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Dai.
Post #11516
QUOTE (mark1414 @ Jan 19 2016, 10:25 PM)  WOW Nice! GSXS1000 is on my top three bikes I want next. I have watched far too many videos on them haha. Enjoy it.  I didn't know it existed till 2 weeks ago and i'm the same as you,started researching and watching videos and that was the end of it. It went in for its 1000km's break in service this morning. |
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Shuffs
Post #11517
QUOTE (wolfman101 @ Jan 20 2016, 11:01 AM) If the Evora 400 had been out when I got the Audi...I probably would have got that instead. He actually gave that a lot of positive feedback,and I genuinely believe he was falling in love.I was thinking I would much rather listen to the ominous rumble of Stark over a V6,but it seemed to have a really nice 'See Ya!' bark to it,plus the handling went without saying.It wasn't available when you bought Stark,but,now,with all this talk of a new life,and lifestyle, is there a reason why it's not on the Spreadsheets now?Just curious  |
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alpharx7
Post #11520
QUOTE 2200HP Brain-Rattling PROCHARGED Chevy Nova! 1320video Published on Jan 19, 2016 TIME and EFFORT, were clearly a big part of this build we found at Street Car Takeover - Phoenix! We caught up with Glen Bolz of Hot Rods by Glen as he tested his new suspension setup to dial it in before Street Car Super Nationals and got a taste of what this car is all about... This GORGEOUS 1966 Chevy II has been meticulously built to perfection by its owner. Running a 139MM F3R PROCHARGER, this industry leading Steve Morris built engine, pushes over 2200HP! Dipping deep into 7 second passes already, the car’s personal record of 7.25 @ 196MPH is only scraping the surface of its potential. We look forward to this BEAUTIFUL BEAST making it into the 6’s! |
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wolfman101
Post #11521
QUOTE (Shuffs @ Jan 20 2016, 05:32 PM) He actually gave that a lot of positive feedback,and I genuinely believe he was falling in love.I was thinking I would much rather listen to the ominous rumble of Stark over a V6,but it seemed to have a really nice 'See Ya!' bark to it,plus the handling went without saying.It wasn't available when you bought Stark,but,now,with all this talk of a new life,and lifestyle, is there a reason why it's not on the Spreadsheets now?Just curious I test drove the Black Evora S they had in the Valley for ages. Was great - I love the look, the steering, tranny, and even the sound. Didn't sound like a 6, more like a 12! Just wasn't quite fast enough. I remember thinking "If it had 50 more HP I'd buy it". Especially since I was coming from ANOTHER blown 6, which was waaaay quicker. As for now...well my next main car will have to be either very exotic or very fast...unfortunately it's neither. That's why I'm considering the Z06 and the V12 Vantage S. The second car will be the SLR - that's not negotiable! God that thing looks/sounds/is good though! I'd have it over any Porsche except the 918. Also, VW boys on Sun: |
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Shuffs
Post #11524
QUOTE (wolfman101 @ Jan 20 2016, 07:39 PM) I test drove the Black Evora S they had in the Valley for ages. Was great - I love the look, the steering, tranny, and even the sound. Didn't sound like a 6, more like a 12! Just wasn't quite fast enough. I remember thinking "If it had 50 more HP I'd buy it". Especially since I was coming from ANOTHER blown 6, which was waaaay quicker. As for now...well my next main car will have to be either very exotic or very fast...unfortunately it's neither. That's why I'm considering the Z06 and the V12 Vantage S. The second car will be the SLR - that's not negotiable! God that thing looks/sounds/is good though! I'd have it over any Porsche except the 918. Also, VW boys on Sun: <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="468" width="625" data="https://www.youtube.com/v/ToT51pPD2vQ"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/ToT51pPD2vQ"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="quality" value="best"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="scale" value="noScale"><param name="salign" value="TL"><param name="FlashVars" value="playerMode=embedded" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/></object> He was saying in that clip that they have picked up an extra 50HP,over the Evora S, by fitting an inter cooler to the supercharger on the 400,so there's that extra horsepower Wolfie, the Evora 400 can hit 60 mph from a dig in 4.1 seconds,which is not too shabby,in my books Watched the whole 22 minutes of your video,as per usual,your line,and apex's are spot on,but you didn't seem to start getting serious,until the second half of the clip,as a matter of interest,what sort of speeds are you doing,full noise,down the main straight,it appears pretty quick? |
