He cashed in, in his 70s, doing 150mph in a Porsche. HERO.
You sir are actually wrong ! Weight transfer doesn't give you faster cornering . The amount of grip you gain on the outer wheel is actually less than the grip you lose on the inner wheel ! Net lateral grip is going to be less ! Any weight transfer = less overall lateral grip.
Remember Longitudinal load ( Fx) vs…
It would probably look better if it got '70s Firebird looks.
Michele Mouton is an animal. She took the same group B audi up Pikes peak for many years after it was banned in rally. A friend of mine Bill Brister took the hill record from her one year, besting her by a few seconds. She congratulated him by punching him in the face. What could be faster than a group B rally…
blah blah this list sucks blah blah upset that obscure engine designer gets no credit blah Jalopnik is crap blah blah keeps visiting and commenting anyway.
Remember, the current GT-R can do zero to 60 mph in a mere 2.7 seconds. That's obscenely fast. The only things quicker than that are the Bugatti Veyron, light, and... well, I think that's about it, actually.
Oh, come on! The tires have Nitrogen in them. It's like air without oxygen, so the inside of your tires will never rust.
I won't lie... I was really hoping for the 5.5L V8 from the C6.R
Wait for it....
...because race car.
I beg to differ. Here we have a Griggs-equipped Mustang with a solid axle out-cornering a GTR. Oh, by the way, the Mustang has DOT tires (think Hoosier R6s), while the GTR has full race slicks.
I love me a Lenco, probably because I'm an organist and seem to gravitate toward simple things turned inordinately complex:
Aaand here come the Ad hominems. Once again it appears this has occurred:
I am going to go to Sonoma Raceway tonight, jump in my car, start it, hold the wheel straight, floor it, and have an awesome fucking time doing it. Then, I will do it again a few more times to see if I can do it faster. You, in the meantime, can suck it.
They are better than their older counterparts. Technologies have improved, but some times old tech is just better. If you are on some trek across the African plain, would you rather have a car that requires a trip to the dealer or one you can mend with a hammer?!
Definitely Le Mans. While countless die hard racing nerds are more than familiar with this film, the scores of kids who grew up watching that Fast & Furious dreck have no idea that this exists or who Steve McQueen was...or (for that matter) what real racing is.
I had to think about this one. Being that this contest is for the Jalopnik film festival and considering that my personal favorite movie car is the Delorean DMC-12... I felt the most fitting way to go about entering was to turn that car into its own circuit.
Worth a shot! Nothing beats pencil and straight edge