I'm 90% sure it's a Duesenberg SSJ. But I believe there was a lot of different SSJ models

Is it a SSJ Bobtailed Speedster, a SSJ Roadster, a SSJ Blackhawk or something else?

I'm 90% sure it's a Duesenberg SSJ. But I believe there was a lot of different SSJ models

Is it a SSJ Bobtailed Speedster, a SSJ Roadster, a SSJ Blackhawk or something else?

I don't know, I just found the pic with no name. Thanks a lot.

Edit: Its a La Grande Roadster I think.

Are white wall tires cool or what?

hell yes they are...

lambo or holden?

Lamborghini when Efigy is not here. :p

If Efigy is here , I will still choose the Lamborghini , why ?

cause you haven't been for a drive in the Efigy like I have...

I get my new phone tomorrow... LG Chocolate...yes , oddly named...like it?
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/5433/lgchocolate720703oy7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

looks tasty...

my sister gets hers in a weeks... samsung D600... like it??

Ok...
Should my brother get a new phone ?

yes...yes he should...everyone should...all at once.

@m3 - yeah man that phone is good. slider phones are nice. much sleeker than flip phones.

do you like this? there's only 5 of them made and they cost $300,000us dollars...Sony Ericcson Black Diamond...

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/5555/blackdiamondql8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I could even get a AM V8 Vantage.
I think Bill Gates should get it.

Should he get the K800i or W850i ?

No he probably already has a phone worth more than my house.

@Wes: Nice, I would still never buy iy even if I were a Sultan

New 335i sedan for 105 AUD, rip off or what?

I don't like the idea of the 335i .
Do you like it ?

Good lord no, its more than double the price of the SSV with a lot less power and tunnablity.

Efigy or Concept S?

oh Efigy all the way...mmm so nice.

ford indigo or gt90?

GT90





Do you have MSN?

Yes


GM or Ford crate engines?

Ford crate engines.

Anyone notice parko these few days ?

I noticed he's been gone..




Pancakes or bacon????

Pancakes...

Why he is gone ?
I'm starting to miss his posts...lol...

School possibly..or lack of interest on this forum..



How many languages(spl?) do you speak?

1 and 1/100 The second in German but that still might be overestamating me.
I'm not good with langues.

Dodge Calibur or Golf?

Audi S3 over both of them .
Mini Cooper S also ok because of its little look. LOL !

Have you watch The Italian Job ?

I'v seen the American job if thats what you mean. I havn't seen the real Italian Job yet though.

C2 Corvette or equivelant Thunderbird?

Corvette.
hDi or CDI?

hdi...

anyone here remember the Philips CD-i console?

nope..

who remember ?

not me...

anyone else remember?

yeah, CDi was a nice attempt. Dragons Lair was brilliant.

Parko left SCF a while back.
That means I can talk about rotaries to myself now.... which is rather boring actually.

Anyone know megatokyo?

i've read the comic...

hey do you think this game would work on here? make it less nerdy though...

http://forum.freeworldonline.com/viewtopic.php?t=6542&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

unfortunately most members lack teh creative approach to destruction and world domination inherent to us roleplayers.

I don't think it'd be half as fun as on an RPG and gaming forum.

The nerdy'ness is party of the fun in the first place, stripping that is like stripping the first lady of her panties. It's an absolute no-no.

I did indeed mean the comic.
Do you also know 8-bit theatre by any chance?

No, never heard of it

yeah, CDi was a nice attempt. Dragons Lair was brilliant.

Parko left SCF a while back.
That means I can talk about rotaries to myself now.... which is rather boring actually.


I'm always ready to talk about rotaries but I only really know the basics.

If you decrease the capacity of a 13B by about 10CC to increase the comp ratio would it acctully have a positive effect?

ask the solitare..










Has Parko left for good?


If so...why?

No idea

Although he was an ass he was a good member (sometimes)

Big block or small block?

