but unless you understand your car I would never condone speeding , you have to feel the car in all it's ways and how it reacts , we built them up and knew what we had , brakes, steering , suspension etc