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| KPotter | Looking at the new Indy cars... | ||
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OK, give me a one word description of the new Indy cars. Ugly and Fugly are obvious and therefore not allowed.
My choice...Bulbous. |
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| BillH | Re: Looking at the new Indy cars... | ||
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| rklessdriver | Re: Looking at the new Indy cars... | ||
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The cars look horrible.... Looks like a SAAB Viggen jet fighter in the front and a pair of old CRT TV cases behind the rear wheels...
I'm not thrilled with the new 2.2L Turbo engine formula either.... They went thru the trouble to allow turbocharged engines but somehow they don't even have any whine or whistle to them a full song.... some how they have taken everything great about turbo engines and screwed it up. The cars all run right on top of each other, and draft around each other just like NASCAR so the sanctioning body thinks it makes for good TV. Will |
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| BillH | Re: Looking at the new Indy cars... | ||
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Right on, Will with one change. Quote: rklessdriver wrote: The cars look horrible.... Looks like a SAAB Viggen jet fighter in the front mating with a pair of old CRT TV cases behind the rear wheels... I'm not thrilled with the new 2.2L Turbo engine formula either.... They went thru the trouble to allow turbocharged engines but somehow they don't even have any whine or whistle to them a full song.... some how they have taken everything great about turbo engines and screwed it up. The cars all run right on top of each other, and draft around each other just like NASCAR so the sanctioning body thinks it makes for good TV. Will
Yea, the cars haven't sounded good in a long time. Not like they did in the '80's. I still remember sitting in the pit stands and the goose bumps when the first motor fired up on Carburetion Day. It's just open wheel NASCAR anymore, just sucks. |
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| j3studio | Re: Looking at the new Indy cars... | ||
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I liked the race - I'll agree that the new design is not the prettiest. I'm not enamored of some of the new F1 designs either.
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| Trae1976 | Re: Looking at the new Indy cars... | ||
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Hmm, I guess I never really considered open wheelers to be things of beauty, so the new design doesn't bother me that much.
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| BillH | Re: Looking at the new Indy cars... | ||
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Gawd, Trae, I just threw up a little.
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| BillH | Re: Looking at the new Indy cars... | ||
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Now, this here's a good lookin' car.
And a bitchin' helmit. And a great driver.  Attach file:  _0002.jpg (0.00 KB) |
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| j3studio | Re: Looking at the new Indy cars... | ||
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Well, two out of three ain't bad ... |
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Posted on: 2012/5/29 20:17
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| Trae1976 | Re: Looking at the new Indy cars... | ||
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| BillH | Re: Looking at the new Indy cars... | ||
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| BillH | Re: Looking at the new Indy cars... | ||
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Posted on: 2012/5/29 21:28
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| istter1 | Re: Looking at the new Indy cars... | ||
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1967 INDY Gas Turbine Car Document Actions This 1967 Studebaker STP Special was built by Andy Granatelli. The side engine racer was driven by Parnelli Jones. In the 200 mile race (500 miles) at The Brickyard, Car #40 lead 171 laps. On the 197th lap, it suffered a gear box failure ($6.00 part) and eventually finished sixth. What might have been the impact on automobiles had the gas turbine-driven car actually won the race? You can see the racer in the museum in Indianapolis. The next year, "the powers that be" changed the rules to make the use of the gas turbine untenable in INDY car racing. http://www.turbinecowboy.com/carstruc ... orcycles/1967IndyTurbine/ http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/p ... fp=1&tit=Turbine+Indy+Car 67 full race http://youtu.be/_SyGaJg7cMk |
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| bogus | Re: Looking at the new Indy cars... | ||
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I saw them at LB in April... They have some interesting backfire behaviours when slowing for turns... lots of popping.
As for the exhaust note? A lot better than the last V8 sound. Those were just shrill. I don't mind the look, actually. It's different. It give IndyCar an identity beyond being the bastard stepchild to F1. |
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| BillH | Re: Looking at the new Indy cars... | ||
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Wow. Actually today's IndyCar is NASCAR's bastard stepchild. |
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Posted on: 2012/5/30 1:19
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| BillH | Re: Looking at the new Indy cars... | ||
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: Looking at the new Indy cars... | ||
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| BillH | Re: Looking at the new Indy cars... | ||
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U drivin that with the Shriners in the next parade?
You'll need a hat.................and your pig copilot.  Attach file: tride.jpg (0.00 KB) |
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