Drache Rott Posted April 2, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 I am thinking about mounting a camera to either the dash or the roll cage.....yea I know...but I gotta have a roll cage at the speeds I am going to be running... there is a billboard they have set up partway through the race to show you how fast you are going...I want video of me passing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOHC_WBody Posted April 2, 2003 Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 I am thinking about mounting a camera to either the dash or the roll cage.....yea I know...but I gotta have a roll cage at the speeds I am going to be running... there is a billboard they have set up partway through the race to show you how fast you are going...I want video of me passing it. W3rd. get some vids. that would utterly rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drache Rott Posted April 2, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 Since this will be my first open road race(official) I believe they are going to limit me to the gt3 class....which means 165mph average or I break class and loose any chance at placeing. I am trying to decide how long to tape for...if I tape the whole race it would be between 1 hour and 1 and 1/4 hours long so I might settle for having clips of me passing the billboard, finishing and a clip from inside the car as I do these as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeverSayDie Posted April 3, 2003 Report Share Posted April 3, 2003 What kind of tires do you plan to run? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godofthunder Posted April 3, 2003 Report Share Posted April 3, 2003 You could always shoot the wohle thing, and then edit it later. That, or take some in race stuff. Or even beter, if you saw some nice footage (wreaks, scenerey, etc), turn it on, then off again Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drache Rott Posted April 3, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2003 I will be running either a y rated(186 mph) or z rated tire(149+mph) ....road corses require street tires because race tires are too thin and may blow out from simple road hazzards...eg glass chunks..nails.... they are pretty strick on the tires so I will prob run one of the tires they list.....other wise the have to tech the tired before they are mounted on the rim or some crap like that....they even mandate the type of air filler tube that is mounted in the rim....(at the speeds I run at) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted April 4, 2003 Report Share Posted April 4, 2003 Doesn't turning off the VSS reading mess wreck havoc on your engine, the pcm thinking you're going 0 mph and in reality it's 120+? Or would it just be tranny issues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drache Rott Posted April 4, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2003 as far as I know the computer dosen't give a crap what speed your going as far as opperating the engine goes untill you hit the limiter...what it does care about is rpm...which is driven by the crank sensor...I may be wrong but that was my understanding ....as far as the trans goes it may depend on which trans you have...if it's the electronic one I beleve it is speed sensitive.....I dont believe mine was the electronic so I dont think it matters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby1870 Posted April 4, 2003 Report Share Posted April 4, 2003 no, the tranny on yours isnt the eletronic one. So, the tranny doesnt care about speed, nor does the computer. Like you said, all it cares about it rpm Robby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted April 4, 2003 Report Share Posted April 4, 2003 Actually the tranny I have is the getrag, so I have no rev limiter either.... bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby1870 Posted April 4, 2003 Report Share Posted April 4, 2003 Actually the tranny I have is the getrag, so I have no rev limiter either.... bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha....... yeah yeah yeah........not fair..........damn automatic Robby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drache Rott Posted April 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2003 in what your P.O.N.T.I.A.C. or your cutlass?...