Ya.. it's not the pinnacle of racing to the extent of what it used to be. I do have to admit I wish they still had the turbos. Yet, I'm still going and I'm still going to have a killer fucking weekend. Anyone else going, or watching?
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#33314, "RE: Indy 500 weekend" In response to Reply # 0
I'll be watching, it would be cool to be at the races but I'm a bit far away for that.
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#33317, "RE: Indy 500 weekend" In response to Reply # 2
Originally posted by goalie40 YAAAA 4000 left turns. Sounds like a great time.....
at least it's not nascar.. open wheel is a whole other ballgame in my opinion. and it's "the greatest spectacle in racing" so they say. I guess it says something that it brings in a field from all over the world in multiple racing classes.
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#33320, "RE: Indy 500 weekend" In response to Reply # 3 May-23-08 11:29 AM by RoninEclipse2G
Originally posted by totaleklipse97 at least it's not nascar.. open wheel is a whole other ballgame in my opinion.
Amen to that. first: IRL does do a decent mix of roadcourse/oval track racing, nascar does 2 roadcourses a year (N/M they cancelled the other one)
second: IRL uses technology from this century besides tires. Nascar is still using carburators and runs the risk of grenading their 7+ liter V8's past 9000 rpms. IRL runs over 10000 rpms comfortably in 3.5 liter engines that run on ethanol.
third: open wheel is WAY more dangerous. If you rub a tire in nascar someone *might* spin out. If you rub a tire in open wheel racing there's a good chance someone's going flying.
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#33365, "RE: Indy 500 weekend" In response to Reply # 8
Originally posted by wickedtalon I got there on Sunday morning. I took the bus from downtown. There were SOOO many people. including this guy: I saw almost every wreck. Pics are here: http://jratliff.com/gallery/v/events/indy500/
Funny shit.
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#33369, "RE: Indy 500 weekend" In response to Reply # 9
Some great pics there man. I met up with Andrew while I was there, and I want to thank him again for hooking me up. We were about as close to pit road as you can get without being on the pitcrew. As we were there, there was an accident right in front of us and we caught a few pit stops. When my friends send me the pictures I'll post them up. I took two videos on my phone, but I don't know how great of quality they are. I was completely taken by how insanely loud those cars were, and how you could feel the ground shake as they drove past. Just one was loud enough to drowned out the voice of the person sitting right next to you, multiply that by 30 cars in the field. It was really a great time, not just the race but the crazy party the night before up and down Georgetown St along the raceway.
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#33372, "RE: Indy 500 weekend" In response to Reply # 10
yep, its nice after big race weekends for nascar though . . .
you can get some nice deals on ebay from the nascar teams parting out there cars on monday
big names too if you have some money to spare. C&R, Setrab, Aeroquip, Brembo, kevlar and carbon bits
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#33388, "RE: Indy 500 weekend" In response to Reply # 11
Originally posted by foggy45 yep, its nice after big race weekends for nascar though . . . you can get some nice deals on ebay from the nascar teams parting out there cars on monday big names too if you have some money to spare. C&R, Setrab, Aeroquip, Brembo, kevlar and carbon bits
too bad you can't incorporate the adjustable suspension from the Indy Cars onto a 2gnt. Suspension adjust ability from the steering wheel, how sweet that would be.
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#33390, "RE: Indy 500 weekend" In response to Reply # 12
Originally posted by totaleklipse97
Originally posted by foggy45 yep, its nice after big race weekends for nascar though . . . you can get some nice deals on ebay from the nascar teams parting out there cars on monday big names too if you have some money to spare. C&R, Setrab, Aeroquip, Brembo, kevlar and carbon bits
too bad you can't incorporate the adjustable suspension from the Indy Cars onto a 2gnt. Suspension adjust ability from the steering wheel, how sweet that would be.
Closest thing we can get is the TEIN EDFC, *sigh*
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#33394, "RE: Indy 500 weekend" In response to Reply # 13
Originally posted by RoninEclipse2G
Originally posted by totaleklipse97
Originally posted by foggy45 yep, its nice after big race weekends for nascar though . . . you can get some nice deals on ebay from the nascar teams parting out there cars on monday big names too if you have some money to spare. C&R, Setrab, Aeroquip, Brembo, kevlar and carbon bits
too bad you can't incorporate the adjustable suspension from the Indy Cars onto a 2gnt. Suspension adjust ability from the steering wheel, how sweet that would be.
