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Tim N (Timn88)
Intermediate Member
Username: Timn88
Post Number: 1282
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, July 21, 2002 - 10:06 pm: | |
Ok, jack the vid will be up soon. a fellow fchat member was kind enough to host it. This is just our first try, let us know what you think. The nest one will have music, and we will incorporate all we learned in the making of this one to make the next one better. |
Jack (Gilles27)
Member
Username: Gilles27
Post Number: 476
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, July 21, 2002 - 12:55 pm: | |
Stephen, that's what my guess would have been. On another note, just got back from a nice weekend cruise to/from Michigan, and it was a great ride. Perfect weather, liberal MI highway speeds. Even gave a kid at a gas station a ride. Home in time to watch the GP live. Don't worry--won't spoil it... |
stephen r chong (Ethans_dad)
Junior Member
Username: Ethans_dad
Post Number: 60
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, July 21, 2002 - 12:17 am: | |
The A -pillar gauges could also been for a NOS setup. I think the instant shots of HP are pretty popular with the import scene. Right out of F+F... I have seen some beautifully set up Honda's/Acura's. Really thought out and well executed 13sec cars. Like it or not, these are the hot rods of the 2000's. |
Robert McNair (Rrm)
Junior Member
Username: Rrm
Post Number: 123
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, July 21, 2002 - 12:00 am: | |
Jack, I don't know about the civics but I test drove a s2000 and the one complaint I had w/ the car was that the wheel did not tilt and in my driving position I did not have a good view of the fact. tach as the top rim of the wheel blocked it. I know a lot of other owners of s2k s' have complained about this and the a pillar mount seems to cure the problem. Also you have to remember this is the new gen. just like the old gen. used to mount the tach on the steering wheel. |
Tim N (Timn88)
Intermediate Member
Username: Timn88
Post Number: 1255
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 2:19 pm: | |
i dont think any of the free hosting places will host 10mb, hoefully Ben Lobenstein will host them, he hosted about 20 of my other videos that i just found around the web, alot of which are ferrari/exotic car related. |
Jack (Gilles27)
Member
Username: Gilles27
Post Number: 463
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 2:12 pm: | |
I've never posted a video. Are there any free hosting sites, like with photos? Check with some of the other guys like Modman who have posted them. |
Tim N (Timn88)
Intermediate Member
Username: Timn88
Post Number: 1253
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 2:09 pm: | |
YES- if someone wants to host it!!! I was just going on Fchat to ask if anyone could host it for us. the one we edited yesterday was just a "practice" as we have to learn how to edit. I just saw it, my friend dropped off the CD no more than 10 minutes ago. Its 10.6mb (i think) and is about 2 minutes long. |
Jack (Gilles27)
Member
Username: Gilles27
Post Number: 461
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 2:01 pm: | |
I think some of the rally-derived cars are pretty sharp, especially the Subaru.
Tim--will we get to see the video? |
Frank Parker (Parkerfe)
Intermediate Member
Username: Parkerfe
Post Number: 1092
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 1:52 pm: | |
While I don't necessarily like the modified Jap cars, I do recognize that the WRC cars they are coping are very quick and great handling cars. I think its great that Subaru and Mitshubishi are now bringing their WRC type cars to the U.S.A. Be careful toying with some of those cars on the street or track. They are light, have plenty of HP, are all wheel drive and can embarass a lot of much more expensive cars out there including Ferraris. |
Tim N (Timn88)
Intermediate Member
Username: Timn88
Post Number: 1251
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 1:27 pm: | |
Some people are just idiots and like to race when conditions are not ideal, such as in heavy traffic where it is likely that pedestrians may be crossing the road. |
Jack (Gilles27)
Member
Username: Gilles27
Post Number: 460
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 1:17 pm: | |
Tim-good rant. You seem like you're smart enough not to do something risky. In Chicago, though, there are quite a few injuries/deaths every year from street racers, and it's almost always an innocent 3rd party, whether a pedestrian or another car at an intersection. One big problem is the lack of wide-open roads. Everywhere you go here, almost 24 hours a day, there is traffic. Even our rush "hour" lasts nearly 5 hours! That's why when traffic is light, I just like being able to cruise along and enjoy the ride. The guys who have become the real problem, though, are the motorcycle riders. They ride in packs at 3-figure speeds, knowing that the cops can't/won't stop them. |
Tim N (Timn88)
Intermediate Member
Username: Timn88
Post Number: 1248
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 12:46 pm: | |
Alot od the times its the ones without the hideous body kits and stupid spoilers that are fast. I wasnt suggesting street racing as its not a good idea, but it isnt aas dangerous as everyone thinks and as the media makes it out to be. How many people die eash year from it? not many. and how many street races take place? more than you could ever imagine. I;m not saying its good to do, im just saying it isnt as bad as people are led to believe. yesrerday evening at dusk i drag raced my friend, he has a camaro SS, for a video we are making. It was on a deserted back road that is straight, flat, and a half mile long. Are you saying thats dangerous? I certainly didnt think it was, otherwise i wouldnt have done it. The clip is rather humorous with a quote from me at the end.