Small block.....

'06 'stang V8 or '06 STI turboed flat-4?.....

ooo hard choice...stang...gotta love it.

is it wrong that i laughed at most of these?

http://forum.ebaumsworld.com/showthread.php?t=121522

No..not really, that forum is lame loll






Angelina Jolie or Japanese Twins?

Japanese twins - Nissan Skyline Coupe 350 GT V35 and Infiniti G35 Sport Coupe. I want them in white with beige leather. They'd be fun to have over here in Europe - Especially the Inifiniti.

In what way were the venturis restricted on Group C cars? I mean hell, I was just looking up at my Jaguar XJR-9 model car. The venturis on that thing are huge, so huge that they had no choice but to run the suspension through them.

How small they could be?

Was I right?

I don't know. I'm still trying to find out myself. It's something about a certain distance from the bulkhead...s, which I don't get.


Do you know how many government satellites are watching any citizen at any moment?

no...prolly lots...wacky agents.

hey tom , we have to beat this word association thread (even though this is the question thread , i'll end with a question)
http://www.gsmarena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3665

OK?

Yeah, but we will have to get back on the word association topic then!

Do you know how many religious relics are kept at The Pentagon?

I don't know...

How many ?

23.

What were the maximum dimensions allowed for the chassis and tyres on Group C cars?

I've just google it .
http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=87822&goto=nextnewest
Read the second post...if I'm not mistaken , should be two meters according to the member .

Why do I love to use google ?

because you cant use yahoo!...lol

why did i use yahoo mail instead of google mail?

..............

If you decrease the capacity of a 13B by about 10CC to increase the comp ratio would it acctully have a positive effect?

decreasing displacement in rotaries is not easy. The only easy way to do so would be to decrease the depth of the chambers on the rotors. (seen on illustration below on every face of the rotor) This would have a negative effect though. The chambers are there to ensure a smooth flow from air an dfuel into the combustion chamber. Most performance engines even enlarge those chambers increasing radii on the edges of the chamber to make sure fuel and air mix and distribute better along the whole combustion chamber.

http://www.rotaryengineillustrated.com/re101/images/13B-apart.jpg

A more elaborate way of reducing displacement would be to make the width of the rotor and rotor housing (silver parts in between red marked seperation walls) smaller by a margin. Along with me, no one else ever saw a valid reason to do that since it only decreases the displacemebt and only marginally increases torque resistance and stiffness of the complete engine.

QUESTION::
why is my colleague grabbing in a wastebin? (confuzzled)

I don't know.

Why?

because you dont know it...lol...no answer to my question...nvm

Why didnt he know?

Because the sky is so high...

Some more?

Some more what?

Got drift?.....

Man, I've tried, but I can't catch a drift for ****.

A scale model of the new diesel Pug will be presented In 16 days. Is it going to be a roadster or a coupé?

Coupe...

Any pictures of it ?

Not before Septemper 28.

Will Team Essex Invest be running a privateer R10 TDI at Le Mans 2007?

I dunno

Do any of you play LFS?

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/2332/unavngivetlk6.jpg

What is the technical explanation for why this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O112Q_koGE) happened?

There has been a great deal of conjecture as to why the Mercedes CLR did that dramatic series of back flips at Le Mans last year. Most of the speculation has centered on the suspension set up of the CLR, but not nearly as much thought has been given to the aerodynamics involved. This article describes the actual aerodynamic principles that made that flight possible, why this is possible for other cars of this type (LM-GTP), and why it is less likely for open cockpit LMP type cars.