(the getrag) guess what pontiac means...I'm not telling the answer muahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby1870 Posted April 5, 2003 Report Share Posted April 5, 2003 I know that I know what the acronym PONTIAC means. Robby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drache Rott Posted April 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2003 I was asking justin..I kinda figured you knew..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drache Rott Posted April 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2003 some where I have a list of accronims for every car maker....and a few of the models themselves too.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby1870 Posted April 5, 2003 Report Share Posted April 5, 2003 The only ones I know are PONTIAC and FORD Robby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drache Rott Posted April 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2003 here is a partial list ACURA: Another Crummy, Useless, Rotten Automobile Asia's Curse Upon Rural America AMC: All Makes Combined A Major Cost A Mutated Car A Morons Car Another Major Catastrophe AUDI: Always Unsafe Designs Implemented Accelerates Under Demonic Influence Automobile Under Demonic Influence Another Ugly Deutsche Invention Always Undermining Deutsche Intelligence Automobile Unsafe Designs, Inc. All Unnecessary Devices Installed BMW: Big Money Works Bought My Wife Brutal Money Waster Break My Window Break My Windshield Babbling Mechanical Wench Beastly Monstrous Wonder Beautiful Masterpieces on Wheels Beautiful Mechanical Wonder Barely Moving Wreck Big Money Waste Big Money. Why? Big Money Works Born Moderately Wealthy Breaks Most Wrenches Bring Many Wrenches Brings Me Women Brings More Women Broken Money Waster Broke My Wallet Broken Monstrous Wonder Bumbling Mechanical Wretch Blasphemous Motorized Wreck BUICK: Big Ugly Indestructible Car Killer Big Ugly Imitation Chrome King Camaro: Can A Mechanic Actually Repair One?? Can't America Make A Real One? CHEVROLET: Can Hear Every Valve Rap On Long Extended Trips Cheap, Hardly Efficient, Virtually Runs On Luck Every Time Cracked Heads, Every Valve Rattles, Oil Leaks Every Time Constantly Having Every Vehicle Recalled Over Lousy Engineering Techniques Condition Hopeless, Entire Vehicle Relies On Leftover Engine Technology DODGE: Drips Oil, Drops Grease Everywhere Damn Old Dirty Gas Eater Dead Old Dog Going East Dead On Day Guarantee Expires Dead On Delivery, Go Easy Dead On Delivery, Guarantee Expired Dead Or Dying Garbage Emitter Dear Old Dads Garage Experiment Daily Overhauls Do Get Expensive EDSEL: Every Day Something Else Leaks FIAT: Failure in Italian Automotive Technology Fix It Again, Tony Fix It All the Time Found In A Toilet Feeble Italian Attempt at Transportation FORD: Frigin' Old Rebuilt Dodge Fix Or Repair Daily Found On Road Dead Fast Only Rolling Downhill First On Race Day First On Recall Day Fabricated Of Refried Dung Fails On Rainy Days Fantastically Orgasmic Realistic Dream Fatally Obese Redneck Driver Fault Of R&D Finally Obsolete Racing Device Fireball On Rear Denting First On Road to Dump First On Rust and Deterioration Fix Or Recycle Dilemma Flipping Over Results in Death Flipped Over Roadside Disaster Follow Our Rusty Dogsled Foot On Road Decelerates Forced On Reluctant Drivers Formed Of Rejected DNA Forwarded Once; Return Denied Forward Only; Reverse Defective Forlorn, Old, Ratridden Dustbin Fork Over Repair Dough Fouled Out Re-done Dodge Frequent Overhaul, Rapid Deterioration Free Or Reduced Drastically Frequent Opinion: Really Disappointed Fumes and Odors Readily Detectable Funny Old Rattling Dump Forget Out Running Dale (Earnhardt or Jarrett) Features O.J. and Ron`s DNA Found Out-Right Dangerous (backwards) Driver Returns On Foot GEO: Good Engineering Overlooked GM: General Maintenance Great Mistake Garbage Motors Generally Miserable Grossly Misconceived Gluteus Maximus Good Money GMC: Grief & Misery Combined Garage Man's Companion Gotta Mechanic Coming? Generally Mediocre Cars Get More Chicks Gets Mechanics Crazy Gods Mechanical Curse Got More Crap Great Mountain Climber Great Motor Car God Made Chevy GTO: Gas, Tires, Oil Get Tools Out Get To Onramp Good To Own Get The Others Generally Trashed Out Good Time Out HONDA: Had One Never Did Again Hang On, Not Done Accelerating Hallmark Of