Did anyone watch it? Two questions on the big muscle car - "900bhp of Detroit muscle".
1. Could it do a quarter mile in 9 seconds? That's an average of 100mph from standing, which probably meant it needs to hit about 170mph in 9 seconds at a guess.
2. When it went for its final drag, the front wheels lifted right off the ground as though it was a motorbike doing a wheelie. Is 900bhp enough for this - given how heavy the big American brute probably was?
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You watched it last night then.
I didn't watch it last night but I have seen it before, what really makes me laugh is how they use mega souped up civic's etc that can do a zillion mph to chase a 40 tonne lorry.
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would prob be theoretically possible to outrun a cop car with souped up civics though
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Is 900bhp enough for this - given how heavy the big American brute probably was?
Quite possibly - take a look at some of the beasts at Santa Pod and you'll see a lot of wheelie bars.
As for the film - I loved it :) Absolutely cheesy in every way with appalling wooden acting and no story to speak of, but thoroughly entertaining and with a great soundtrack. The second one is fun too, if only for the tag-team drag race featuring a 'Cuda and a Yenko Camaro against a Mitzi Spider and Evo..
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Mmm, I am driving a 50 ton juggernaut, there is a 1 ton car along side me! What will I do!
I know, I will drive in a straight line for mile after mile to give them plenty of scope for leaping onto my truck!!
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Vin Diesel..sounds cool. Vin Petrol..sounds well not quite the same is it
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Vin Diesel, real name Mark Vincent.
The F&F is an amusing enough distraction for 90mins, my favourite vehicle in the show is the F150 Lightning delivery truck.
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With regard to the wheelie question. A mate mis-spent his youth in Tasmania and had a Holden truck (picture an escort van increased in size by 50% all round with a V8 under the hood) identical to the van in the original mad max film.
After much playing around with tractor clutches, double bucket carbs and the odd moment giggling whilst the mushrooms wore off he had it shoving out over 500bhp at the rear wheels. He's still got the dyno sheet for it.
He used to regularly "mono" (wheelie) this leviathan in second on the freeway and had to fit sissy bars to stop it flipping. So the 900hp beast would have nooooooo problems.
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A quarter mile time of 9 seconds (and drag racers mean 9.0 to 9.99 seconds for this) is easily possible with that much power, there are a few lightweight drag cars that do it with 350bhp!
As I'm sure you guessed, the wheelies were done by having a hydraulically operated frame under the front of the car with some smaller wheels which were hidden from camera.
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Well today I have hunted high and low for the NOX button in the goona, and I can find it anywhere.
One of my co-workers had the same problem, so he borrowed some plastic piping from the coffee machine, and stole one of the fire extinguishers (I told him - blue or red who cares its only a colour)
Anyway he rigged it up, and now the engine stops when he presses his speed button. Anyone know whats wrong? should this be moved to technical?
Oh and how do you get rid of coffee flooding from the machine? should that go in any questions?
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Well today I have hunted high and low for the NOX button in the goona,
That's because you should be looking for the NOS button.
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Mmm, I am driving a 50 ton juggernaut, there is a 1 ton car along side me! What will I do! I know, I will drive in a straight line for mile after mile to give them plenty of scope for leaping onto my truck!!
And keep staring straight ahead, not at the guy pointing a crossbow at my windscreen!
My favourite line in the film was something like "We've identified
the skidmarks, they're from a Honda Civic"
A truly carp film.
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Thanks to that ridiculous film, here in the US, there are loads of kids riding round in worn out basic Honda Civics with drain pipe sized exhaust pipes, suspension lowered to within about 1" of the ground, colossal whale tail spoilers and ear-destroying stereos. That Japanese writing they like gets on my nerves too when on the side of a car.
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While on the subject of ridiculous cars, I wonder if 'spinners' are yet popular in the UK? They are like constantly rotating wheel covers so it looks like the wheels are turning when the car's stationary. Given that everything in the USA filters down to the UK eventually, there may be some profit in importing these and starting the craze over there too.
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I did start to import the drain pipe exhaust systems..........
But I got my fingers burnt.......
COAT COAT someone pass the coat.,
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Saw some crome spinners on a Black Landcruiser with private reg and blacked out windows this week. Looked kinda cool.
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I saw my first "spinners" on an L reg "Neon Green" Corsa at Uni the other day.
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Adam
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back to the film how easy would it be to successfully drive under an artic lorry without getting squashed?
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back to the film how easy would it be to successfully drive under an artic lorry without getting squashed?
Quite easy I would imagine if
a). you had a car with a roof line low enough.....and
b). the artic trailer was stationary or moving VERY slowly!
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And of course if the artic lorry didn't have sidebars !
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I particularly liked the rocket-style acceleration from the bad boys who were already doing 140mph before hitting the NOS button.
And can you just hook up any old cheap laptop to the cigarette lighter socket? A clever trick to actually use it while driving at breakneck speed!
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Mattster
Boycott shoddy build and reliability.
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