Let's begin with a couple of illustrations. The first is a side view of the CLR. At first we see a vehicle which has very complicated aerodynamics with air going in here and out there, kinks and wings and various aerodynamic devices. Of course, in keeping with the most fundamental of engineering principles, we attempt to simplify the aerodynamics to make more clear what the potential problems are. you see that sketched airfoil which envelopes the outline of the CLR...
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/2117/mercafum8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

In the second illustration of the Audi R8 open-top roadster, there's also a sketch of the enveloping airfoil. Immediately we notice that the airfoil enveloping the CLR is much thicker than that enveloping the Audi. So what does that mean?
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/2333/audiaffe0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

For a thicker airfoil it is obvious that the path the air has to travel starting at the nose and traveling to the tail has farther to go when it travels over the top of the thicker airfoil than it does over the top of the thinner one. If we suppose that these airfoils are both in a stream of air traveling at the same speed, that air flowing over the top of the thicker airfoil is going to have farther to go in the same amount of time as the air traveling over the top of the thinner airfoil. So by Bernoulli's principal, which states that the faster the air moves the lower the pressure, we can then assume that the thicker airfoil is generating more lift than the thinner airfoil.

So with the statement that these cars, as illustrated, are roughly shaped like lifting wings, we can now look for evidence that supports our hypothesis. Perhaps the most graphic evidence could be found in the problems experienced by the '99 Audi R8C coupe in testing. Many will remember the pictures posted on the Internet of the Audi with its door sucked off. This was reported to be a prevalent problem during testing of that car. There was also a problem with the rear bodywork being sucked off the car. Apparently the lift forces experienced by the bodywork of that car were more than the designer had anticipated. Anyone watching the '98 Petite Le Mans from the front straight might also have noticed the rear window of one of the RX-7's that was sucked far into the air, not once, but twice. Both of these events provide solid evidence to support our theory that the top sides of these cars develop lift.

Now it makes sense to ask what it is that keeps these cars on the ground at 200 mph. First of all we have the approximately 2000 lb. weight of the car. Second we have ground effect aerodynamics, which are very significant on these cars. "Wait," you say, "they have flat bottoms, they can't possibly be using ground effects to keep them on the ground." Wrong. The nose part of the flat bottom is closer to the ground than the tail portion and the resultant angle is referred to as the rake angle, which is typically 2-5 degrees. That small rake angle creates a shallow ground effects tunnel which produces the vast majority of the total downforce generated by the car. As anyone who has seen these cars can attest, the angle that the flat bottom makes with the road is barely perceptible, yet that same small angle makes a huge difference in the downforce generated by the car. Typically if a team is experimenting with a large change in rake angle set-up for a particular track they might crank in a 0.100 inch change in the height of one end of the car or the other. That should indicate how critical the rake angle is.

Consider this...
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/918/freewingfw6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

if the nose comes up to somewhere around one degree of nose down rake angle, the aerodynamic force generated by the bottom of the car becomes lift. This lift pressure builds rapidly as the nose comes up. Stagnation pressure (the maximum possible pressure) can be achieved within a few degrees of nose up rake angle. This stagnation pressure could result in a lift force of over 4000 lbs at 200 mph. That's over twice what is required to lift the car off the ground. The preceding illustrations were generated by a CFD analysis of a wing (left) in free air and that same wing in ground effect (right). The red area represents high pressure. Notice how much more red there is under the wing in ground effect than under the wing in free air. This illustrates that not only is it possible to develop a great deal of downforce with ground effects, but it is also possible to generate a great deal of lift. In addition to the lift generated on the bottom side of the car as the nose raises up, there is also a slower build up of lift on the top of the car.

It is obvious that once the forces lifting the car exceed those holding it to the ground the car will fly...
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/9013/wingigeyc4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Since most of these cars have engines in the back, and since the rules in for both the Grand Am and ALMS dictate that the drivers feet must remain behind the front axle plane, it is reasonable to expect that the center of gravity (c.g.) of these cars is well aft. Is it aft of the center of lift? It is hard to say where the center of lift for the top of the car is located without more specific information. The center of lift for the bottom of the car when at a nose up attitude can be estimated to be at less than 50% of the length of the bottom of the car. This puts the center of lift for the bottom of the car in front of the c.g. To make things worse the car has a wing on the back side generating downforce behind the rear tires and well behind the c.g. which naturally tends to lift the nose. Since the lift on top of the car increases with nose up pitch, we do not expect our car to glide like a well balanced balsa airplane. Instead, we would expect that once the nose starts up it will continue to go up as the top side aerodynamic forces increase, which is exactly what we saw in both the flip of the Mercedes at Le Mans and of the Porsche at Petite Le Mans.

