Car Thread

[yamahaSHO]

12 hours ago, geezin' said:

Let's see the time slip.

 

That pass also had the hood sticking up half the track, before flying off. 

[geezin']

Damn I thought you were joking.

 

That being said try landspeed racing. The tuning is...different. Fuel demand is unbelievable in a long run.

 

There's a mile run in Arkansas in May this coming year. Look here.

 

https://www.ectamile.com/

[yamahaSHO]

Yeah, definitely not joking. The tuning wouldn't be any different here.  We'd need a larger fuel tank, but this car would be able to handle a mile on the tunes it runs down the 1/4 mile. The real trick would be the shutdown as the rear end gets really light. 

 

I'm a road course and AutoX guy.  It's cool to hit fast speeds in a straight, but also meh for the most part. 

[chassell]

1 hour ago, yamahaSHO said:

It's cool to hit fast speeds in a straight, but also meh for the most part. 

As an ex motorcycle roadracer, I agree. It's fun being a bullet, but cornerspeed and late braking is what gets the heart rate up!

[OO1]

spill the beans Man 

[the real Duke Spinner]

2 hours ago, chassell said:

As an ex motorcycle roadracer, I agree. It's fun being a bullet, but cornerspeed and late braking is what gets the heart rate up!

Trail Braking. 😀

[geezin']

40+ years of motocross. I still have my racebikes but haven't ridden them in a couple years. I've done everything except hillclimb and ice racing. MX was just an easy way to race a lot. Compared to other forms it's dirt cheap. Dirt track can be "budget" racing as well but it depends on where ya live. There's an MX track almost everywhere.

 

In all that I've done the thrill of an open class two stroke motocross bike is hard to beat. I still have my 1980 YZ465. Cars of that caliber are just too expensive to buy let alone race.

[geezin']

Brakes???? We don't need no steenking brakes! Just turn the bars and gas it.

[the real Duke Spinner]

Yammie RZ 350 TT 500. Husky WR Triumph tt

[geezin']

My RZ350 ran 141 MPG at Maxton NC mile. With my fat a$$ on it.

 

And the YZ.

[the real Duke Spinner]

9 minutes ago, geezin' said:

My RZ350 ran 141 MPG at Maxton NC mile. With my fat a$$ on it.

 

And the YZ.

Aahhh ...

You're a Smoker too. 😀😀😀

 

 

[geezin']

Oh yeah nothing beats the smell of VP race fuel (R.I.P. M8) with a load of Castor 927 at 32:1 in the morning.

[Racer X]

2 hours ago, geezin' said:

In all that I've done the thrill of an open class two stroke motocross bike is hard to beat. I still have my 1980 YZ465. 

 

Yes

 

[sunburnwilly]

Not the quickest on the mountain but muy macho 👌

 

[yamahaSHO]

Had some fun with the side-by-sides this weekend and hit some trails out here in Arkansas.  Of course, you get two tuners together with tuned machines, of course we ended the weekend with a race. 

My machine (camera car) is a 2021 RZR XP turbo with silicone charge tubes, BC intercooler (air:water to replace the stock unit that is known to crack), Dalton clutching, and a tune on E50.  His machine is a 2019 Yamaha YXZ with a Weller turbo kit, MoTec ECU, and tuned on E85.  I don't know what mine makes exactly, but his did 180whp on the dyno.

These things are a blast!

 

 

 

[the real Duke Spinner]

On 12/21/2022 at 4:16 PM, chassell said:

As an ex motorcycle roadracer, I agree. It's fun being a bullet, but cornerspeed and late braking is what gets the heart rate up!

Trail Braking. 🙂

[the real Duke Spinner]

Most drag racing is gone in Upstate New York ... the one that still may open  this season is New York International Raceway in Leicester

 

[the real Duke Spinner]

On 12/21/2022 at 7:14 PM, geezin' said:

My RZ350 ran 141 MPG at Maxton NC mile. With my fat a$$ on it.

 

And the YZ.

RZ 350

I may still have one. 🙄

[the real Duke Spinner]

Kenney Roberts. 🙂

[the real Duke Spinner]

On 12/21/2022 at 6:45 PM, geezin' said:

40+ years of motocross. I still have my racebikes but haven't ridden them in a couple years. I've done everything except hillclimb and ice racing. MX was just an easy way to race a lot. Compared to other forms it's dirt cheap. Dirt track can be "budget" racing as well but it depends on where ya live. There's an MX track almost everywhere.

 

In all that I've done the thrill of an open class two stroke motocross bike is hard to beat. I still have my 1980 YZ465. Cars of that caliber are just too expensive to buy let alone race.

Check out Poags Hole videos on the net. Local to me. 🙂