vaquaro Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 Nice to see OPEC racing for something other than our wallets :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:
jimoshel Posted January 20, 2013 Posted January 20, 2013 Them things got two engines in 'em. One to drive the rear wheels and one to drive the turbo.
ftpiercecracker1 Posted January 20, 2013 Posted January 20, 2013 It looks like they are actually using ice or some sort of chilling product to cool their intercoolers. :eek: I have had that same idea, but had no idea of how to implicate it.
89eliminator Posted January 20, 2013 Posted January 20, 2013 It looks like they are actually using ice or some sort of chilling product to cool their intercoolers. :eek: I have had that same idea, but had no idea of how to implicate it. local guy here had a twin turbo cadillac 500 motor. he ran the intercooler piping to the bed of his truck. he had 4 boxes that he would fill with ice that the piping would route through. that thing made sick power.
ftpiercecracker1 Posted January 20, 2013 Posted January 20, 2013 local guy here had a twin turbo cadillac 500 motor. he ran the intercooler piping to the bed of his truck. he had 4 boxes that he would fill with ice that the piping would route through. that thing made sick power. I am VERY curious to know what his intake temps were, probably ambient temp which is probably the equivilent to straight NO2.
HOrnbrod Posted January 20, 2013 Posted January 20, 2013 Nice to see OPEC racing for something other than our wallets :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: They used to only race camels.
DirtyComanche Posted January 20, 2013 Posted January 20, 2013 The lack of air filters, or even a FOD screen, intrigues me. I guess when you have that type of money, it doesn't matter.
jimoshel Posted January 20, 2013 Posted January 20, 2013 They build their engines loose, that is with 1/4 inch clearances between piston and cylinder walls. That way the sand flows right on thru without wearing anything. No need for filters.
Keyav8r Posted January 20, 2013 Posted January 20, 2013 I remember back in the old days (409/427 Chevys, 440 wedge/426 hemi Dodges & Plymouths, 429 Fords, etc), a lot of the guys would build aluminum "boxes" over the intake and around the carb that would be filled with ice before/between runs to keep them cold. I'm talking muscle car/pre-emissions & MPG legislation days when only rail jobs and Modifieds ran superchargers and turbochargers were only used on diesel semis. So, using ice to cool the intake charge really isn't new.
BIGHEEP Posted January 20, 2013 Posted January 20, 2013 It looks like they are actually using ice or some sort of chilling product to cool their intercoolers. :eek: I have had that same idea, but had no idea of how to implicate it. They spray the I/C with CO2. They sell kits but it is also pretty easy to make them. You basicly run a ring of copper tubing around the outside front edge of the intercooler. You drill a bunch of holes facing inward. Then you run a line to a Nitrous solinoid, then to a paintball tank. Wire it up to a switch and you can spray the intercooler in shots like nitrous. Instead of the nitrous solinoid you can also run it off a pressure switch so it comes on with boost.
Comanche County Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 Those long dresses are called "dishdashas" and in their culture there's nothing feminine about em. There's actually several levels of formality with the dishdasha, all those in the video were casual though. At 125 degrees they're more comfortable than our standards of dress, they usually go commando. All Arabs are gearheads, unfortunately they love Mercedes, BMWs, Toyota Hilux's and Land Rovers. But they do love Jeeps, unfortunately, anything with 4 wheel drive is a Jeep to them. Did anyone else spot the Paki & Indian mechanics? Why get your hands greasy when you can pay someone else?
wurst Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 I was talking to a Saudi yesterday and he told me the most popular car is the GMC Yukon since gas is 90 cents per litre. They still have nothing on Iceland, though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBvKNcY-Frc
jimoshel Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 WOW! Swap the volcanic ash for white sand and I would swear that was Oregon beaches and the Hauser Dune Buggies Club was having our weekly hill climb. FUN!!FUN!!FUN!!
gogmorgo Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 kinda shocks me that gas would only be 90c/litre there, since that's just under what it is up here... works out to 3.40/gallon.
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