05GT Guru Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I figured it was a race engine but I wouldn't have guessed 55, more like 35-40. Impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I figured it was a race engine but I wouldn't have guessed 55, more like 35-40. Impressive. Impressive if true. I only had his word for it, but the word at the time was that highly built 125 kart motors were reaching 50-55 hp at the time. But it may have been motorbuilder BS. I read an article about Wayne Rainey running superkarts with 250cc motors that made 85hp. And those guys had a few dollars to spend, so you know... Whatever that motor actually had, it scared the crap out of me but left me giggling all the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemo Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 http://giant.gfycat.com/SlushyBelatedKentrosaurus.gif If you don't vote Trump, out, you're a bigot who hates america. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05GT Guru Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Impressive if true. I only had his word for it, but the word at the time was that highly built 125 kart motors were reaching 50-55 hp at the time. But it may have been motorbuilder BS. I read an article about Wayne Rainey running superkarts with 250cc motors that made 85hp. And those guys had a few dollars to spend, so you know... Whatever that motor actually had, it scared the crap out of me but left me giggling all the same. I would imagine so, my dirtbike has 55hp and weighs 230lbs and that thing has made me say holy S$%^ more than once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 I would imagine so, my dirtbike has 55hp and weighs 230lbs and that thing has made me say holy S$%^ more than once. Squirt across the ground with your butt 1 inch above the road. It gives you a sense of speed. For a few years, we had a race at the South Bend airport 9/11 shut it down but before that, getting your kart 10 100mph before the big hairpin turn was really hairy. My best memory,though, was of Bobby Rahal walking past my friend's pit with his teen son Graham. My buddy had just come off the track and stripped down to his tighty whiteys on a 95 degree day. He was just exhausted in his fold old chair and Rahal walked by with his son. Bobby just laughed and said "Ah, the good old days." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Weird Crystal Can Absorb All The Oxygen In A Room -- And Then Release It Later Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark say they’ve invented a crystal that pulls oxygen out of the air and even water. Apparently, just a spoonful of the stuff can suck up all the oxygen in a room. ... http://www.popsci.com/article/science/weird-crystal-can-absorb-all-oxygen-room-and-then-release-it-later?dom=PSC&loc=topstories&con=weird-crystal-can-absorb-all-the-oxygen-in-a-room-and-then-release-it-later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDII Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Radioactive emission of Uranium visible to naked eye in a cloud chamber. http://i.imgur.com/po3AlDR.gif Need forum help? Private Message legGTLT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adoniram Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Radioactive emission of Uranium visible to naked eye in a cloud chamber. http://i.imgur.com/po3AlDR.gif For anyone who's interested, that detection device is called a cloud chamber. It's an old subatomic particle detector. Pretty cool stuff: http://video.mit.edu/watch/cloud-chamber-4058/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Amazingly there are cars worse than the VW bug to crash in: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x3UTROQajk]TOP 10 WORST CRASH TESTS - YouTube[/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stang70Fastback Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Holy crap, WTF Ford?! Oh, right... Ford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adoniram Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Think that's bad? Try the Chinese version: [ame= ] [/ame] [ame= ] [/ame] [ame= ] [/ame] [ame= ] [/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jj808 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 http://hugelolcdn.com/hugegifs.com/i/2473.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyengineer Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I don't understand why some of those cars even bother with air bags sent from my note 2 using taptalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDII Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 For safety sent from my Motorola StarTAC using Windows1.0 Need forum help? Private Message legGTLT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Users seabass07 Posted October 5, 2014 Mega Users Share Posted October 5, 2014 They should just fill the airbag with explosives to ensure the driver dies quickly since there is no chance of survival. Sent from my Packard Bell D160 running windows 3.1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDII Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 I like turtles Sent from my Motorola RAZR running Windows Vista Need forum help? Private Message legGTLT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzr750r1 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Glad I never pulled this maneuver in my VW van or GTi. But seriously, Ford taking notes from Holden? Just pay out next of kin awards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Users seabass07 Posted October 6, 2014 Mega Users Share Posted October 6, 2014 Turtles are slow stupid creatures. They make great soup. Sent from my IBM PC 3270 running DOS 2.0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stang70Fastback Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Mmmm, Turtle Soup. Sent from my Logitech Harmony 900 running Ubuntu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrD123 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Radioactive emission of Uranium visible to naked eye in a cloud chamber. Very cool - along a similar line, I love pics taken from reactor cores when they are moving fuel about (the glow is called Cerenkov radiation - caused by electrons moving at faster than the speed of light in water resulting in light emission) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jj808 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 http://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/tapiture-best-919af3022be35d4b1e89730283c732b2.jpg?w=600&h=903 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 ^ I got hungry - need breakfast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
700watts Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Very cool - along a similar line, I love pics taken from reactor cores when they are moving fuel about (the glow is called Cerenkov radiation - caused by electrons moving at faster than the speed of light in water resulting in light emission) not exactly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
700watts Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Holy crap, WTF Ford?! Oh, right... Ford. ya....not defending ford but they long since corrected that issue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Very cool - along a similar line, I love pics taken from reactor cores when they are moving fuel about (the glow is called Cerenkov radiation - caused by electrons moving at faster than the speed of light in water resulting in light emission) not exactly... Well - it's particles (not only electrons) that moves faster than the speed of light in the medium that they move (in this case water) - not faster than the speed of light in vacuum. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherenkov_radiation http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Cherenkov_radiation-animation.gif/220px-Cherenkov_radiation-animation.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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