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alpharx7
Post #11527
boy racers QUOTE What We Call Ricers In The US They Call Boy Racers In The UK Where ever there are cheap import cars available and teenagers and other young folk to buy them, there will be obnoxiously modified cars. There may have been a few cars in this video that would count as actual “tuner” cars, but the rest are what we call “ricers” in the US. Not that there’s anything wrong with a bunch of young people getting into cars and modifying them, because the ricers and boy racers of today are the actual tuners of tomorrow. The young people just don’t have the money to work over any decent cars at their age, but in 10 to 20 years they will, and they will turn out some awesome machines. |
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wolfman101
Post #11529
QUOTE (Shuffs @ Jan 21 2016, 10:15 AM) He was saying in that clip that they have picked up an extra 50HP,over the Evora S, by fitting an inter cooler to the supercharger on the 400,so there's that extra horsepower Wolfie, the Evora 400 can hit 60 mph from a dig in 4.1 seconds,which is not too shabby,in my books Watched the whole 22 minutes of your video,as per usual,your line,and apex's are spot on,but you didn't seem to start getting serious,until the second half of the clip,as a matter of interest,what sort of speeds are you doing,full noise,down the main straight,it appears pretty quick? Well spotted! The last 5 min or so after that were a bit faster still. I didn't notice at the time, but I think there's some drift action around 19:30... You watched the whole thing? Damn that's dedication... Not sure on speed, don't usually check. IIRC, around 190-200. One of the things I really had to get used to with an AWD car (as opposed to the front-heavy drift pigs I had before) is that you actually GET ON the power through the kink (the bit at the end of the straight) rather than get off it... Evora 400 - I know, hence the name. I've actually known this thing was coming for more than a year. I'm just not in the same place as far as car needs go now as I was 3 years ago. It's not very exotic (like the Aston I'm considering) and it's not nearly as fast at the 'Vette I'm considering... |
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wolfman101
Post #11530
Oh, incidentally, to back that claim up... |
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alpharx7
Post #11533
QUOTE Designing a 3D-Printed Ducati Motorcycle! Tested Published on Jan 20, 2016 3D printing expert Jacky Wan returns to our studio to share his amazing Ducati superbike print--a model consisting of over 40 3D-printed pieces using his Ultimaker. Jacky explains the process of converting a visual effects model into this print, how the pieces fit together, and how he painted and finished it. You can even download the model to print for yourself! The rider was designed by Mike Balzer. |
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alpharx7
Post #11539
http://geektyrant.com/news/star-wars-episo...se-date-delayed QUOTE STAR WARS: EPISODE 8 Release Date Delayed
I was just writing earlier this morning about a rumor that writer/director Rian Johnson was reworking the script for Star Wars: Episode VIII, so it's not too surprising that I just received a press release from Disney revealing that the release date for that movie has been delayed from May 26th, 2017 until December 15th, 2017. J.J. Abrams' The Force Awakens was initially slotted for a summer release before being bumped to the holiday season, and even though Abrams and Kathleen Kennedy wanted even more time than that to work on the film, Disney chief Bob Iger promised his shareholders that the movie would be out in 2015, so he forced them to hold to the December date. Fans were excited that Star Wars — which typically came out in the summer — would seemingly return to dominate the summer blockbuster landscape again with Episode VIII, but now that won't be the case. This means that we'll be getting Star Wars movie three Decembers in a row: The Force Awakens last month, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story this year, and Episode VIII next year. Interestingly, this will also set the stage for a box office battle between Episode VIII and James Cameron's Avatar 2, which opens on December 25th, 2017. Meanwhile, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales — a movie I'm not sure anyone on Earth is actually excited about — is jumping from its July 7th, 2017 slot into Episode VIII's vacated May release date, so that one will now be released on May 26th, 2017. |
