Deano Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 How much pressure is required to keep the bead seated?
Greg Myers Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 87 PSI http://noriyaro.com/2012/04/trollface-kawashima-celica-at-the-nagoya-exciting-car-showdown-2/
FASTBACK340 Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 87 PSI http://noriyaro.com/2012/04/trollface-kawashima-celica-at-the-nagoya-exciting-car-showdown-2/ The topic has morphed from modifying a vintage car with SAFETY UPGRADES to building unstable clown cars out of reliable, well engineered cars... Wait…what?!?
Kennyboy Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 You know the guy above was telling his friend's "Yo check it out.....I got 18 x 10's to FIT on my ride!" If I were one of them I would be like......"Um, no you didn't...."
FASTBACK340 Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 I've been around cars my entire life. I've seen many trends come & go. Some endure, some fizzle-out. Custom mini-trucks: They were larger than life at one time, probably just a loyal niche today. Fast & Furious Rice Boys: I guess after every car had a set of lighted washer nozzles and a TYPE R sticker on it, it kind of got boring. Rat Rods: Here's a blip on the radar that I predict will go away too. Glorifying trash-built? Speaking of trash-built, the decambered look, or the latest bastardization of tradition called "stanced", has to be one of the dumbest trends to date. They almost make DONKS look practical. I worked with 3 kids at Infiniti that all had slammed Nissan 240's. They were digging through the scrap-tire pile every few days looking for new tires to kill. The life expectancy of those tires, especially once you start drifting, is incredibly short. And you drift constantly due to NO TREAD CONTACT with the road. Sheesh…. kinda makes a set of 17's on an old Nova look sensible.
Lownslow Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 You know the guy above was telling his friend's "Yo check it out.....I got 18 x 10's to FIT on my ride!" If I were one of them I would be like......"Um, no you didn't...." actually he did
Longbox55 Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 The wheels might fit, but too bad he didn't get tires that actually fit the wheels properly. Bet that thing handles terrible.
Joe Handley Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 The wheels might fit, but too bad he didn't get tires that actually fit the wheels properly. Bet that thing handles terrible. Hey now, if it's got the looks, who cares if it can corner That said, if it handles as bad if not worse than it looks (and with that rolling stock, it looks pretty bad), I'd be surptised if it isn't more dangerous than a poorly maintained beater.
Joe Handley Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Amazingly, it does drive! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWN17GOSQu0
Ace-Garageguy Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) OK boys. This is a SERIOUSLY quick hillclimb / slalom car. It's setup to go over a measured course AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. That's called "racing"...as opposed to "posing"...which is pretending you have a seriously quick car, but you're too stupid to actually know the difference, and involves sliding around making a lot of smoke and noise, slowly, while you destroy tires. It's not some tarded-out super-cambered fashion-BS tires-on-the-wrong-rims, I-wanna-look-just-like-the-other-idiots-that-don't-understand-suspension that doesn't do anything except look stupid, and label its owner as a moron. Notice the camber on this car. It's enough to do the job. No more. It would eat the lunch of ANY of these idiot way-cambered piles. And in case anybody STILL doesn't get it...remember this car? Driven by one of the world-masters of car control, a guy who actually KNOWS HOW TIRES AND SUSPENSION WORK, and proves it every time. Notice the camber. Edited February 23, 2015 by Ace-Garageguy
FASTBACK340 Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 No fair dragging Ken Block into the conversation. Your comparing a properly set-up car with the latest look-at-ME! customization. "STANCED" as the kids I used to work with called it…… And again, this topic started with modifying old cars into updated drivetrains, and we're talking about updated cars being made undriveable…...
FASTBACK340 Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 That stupid-fast Fiat is insane. The way it threads through the chicanes shows a well-sorted chassis. Impressive driving too.
keyser Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) The X1/9 is amazing car, a rocket. Since the Icsunove show car in 70's I've loved these things, so many motors go in. Finally convinced my son drifting is slow but fun, keeping all 4 planted is moving. They need to build a motorcycle style drift tire with all the tread on sidewall, but cambered/donks/dirty rat rods leave me wanting. Some neat engineering in some rat rods though. Quality under a basket. The Block Mustang shows extreme suspension unnecessary for drift as well. Nice additions to a 50 yo car. Edited February 23, 2015 by keyser
FASTBACK340 Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 I love the opening sequence with that Mustang chained down with all four tires boiling. Then he unhooks it…… I can watch Ken's driving repeatedly as his control is impressive.
FASTBACK340 Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 BTW: Bill, have you heard? Speaking of well sorted chassis', Acura is bringing back the twin-turbo V-6 NSX.
Lownslow Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Amazingly, it does drive! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWN17GOSQu0 the guy who built it was a professional drifter
Lownslow Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 I love the opening sequence with that Mustang chained down with all four tires boiling. Then he unhooks it…… I can watch Ken's driving repeatedly as his control is impressive. Things Sebastian Loeb has never said about Ken blocks WRC skills
Joe Handley Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 OK boys. This is a SERIOUSLY quick hillclimb / slalom car. It's setup to go over a measured course AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. That's called "racing"...as opposed to "posing"...which is pretending you have a seriously quick car, but you're too stupid to actually know the difference, and involves sliding around making a lot of smoke and noise, slowly, while you destroy tires. It's not some tarded-out super-cambered fashion-BS tires-on-the-wrong-rims, I-wanna-look-just-like-the-other-idiots-that-don't-understand-suspension that doesn't do anything except look stupid, and label its owner as a moron. Notice the camber on this car. It's enough to do the job. No more. It would eat the lunch of ANY of these idiot way-cambered piles. And in case anybody STILL doesn't get it...remember this car? Driven by one of the world-masters of car control, a guy who actually KNOWS HOW TIRES AND SUSPENSION WORK, and proves it every time. Notice the camber. I remember seeing something a while back while poking around on line at this stanced thing. Sounded like these guys were going for looks and don't care much for performance......even though they put all these performance parts on the cars. Sounds like some of them even get annoyed with the domestic tuners (in this case, the SRT4 and Cobalt SS owners) because they actually want their cars to perform instead of looking like it came out of a Tuner issue of CarToons.
chunkypeanutbutter Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Something I'd like for a modern hot rod is a '92-or-similar LeSabre, in grey primer, Torq-Thrusts or cheap mags, and a supercharger. Something cheap, but decent looking. I can appreciate modern hot-rods, such as Civics and whatnot, when they're performance-oriented and not stanced garbage.
Joe Handley Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 I do like those Buicks too, but more as Kustom material.......they always seem to go slow when I get near one in traffic, might give it a shave then go low too
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