I just dont race people who's driving skill i question, or if there is traffic and i put anyone else in danger (in all fairness, i dont even put myslef in danger as im not the one doing 160+ in a ferrari on public highways)
end rant |
Jack (Gilles27)
Member
Username: Gilles27
Post Number: 458
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 12:41 pm: | |
Street racing has never interested me. It's dangerous as well as dumb, and I prefer to do it on the track (which is dangerous and smart?). I always assume that these modified-looking cars are fast, but you could tell this one wasn't by the way he was really standing on it without much response. The odd thing was that this particular Honda was a nice looking one. A really clean, newer-looking white Civic. His stickers were even put on carefully behind the front wheel, ala NASCAR. Maybe we're starting to see a new class of street racer--more refined! |
Tim N (Timn88)
Intermediate Member
Username: Timn88
Post Number: 1245
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 12:23 pm: | |
He could have had a turbo and the 2 guages were boost and most likely EGT, or fuel to air ratio. these are common guages to have. If he had a turbo i hate to say it but its a good thing you didnt race him because you would have gotten embarassed. Turbo'ed hondas, especially civic hatchbacks, are fast. Look at it this way, you buy a car for 6 grand, put a turbo kit in with all the necescary stuff and you have a low 13 second car for less than 10k when everything is said and done. The hatchbacks are the fastest bc they are so light, watch out for them. These cars are even faster when rolling because they have bad off the line traction bc they are fwd. Seriously man, more ricer cars are hooked up than you think. Not all just have the stickers, intake, muffler and system. Some are actually fast. |
Tenney (Tenney)
Junior Member
Username: Tenney
Post Number: 187
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 12:16 pm: | |
In a lot of cases, it's a look. If the fast guy has 'em, the slow guy wants 'em.
Back in the day when the factory tossed you a "trouble light" or two, auxiliary gauges (tach, oil pressure, water temp., etc.) were essential.
Pretty sure most of the current crop of Hondas come stock with the correct tools for monitoring the engine's operating conditions. Perhaps in a car that means business, an aux. boost gauge might make sense and a tell-tale tach with a shift light could come in handy if the car's being run frequently. Just a thought or two, no expert here. |
TomD (Tifosi)
Intermediate Member
Username: Tifosi
Post Number: 1063
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 12:10 pm: | |
propably not connected - just for looks - lol - sometime I think they put an extra tach |
Jack (Gilles27)
Member
Username: Gilles27
Post Number: 456
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 11:56 am: | |
Driving home last night on Lake Shore Drive, I saw two kids in a Honda with the plate U TOO SLO. The car had the coffee can exhaust, stickers all over it, all the usual stuff...They kept buzzing me, wanting to race, but I ignored them. Didn't want to jeopardize my AAA driver test scores, after all! Anyway, I've noticed a lot of these cars have a double gauge cluster mounted just inside the driver's A-pillar. Anyone know what they're for? Obviously aftermarket, and I assumed they tie into performance mods, but this guy's car definitely wasn't a screamer. Just curious. |