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alpharx7
Post #11541
bahahahahahaha QUOTE Policeman's sheep help end crazy car chase through rural New Zealand
In what may be New Zealand's ultimate sheep story a mob of sheep owned by a police officer have stopped a car being pursued by police in its tracks. Three men and a woman have been arrested and pictures of the arrest with a mob of disinterested sheep in the background are proving popular on social media. The Honda car was pulled over by police near Alexandra on Friday morning but the driver took off. The scene in Queenstown, the sheep can be seen in the background after helping bring the car chase to an end. Photo: TVNZ There was a 90 minute chase involving several police cars through the Cromwell and Kawarau Gorges to Queenstown and then around the Wakatipu Basin. Road spikes were used several times but the car fleeing police was forced to stop when it ran into a mob of sheep being moved on a road that effectively became a road block. Senior Sergeant Paula Enoka told Fairfax the flock belonged to a local officer and happened to be in the right place at the right time. Weeping can be heard in the video as the men are arrested. Photo: TCNZ A police spokesman said he wanted to concentrate on the offending rather than the sheep but he could confirm it had happened. There were plenty of positive comments on the Queenstown, Central Otago and Wanaka News Facebook page. The Honda Integra involved in the police pursuit lost a tyre after hitting police spikes. Photo: TVNZ "This went past our place twice this morning and was high speed sirens blazing ... nice to see the sheep did a good job!," one person posted. "A real daggy NZ story! Ewe don't have to be a flocking genius to work out that mob was shear baaaad news", another said. "only in NZ", another said. No sheep were injured. |
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alpharx7
Post #11545
QUOTE Adam Savage Inspects the Spacesuit from The Martian! Tested Published on Jan 21, 2016 Bring home The Martian, nominated for 7 Academy Awards®, on Blu-ray™, DVD & Digital HD today. http://bit.ly/Martianbr Adam Savage gets special access to one of the spacesuits from The Martian to study and document it for his personal replica project! Here's Adam's gleeful first impressions after opening the suit's shipping crate and appreciate for some of the fine fabricated details seen in person. Special thanks to 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment for granting us this opportunity! |
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vk134
Post #11547
QUOTE (wolfman101 @ Jan 19 2016, 06:49 PM) I'm that weird happily married guy. Same here Wolfie, Shuffs prob in the same boat, happy wife happy life, never checks on what is spent on hobbies  I saw your footage on the VW happy laps and thought bugger, I was going to take the nephew over from Sweden out for a look as he is a big Audi fanboy, what is the go at lakesdie for spectators on those early runs? we have to go out to QR now before he goes home |
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wolfman101
Post #11548
Um...depends on the club. I usually go out with the VW or Skyline guys. They have a spectator fee I believe. Either way, no runs soon. Look on the QR site - they have a calendar, and you can see who is going out, then get in touch with them directly... |
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Shuffs
Post #11549
QUOTE (vk134 @ Jan 22 2016, 09:17 PM) Same here Wolfie, Shuffs prob in the same boat, happy wife happy life, never checks on what is spent on hobbies I saw your footage on the VW happy laps and thought bugger, I was going to take the nephew over from Sweden out for a look as he is a big Audi fanboy, what is the go at lakesdie for spectators on those early runs? we have to go out to QR now before he goes home Forty three years,on the third of February VK  My marriage has gone into the But there is some good news with the TV's,I managed to replace a 41 inch Plasma with a 48 inch Sony,and still stay within her guidelines ( I don't want it hanging off the ends of the cabinet!),and the 60 inch in the Family Room has a bit to play with before it hangs over,so Shuffs will probably end up getting his BIG DICK! 41 to 48 inch  Work in progress    |
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