adam_r

I was reading an article about this video... apparently they have to get it near enough perfectly centered. they said even 1" off center they would back the tank off and try again... anything over 1" off center can lead to this . scarey stuff really

steve-o. if your interested in a map, then contact me im not a sponsor here so would not want to get upset anyone, but i can offer these services :confused: The boxes really arnt a great idea for your engine as all they do is up the boost and the fuel pressure. Proper maps will take in to account a lot more than that.

Fail! good old chinese

we have one of those local to me, i managed to get chatting to the owner who was quite nice... the under bonnet P0rn is to die for!

how about this landing then

that pilot is very talanted. thats one heck of a crosswind and bringing the plane in sideways is very difficult! a little section from a US document looking in to car deaths v plane deaths shows that it really is safer to fly you only hear about plane crashes or incidents due to the fact they are quite rare... We dont hear about fatal road accidents each day because they are so 'common'.

they should have fitted parachutes to all toyotas over there then... the yanks seem to think the brake is the accelerator

It will be a fail if it drops on to a car!!

i do hope thats not a car that has been brought to WIM.... I would hate to think of the poor braking capacity, short pad life and the fact that the rotors would probably break under heavy use! Im supprised this idiot has not replaced the pads with 'pins' that will fit in the holes!!! extra braking!

Tony... why on earth would some one raise an mx5?

As far as im aware that method of accelerating is just a myth. As an example my old civic had an 'eco' lamp on the dash. there are several reasons for this 'eco' light that was light for just 600rpm throught the rev range. Going back to basics, An Engine produces max torque at 2.5k rpm (red line at 7k). at 2.5k rpm the momentom of the engine is most easily mantained, again meaning that this is the point where the engine is most efficient and uses least fuel per stroke for the power that it provides. If you where able to keep the engine running at this optimum point during driving the fuel efficiency would be very good. stray below this mark and the engine started to 'labour', no engine vibration but it would increase the % load per stroke. Above the 3k margin the eco light goes out and the engine is then turning quicker than necassary and even though the % load has decreased, more fuel is being used and the engine is not working as efficiently. The best way to accelerate to 30mph would be to keep the engine revs between 2.3k and 3k accelerating slowly and smoothly. If you accelerate hard (WOT) your injectors inject slightly too much fuel (rich mixture). which means some fuel going in is not burt efficiently causing a reduction in mpg People should always consider how an engine works for optimal performance in the same way of doing a manual labour task... Put a bag of cement on your back and run 20meters as fast as you can... this will take more effort and energy than just walking the 20m.. but running it would take less time obviously Now consider a moving start, this means you already have the bag of cement moving, requiring less energy to keep you and it moving. now consider your engine now having to pull 1.2tons of metal from a standing start to 30mph as quickly as you can and compare that to slowly acelerating and getting up to speed gently. Enabling your engine to rotate at a comfortable speed and changing speed as little as often is the most economical way of driving. It drives me nuts when people just shove their cars in 5th gear at 30mph just because it 'can'. Far too many people associate low rpm with least fuel used, when infact its better for your engine and fuel economeny to keep the engine turning at a resonable rate (as with my old civic was 2.5k, or my current diesel accord around 1.6k rpm).

that brings a new meaning to no smoke... no poke :nowink:

it sounds lovely.. but is it just me or are his up shifts a little slow and the engine running a bit too rich ?

Yup... 'proper' slicks / race tyres are silly money

they (R888) are around £150 each for 225/45/17 or £170 for 235/45/17 I know this as I Looked in to these for our track car.. we ended up fitting 15's on for cheaper tryes! some of your other options are: Yokohama A048 Hankook RS2 toyo R1R

i have Ze912's on my accord at the moment ( a much bigger car) and i must say they where a cheap tyre and they seem to perform well... dont get me wrong, they are no performance tyre but i cant fault them so far They are on my 'winter' wheels and coped with this years snow quite well, although i did have a few poopy moments, but that was my fault. They also deal with standing water quite well too i got my tyres from camskill at something like £52 each. i cant wait to get back to my vredestien sessantas though in the summer.... i miss the silly amounts of grip!

there must be a safety feature to allow you to push the doors off their hinges like they did in that video

and how much do a set of those cost

thats impressive waz.... i bet the handling was spot on

i just lol'd so loud i woke the baby up i think thats helarious !

also HOTW not HOTM!! its rather amusing / shocking what stuff you guy get to see!

a car i would love to own...

how about this beast.. shame about the engines not sounding right though Please wait a few moments for Video to Load!

only problem is that its a single engine Blackbird.. so its scale but not scale you want to check this out for size Please wait a few moments for Video to Load!

i tried it on my old car and it didnt work for me. Apparently they only work if the dent is a 'dent' not a crease in the body