Closest thing we can get is the TEIN EDFC, *sigh*
That doesn't even scratch the surface of what Indy Car and Formula One can do from the steering wheel. Those cars are truly engineering marvels when you think about all the capabilities. They can go 220mph for 500miles in a couple hours, and.. in IC's case they do it on ethanol. When po-dunk Nascar comes close to the engineering level of open wheel I won't be so disgraced by it, they still have to learn how to take a turn in more than one direction.
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#33396, "RE: Indy 500 weekend" In response to Reply # 14 May-28-08 07:50 PM by foggy45
/sigh if only our eclipses could be streemlined to this . . .
1. Pit lane speed limiter 2. Differential + 3. Engine push 4. Gear upshift 5. Traction control + 6. Engine push setting switch 7. Clutch lever 8. Traction control 9. Team info inlap 10. Burn out 11. Multifunctional switch 12. Lambda 13. Diagnostic 14. Wing angle info switch 15. Clutch 16. Differential selective switch 17. Team radio 18. Traction control - 19. Gear downshift 20. Engine break 21. Differential - 22. Neutral 23. Display page change
______________________________________ ______________________________________ "Don't fear the weapon, fear the soul of the warrior using it." "My CEL only goes off when i remove my battery."
Best sum up of working on a 2GNT DR1665- "#5. Spike that motherfucker on the garage floor and grab a beer. You deserve it."
Ahhhh Priceless . . . eclipse982nrRST "its actually lightish red" RoninEclipse2G "yeah, they already have a color for that... it's called PINK"
#33400, "RE: Indy 500 weekend" In response to Reply # 16
traction control on/off traction control more or less engagement
oh and lamda is the AFR (which is adjustable on the fly)
______________________________________ ______________________________________ "Don't fear the weapon, fear the soul of the warrior using it." "My CEL only goes off when i remove my battery."
Best sum up of working on a 2GNT DR1665- "#5. Spike that motherfucker on the garage floor and grab a beer. You deserve it."
Ahhhh Priceless . . . eclipse982nrRST "its actually lightish red" RoninEclipse2G "yeah, they already have a color for that... it's called PINK"
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#33408, "RE: Indy 500 weekend" In response to Reply # 18
Originally posted by totaleklipse97
Originally posted by foggy45 traction control on/off traction control more or less engagement oh and lamda is the AFR (which is adjustable on the fly)
Now, tell me that would not be freaking sweet to have at the touch of a thumb.
you're preaching to the choir here.
lean for highway cruising and rich for power blasts.
*sigh*
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#33420, "RE: Indy 500 weekend" In response to Reply # 19 May-29-08 11:42 AM by foggy45
in one of my idiotic wanderings around the high-end market i went "Lottery Wishing" for cool stuff my eclipse i actually called up Magneti Marelli (ECM systems for Ferrari F-1) and talked to the guy about doing a competition system for our cars for time attack type setup.
yeah . . . . $25k for the whole thing (dash display, steering wheel interface, full dataloging and telemetry including install and tuning)
incase your wondering this went real well with the $18K sequential transmission and the $12k pneumatic valve train
think ill buy a R35 skyline instead lol
______________________________________ ______________________________________ "Don't fear the weapon, fear the soul of the warrior using it." "My CEL only goes off when i remove my battery."
Best sum up of working on a 2GNT DR1665- "#5. Spike that motherfucker on the garage floor and grab a beer. You deserve it."
Ahhhh Priceless . . . eclipse982nrRST "its actually lightish red" RoninEclipse2G "yeah, they already have a color for that... it's called PINK"
#33426, "RE: Indy 500 weekend" In response to Reply # 20
Originally posted by foggy45 in one of my idiotic wanderings around the high-end market i went "Lottery Wishing" for cool stuff my eclipse i actually called up Magneti Marelli (ECM systems for Ferrari F-1) and talked to the guy about doing a competition system for our cars for time attack type setup. yeah . . . . $25k for the whole thing (dash display, steering wheel interface, full dataloging and telemetry including install and tuning) incase your wondering this went real well with the $18K sequential transmission and the $12k pneumatic valve train think ill buy a R35 skyline instead lol
Maybe if he throws in 3 free hookers and a complete drivetrain swap to AWD and a roll cage I'd consider it.
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