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  1. 04-13-2009, 12:24 PM #1
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    Default Eagles Canyon track record video

    Thought you'd get a kick out of this...



    I got it in a press release email today.

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  2. 04-13-2009, 12:27 PM #2
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    Yea well you'd think that a Formula 1 car would be able to break the record, sheesh.
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    Track record for what? I saw a kart doing better times than that at ECR.
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    Let's all dog pile

    Thanks for the post channelmaniac

    Just one question: Did they hire the City of Arlington to do the road surface?
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    Quote Originally Posted by onething View Post
    Just one question: Did they hire the City of Arlington to do the road surface?

    No, looks like TxDOT to me.
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    Now if I could get each and every one of my green students to watch this video and see how he sets the steering wheel and pretty much leaves it alone. (other than minor adjustments) He is not hacking or sawing the wheel. I definitely learned something from him in turn 10. It is all about patience and getting the car rotated!!! I know most you already knew that, but an impatient SM guy, my throttle is an on/off switch most of the time!
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    Quote Originally Posted by JuanoTejano View Post
    Yea well you'd think that a Formula 1 car would be able to break the record, sheesh.
    Actually, that's not an F1 car at all. It's a Star Mazda, powered by a bone-stock RX-8 engine.
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  8. 04-13-2009, 09:59 PM #8
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    Oh I knew it wasn't a F1 car, I was exaggerating the fact that it was a very light all out race car. The RX-8 engine is a fun tid bit, I think I would love the match of a rotary in a car that light. Thanks for the info.
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    Yea an F1 would've been 20-30 seconds faster. Didn't know it was a rotary either though. Also wasn't trying to dogpile, just saying I've seen a guy drive that track with his ass maybe two inches off the ground and thought he was doing 1:36's or 1:37's.

    He was driving this-----v
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    Where is the suspension, lol? how many cc in that thing?
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    Quote Originally Posted by JuanoTejano View Post
    Where is the suspension, lol?
    There isn't any, at least not the way you're thinking. The "suspension" is typically in tire pressure and adjusting the flex of the chassis.

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    how many cc in that thing?
    Probably 125cc. 6-speed sequential gearbox, 0-60 in about 3 seconds, ~100 mph top speed. Shifter karts are insane.
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  12. 04-14-2009, 07:39 AM #12
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    That's really cool that they adjust the flex of the chassis to tune the handling.
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