Could cars other than the Mercedes become airborne? Here are two photographs taken last year at the top of the hill under the bridge at Road Atlanta. Notice that both the Panoz and the Raffinelli Riley and Scott Mk. III were caught with front wheels off the ground.

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6310/99plrl12ws6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Fortunately the speeds there were not sufficient for flight like that of the Mercedes or even like that of the Porsche GT98 that occurred on the back stretch of Road Atlanta at the '98 Petite Le Mans. Certainly in the future, contenders will consider the fate of these cars when determining spring rates and shock settings for the rear of their cars. On the other hand consider this, a softer spring in the rear and softer shock settings help keep the rear wheels on the road more, so even at relatively high downforce tracks, it is not unusual for a car to run softer springs on the back side than the front.

Beyond the setup issues, there are other kinds of incidents that can effect the attitude of the cars. In '99, Jim Downing's Kudzu DLY was put out of the Mosport race by a half shaft that fell off of another car. Fortunately Jim did not hit that half shaft with a front tire, or it could have conceivably lifted his nose off of the ground a significant amount.

Would this have caused the car to flip? It is hard to say. The DLY is an open top car and thus less likely to blow over than an closed top car as I have discussed above. Could that same half shaft have caused a closed top car to flip? In light of what happened to the Mercedes and Porsche cars, the answer seems to be yes.

When we look at the height and distance that the Mercedes CLR flew at Le Mans, we all as race fans feel very fortunate that there were no spectators killed, as well as being thankful that the driver was ok. Certainly such a tragedy should be avoided and we should all embrace rules that make such events less likely.


was that helpful?

i ddint read it.. but there was so much writing i would say yes..

V8 supercars or F1 cars??

V8 supercars all the way...

SuperGT or DTM?

DTM...

Holden or Ford?

Ford

Formula 1 or ALMS?

formula 1..

circuit or drift?

Drift...more challenging.

Why is Tom K keep asking some related stuffs question ?

Because I want ask some difficult kvestions, but I've got many to start making threads on them. Besides, I doubt anyone on here would be able to answer them.

Where is he?

who? me? no, definately not. I'm at work. Don't know where tom kristensen is, nor parko who was here a few moments ago (not at work but on scf.com) and I also have no clue where wesleypipes is but i woudl want to thank him for the brilliant post on aero which I really enjoyed reading.

Aero is not my forte, mechanics is.

What best to do against insect bites that make your arm swell up? (I didn't even know there wree insects capable of that, nor that such insectsreside in germany nor do I see a good reason for them stinging me or me being allergic for something other then pollen (and taxes))

I heard on TV that the best thing you can do is to shave the area of the bite with a razor, and then piss on it... but beer should work too.


Wait, I still don't get it. How does a thick airfoil generate more lift than a thin one, and why would it cause the car to fly? The Group C cars and other GT1 cars must have had some thick airfoils as well, but they didn't have such problems.

thnx for the tips but it's at a spot I can't reach in any decent fashion to urinate on and as for beer, I can't bring myself to pour it anywhere but where it's intended to go...

As for the airfoil thing. Basically it comes down to thicker foil shapes create a larger vacuum at the back end of the wing which is the part creating the lift.

What makes me wonder though, the mercedes flipped backwards. If teh shape of the car had that much of an influence in the matter by just having a higher profile and creating a bigger vacuum at teh back of the car then it would have floated and shown more spin over the length of the car instead of flipping backwards and being accelerated in that.

