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[chaozbandit]

14 minutes ago, Bitter said:

Nope NOPE NOPE NOPE. That's some terrible forward lighting, but I know cameras always make things look worse than it is. I can see a hell of a lot more than my camera can see at. But still high speeds at night are scary.

Action cameras like this are notorious for underexposure; as specced by the manufacturer, the 'main beam" is equivalent to a road car's high beam. On the 488 GT3 Evo, the endurance package uses a 4,500 lumen LED main beam, in addition to LED apex housings.

 

But even still Spa is one of the most naturally dark circuits due to its layout in a mountain valley, not so different from the Nordschleiffe. They even added in external lighting for this year.

 

The 24h itself was pretty dull with over half the race distance in full wet conditions. There were some scary offs though.

[Bitter]

38 minutes ago, chaozbandit said:

Action cameras like this are notorious for underexposure; as specced by the manufacturer, the 'main beam" is equivalent to a road car's high beam. On the 488 GT3 Evo, the endurance package uses a 4,500 lumen LED main beam, in addition to LED apex housings.

 

But even still Spa is one of the most naturally dark circuits due to its layout in a mountain valley, not so different from the Nordschleiffe. They even added in external lighting for this year.

 

The 24h itself was pretty dull with over half the race distance in full wet conditions. There were some scary offs though.

Oh I know they underexpose, my dashcam does the same thing. I've got two 2500 lumen halogen high beams and two roughly 3000 lumen HID low beams, all 4 are lit when high beams are on. My low beams give me about 160-170 degrees side to side visibility and decent down range, the high beams punch down a lot farther.

 

All that light and still, driving high speeds at night is scary. Doing 70 down a straight country road at night is worse than doing 110 down a 3 lane highway in day light. All that being said, I kind of want to hit tail of the dragon at night this summer just because I have these awesome wide headlights that were pretty much MADE for this kind of driving. I've jokingly called them 'togue lights' because of the crazy width. The LED's I added to the markers in the high beam bowls project to the sides and add a little extra curb lighting on the driver side which is nice.

[BiG StroOnZ]

 

[vf1000ride]

21 hours ago, Bitter said:

 I kind of want to hit tail of the dragon at night this summer just because I have these awesome wide headlights that were pretty much MADE for this kind of driving.

I did a section of the dragon and also moonshiner 28 in the dark years ago on the motorcycle.  All I can say is it was fun for a little while and then your self preservation kicks in and it becomes a very slow and nerve racking experience. I had gone out to get some time lapse photo's of the hydroelectric power plants in the dark, first picture.  The second pic is the bike I was riding that year taken by the Killboy guys as I went riding past. 

[3 Lions]

1993-1998 Honda Crossroad (LJ/LJJ)...

Yep that's a rebadged Land Rover Discovery Series 1 built in the same Solihull plant.

[3 Lions]

1985-1988 Standard 2000...

An Indian version of the Rover SD1 with a 1991cc I4 engine built in Chennai. 

[3 Lions]

1964-1966 Envoy Epic HA...

A rebadged Vauxhall Viva HA for the Canadian market. 

[Bitter]

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4 hours ago, vf1000ride said:

I did a section of the dragon and also moonshiner 28 in the dark years ago on the motorcycle.  All I can say is it was fun for a little while and then your self preservation kicks in and it becomes a very slow and nerve racking experience. I had gone out to get some time lapse photo's of the hydroelectric power plants in the dark, first picture.  The second pic is the bike I was riding that year taken by the Killboy guys as I went riding past. 

Nice pictures. I drove it about 4 or 5 times in one day, last one being toward evening. I still want to give it a go at night, but forest critters concern me, had a bear and cubs jay walk on me. Passed a few bikes even on my first and last runs when I wasn't slowed by the group I was with. I was doing about 20 minutes bottom to top, not bad for a car and first timer. It wasn't exceptionally difficult just high intensity for a long period of time.

[3 Lions]

2006-2015 Citroen C2...

A tweaked Peugeot 206 for the Chinese market. 

[3 Lions]

1985-1989 Rover 416i...

A rebadged first generation Honda Integra for the Australian market. 

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2003-2006 FAW Lubao CA6410/7410...

A rebadged Austin Maestro for the Chinese market. 

[iDeFecZx]

11 hours ago, 3 Lions said:

2006-2015 Citroen C2...

 

A tweaked Peugeot 206 for the Chinese market. 

And I thought my old C2 was bad . . .

Proof the chinese will buy anything

[chaozbandit]

[711jrp]

20 hours ago, 3 Lions said:

1985-1988 Standard 2000...

An Indian version of the Rover SD1 with a 1991cc I4 engine built in Chennai. 

The worst automotive mistake I have ever made was trading my Rover Vitesse E2 for a Sapphire Cosworth in the late 80s. I still have the engine from that in my Escort so I guess every cloud has a silver lining.  

[BiG StroOnZ]

 

[TheGreatCalCom]

Tough Question. Is The new Hummer EV a truck or a car? I

am arguing for Car because it beats most liquid fuel powered cars in it's price range on the 1/4 mile strip, That includes Hydrogen fuel cell EVs. Not Tesla 

 

 

[bcredeur97]

14 minutes ago, TheGreatCalCom said:

Tough Question. Is The new Hummer EV a truck or a car? I

am arguing for Car because it beats most liquid fuel powered cars in it's price range on the 1/4 mile strip, That includes Hydrogen fuel cell EVs. Not Tesla 

 

 

By that logic, if I make an 18 wheeled tractor trailer go 0-60 in 3 seconds, then it’s a car.

 

i think I would just call it a fast truck/SUV

[TVwazhere]

27 minutes ago, TheGreatCalCom said:

am arguing for Car because it beats most liquid fuel powered cars in it's price range on the 1/4 mile strip, That includes Hydrogen fuel cell EVs. Not Tesla 

Speed of a vehicle does not define it's classification. I'm pretty sure it's actually a legality thing, as there are laws that apply to different classifications of vehicles here in NY based on what class of vehicle. 

https://dmv.ny.gov/registration/tinted-windows

Meaning if I made my SUV go 0-60 in 3 seconds, the factory tint that comes on most rear passenger SUV doors would be classified as illegal. 

[chaozbandit]

So happy they got to race, for obv reasons

[TheGreatCalCom]

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[chaozbandit]

Food for thught: with all the drama regarding the SSC as of late, their choice to go with a big displacement turbo v8 leads me to question: if a longer wheelbase is preferred for stability and packaging constraints aside, why not go the way of turbo viper motor? Use the overdrive gearing to offset the probably lower power band, fuel efficiency be damned.

 

 

As far as pure drag motors, the marine based turbo powerplants are still king in my book but it would be hilarious to see what a turbo LS-V12 could do.

 

 

[bcredeur97]

2 hours ago, TheGreatCalCom said:

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[Boyohan]

Recap of the year so far. 

Safe to say that 2020 was a disappointment as car enthusiast.

Most shows, meets, drives etc.. was cancelled in the spring and summer due to COVID. 

Now it is the time of the year to put the car to rest in my workshop and give the car a look to see if there are anything that needs to be fixed (or upgraded ). 

Looking forward to 2021 and hoping for a better year. 

Porsche 964 C4

[Bitter]

Anyone following Rob Dahm? That's a crazy car.

[Monkey Dust]

23 hours ago, 3 Lions said:

2003-2006 FAW Lubao CA6410/7410...

A rebadged Austin Maestro for the Chinese market. 

Why did they stick the Montego front end on it?