Non-Descript Automobiles Hallmark Of Non-Destructable Automobiles History Of No Dramatic Acceleration How Odd, No Darn Acceleration? PRELUDE: Pistons Rattle, Engine Locks Up, Differential Explodes HYUNDAI: Hope You Understand Nothing's Driveable And Inexpensive... JEEP: Just Eats Every Part Just Empty Every Pocket Junk Engineering Executed Poorly Jumps Extremely Excitedly over Potholes Jinxed Engine has Extra Parts KIA: Kick It Around Killed In Action LOTUS: Lots Of Trouble, Usually Serious MAZDA: Most Always Zipping Dangerously Along MG: Money Guzzler Mostly Garaged MGB: Might Go Backwards MGF: Might Go Forward MIATA: My Intention: Always To Accelerate MOPAR Many Odd Parts Arranged Randomly Miscellaneous Oddball Parts Assembled Ridiculously Most Often Passed At Races Mostly Old Parts And Rust Move Over People Are Racing Move Over, Plymouth Approaching Rapidly My Old Pig Ain't Running My Only Problems Are Repairs MUSTANG: Motor Under Strain, Transmission Almost No Good Massivly Under Sized Tires And No Go OLDSMOBILE: Old Ladies Driving Slowly, Making Others Behind Infuriatingly Late Everyday Overpriced, Leisurely Driven Sedan Made Of Buick's Irregular Leftover Equipment PINTO: Put In Nickel To Operate Paid Inspector Nicely To Overlook Put In New Transmission Often PONTIAC: Plan On Numerous Trips In Another Car Poor Old Numbskull Thinks Its A Cadillac PORSCHE: Proof Of Rich Spoiled Children Having Everything Pulled Over Regularly So Cops Have Enough SAAB: Send Another Automobile Back Swedish Automobiles Always Breakdown Sad Attempt At Beauty Sorry Auto, Always Broken Shape Appears Ass-Backwards SUBARU: Screwed Up Beyond All Repair Usually TOYOTA: Too Often Yankees Overprice This Auto Torturous On Your Old Tired Ass The One You Ought To Avoid TRIUMPH: This Really Is Unreliable Man, Please Help! Tried Repairing It Until My Parts Hurt! TR: Tools Required VOLVO: Very Odd Looking Vehicular Object VW: Virtually Worthless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby1870 Posted April 5, 2003 Report Share Posted April 5, 2003 I like the use of the word numbskulls in PONTIAC. Its a good less-offensive term Those are prettty funny though, thanks Robby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drache Rott Posted April 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2003 ummm what other word were you using (sic) I only ever thought the other version was funny beacuse my friend Ron actulty mistook a 80's pontiac for an 80's caddy....and our friend Leander started beating him with a hat yelling "I can't beleve you just called a pontiac a caddy infront of a white guy". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby1870 Posted April 5, 2003 Report Share Posted April 5, 2003 ummm what other word were you using (sic) I only ever thought the other version was funny beacuse my friend Ron actulty mistook a 80's pontiac for an 80's caddy....and our friend Leander started beating him with a hat yelling "I can't beleve you just called a pontiac a caddy infront of a white guy". Thats funny. Robby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeverSayDie Posted April 5, 2003 Report Share Posted April 5, 2003 I really meant size when I asked about the tires. You know that if you upsize the front, your gear ratio changes slightly,lessening takeoff, but increasing top end a bit. I'd find some lightweight wheels in a big honking size (no chromed-out cha-ching) and run some low profiles so you won't lose your cornering ability, but still stretch your top end... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drache Rott Posted April 6, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2003 bah? did you mention me and chromed out Ka-ching in the same sentence?... yes I am going to try to up size the tires some....but I haven't done the math yet to see what size I'm going to run... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godofthunder Posted April 6, 2003 Report Share Posted April 6, 2003 dodge - darn old dog goes everywhere Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted April 7, 2003 Report Share Posted April 7, 2003 sorry, gone for the weekend.... The getrag is in the cutlass, the B4U prix is gone, but I still have a 92 Prix 3.1 3 speed auto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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