A few things happened though. I don't have the fascilities right now to view yet another replay but essentially, air came underneath the car at an angle overseen by the designers. This cancelled the ground effect (yet another vacuum underneath the car) by pumping such an amount of air underneath, mainly due to the unpredicted angle of the front lip towards the wind, which in turn should have caused the car to run over a hill without a majority of it's intended downforce for the speed it was travelling with.

This combined with the pull at the rear section of the car caused by an ever increasing area for the vacuum bubble AND a strong ride wind that, after the car started to lift only tipped over the car even faster (imagine blowing against a poker card and then imagine what happens when you lift up teh front slightly)

As with other accidents I can only think of this as a string of events that led up to a car being tossed across a racing track.\


car wars combines best with battle cattle, true or not true?

Of all things, I never would have thought that rear wacuum was the problem, but now I understand. Thanks a ton!

As for the question. I'll say it's true.


What the hell is wrong with me? Silk-shirt, hairy chest, enough aftershave to drown a household pet, but I still dare not buy a model car over the Internet from foreign countries with foreign currencies.

that's called common sense. Can't blame you.
I never ordered something more expensive the a DVD without having the purchase insured when buying over the internet. Next to that I always make sure there is a 14 days no questions asked money back option.

tarantino party this saturday. What to wear, as which tarantino movie character to dress up? (reduces entry fee by 50%)

I never heard a movie named tarantino before...
If you want to save money , wear the tarantino suit then...if not...just wear casual ;)

I'm very stupid am I ?

No. When I was 13, I didn't have half the knowledge and knowhow that you have. Hell, I couldn't even speak English when I was your age.

Which of these avatars do you think would fit my attitude the best?

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/4778/bentleyspeed85zf2.jpg http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/4180/200pxatomheartmothercoverph1.jpg http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/5158/ferrari250gto3dx7.jpg http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/2561/mercedes300sl1cz7.jpg http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/8016/pfmeddletq8.jpg
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/4664/testacountach2wp0.jpg http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/3148/shelbygt500eyj7.jpg http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/6132/200pxdsotmzb3.jpg http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/9852/200pxobsok7.jpg http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/2467/saucer01kb6.jpg

I like all the cars one...though choice though...

Which is your favourite car among all of them

The Bentley Speed 8.

What is the coefficient of drag of a Porsche 917K?

http://www.mulsannescorner.com/aerodatabaseporsche917k.html

Put the Bentley Speed 8 for the avatar then

What do you think of my new avatar ?

Yeah it prawns, as does all silver arrows.

Twenty posts separate Car Lover from me. Who will reach 4,500 posts first?

I think you will...I'm not very experience yet .
I just want my posts just around the level you are in right now.
I wanna go to sleep right now....nitez...

Why is nobody replying to the Word thread ?

I replied. Trying to drag it away from the Renault Laguna and into a something about Chuck Norris and russian assault weapons.

Mercedes-Benz, BMW or Audi?

I replied. Trying to drag it away from the Renault Laguna and into a something about Chuck Norris and russian assault weapons.

IT'S WORKING TOM...

Mercedes-Benz, BMW or Audi?

BMW pleasethankyouverymuch.

Nismo , STI or Ralliart?

Nismo

Should I swap an H22a head on my H23 and make it scream?

I dunno.....

Can you please give me a 1 to 2 paragraph explanation on the Honda H-series engines?.....

H22- VTEC, long thin rods, 7800 RPM limit, 2.2L, FRM sleeves, 170 ish whp, capable of 7-9 psi stock.

H23- Non-VTEC, short stout rods, longer stroke, 6250 RPM limit, 2.3L, FRM sleeves, 130 ish whp, capable of 7-9 psi stock.

That's all you're going to get.

Basically, by slapping on the H22 head I get VTEC with a longer stroke which = higher compression.

So I expect to dyno 170-175 whp.. Only problem is I might not be able to rev high and finding a P13 auto ECU might be a pain in the ass.


Yay or nay?

Yay... maybe.

175 whp in a FWD would be asking for some major understeer, ya? Or did you find a way around that?

Understeer is completely controllable. You can't understeer if you don't push it too hard. Earlier when I was considering FI I would've been pushing 250-280 to the wheels.

Hmmm, ever thought about gettin a 1-way LSD?.....

1 way LSD? Aw, hell no! I'd rather try Mimosa Hostilis or a syrian rue combined with a DMT-containing plant with an MAOI. That should create one of the most hallucinogenic experiences, second to driving a Bentley Speed 8 in rocks for four hours in 100 degree heat.

Jaguar E Type V12 or Lamborghini Miura?

Lamborghini Miura .

Why didn't you sign-in at MSN ?

who?

tonight at work sucked...people are stupid.
why do people insist on coming into a restaurant 10 minutes before it closes to eat then wonder why the boss says no? why? WHY!!!?

Because they got nothing to do.

I don't know why I suddenly feel moody today.

Do you think I know how to play my role ?

If your role is about is throwing a 917 Kurzheck around very aggressively in the corners, and going 230 flat out down the Mulsanne straight, it might be difficult. Besides, this looks very scary! Like if the chassis was made of pudding!
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/4029/zbarcelona7102mg7.jpg


What is the difference between a small block and a big block?

the size of the block. One of the things people often misunderstand is that a small block is a small block, no matter what. A small block Chevy 265 is the same size as a small block Chevy 400... A big block Chevy 396 is the same size as a big block 454. I've often heard people say "I wanted to put a 400 in it but a 302 was all that would fit"... it makes me laugh!


RHD or LHD?

LHD....... coz i'm used to it lol!

Mitsubishi lancer EVO VII or Subaru WRX STI ?

depends on the WRX generation, some look better then the evo VII, others (the bulbous headlight ones) don't

mazdatrix or racing beat rotors for my 13B?

I dunno, I'm betting for mazdatrix.....

MAZDASPEED or RE AMEMIYA?.....

Mazdaspeed...more famous and powerful.

Please help me .
Anyone still remember a thread of a Ferrari video and a map at the bottom of the video ? Give me the link to the thread please . Thanks a lot .

I dunno, I'm betting for mazdatrix.....

MAZDASPEED or RE AMEMIYA?.....


RE AMEMIYA anyday. They at least have 20B's which sound like jet fighter planes and scary looking bodykits.

Sorry carlover, dunno what thread you're talking about. Maybe someone else remembers. I can't remember a video with a map in it.

what do you think is more exciting to watch? amateur 1/4 miles or professional highspeed record breaking?

pro high speed driving for sure...

the ps3 will use up to 4gig of hard drive space to store content for 'on the fly' streaming...the processor can't handle enough data to transfer on the fly...
and still , loading times are reported to be slower than the 360...

the HDMI cable that allows you to play in full high-def , doesn't come with the console...neither does the ps1/ps2 memory card transfer adaptor...

the europe release date has been moved to march 2007...

australians will be paying $1000 for the 60gig system...

this question might be a bit too soon to tell but...
is the ps3 rushed or will it survive in the long run?

It is rushed. Apparently the delay is due to problems with the mass production of the console's Blu-ray drive.

Rumors are swirling that the PS3 will face yet another delay due to a laser glitch. When will it hit the market?

probably by christmas 2007, but I guess thats being hopeful.... lol.


is the ps3 delay going to make me buy an xobx 360 instead?

If you're a big-time Sony fan, no chance in hell. I saw some defective Xbox 360s at Fry's Electronics last month so if that helps in your decision.

Who here will get Guild Wars: Nightfall?

Unfortunately I have no idea what it is.


If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?

no ... lol j/k yea i ll remember u

black or white ?

White

What'd'ja leave behind for me?!?