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    Mini Trucks

    Anybody here have any experience with the 4x4 Japanese mini trucks like the Suzuki Carry, Daihatsu Hijet, etc.? I've been looking around the net at them for a possible run around vehicle for my property, hauling tools around, etc. They seem like they would do what I want for 1/3-1/2 the cost...
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    Drag racing is boring

    Not really. But it isn't as much fun as flying aerobatics in a small airplane. Vid is kind of long but if you skip through it you get the general idea. They don't record any audio so it has music. Just as well because I said a couple bad words :rofl: jMQQSjwNH3U Went down and...
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    Machine Porn

    So we've been moving. Thought it'd be kind of cool to put my camera up on a column with a 14mm wide angle lens, an intervalometer, and capture a time lapse video of the installation of a three machine horizontal mill pallet pool cell. Below is just the first little bit moving the first two...
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    So close to an 11 I can smell it

    Not diesel though. Put some drag radials on the CTS-V to see if it would run an 11.x without any HP upgrades. Didn't quite make it. Made 4 or 5 passes and the best was a 12.08 @ 115 60' was a 1.77. I think with a few runs on the tires it will do it. Next time I can probably bring the rpm...
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    204mph GT-R

    A local tuning shop went down to California for some 1/2 mile roll race event at an airstrip. The GT-R they took with them did 204mph......not bad :D It's pretty nuts how hard it pulls. I think it's 1200hp or something crazy. LuF3jbzneGE
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    Question: Does this look overloaded?

    :confused: :joker:
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    So my Ferrari....again

    98ebiJKsa1U In Vegas again. Had to do the Exotics Racing again. Ferrari 458...again. Also drove the Porche 997 Turbo and a Ferrari 430 Scuderia. Might put those vids up too. This instructor was great as are most there. I like hearing somebody telling you to "go!" in a $300,000 car or...
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    The real issues we face today

    Sometimes this whole process is a f-ing joke apparently. Voting on rubbers.... really? Screw the economy and foreign policy. We gotta vote on important things like casinos, marijuana, gambling, and porn :rofl...
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    Only getting 6mpg in the Caddy

    I'm gonna trade it for a Prius :( Wonder if it had anything to do with this: pzliNKg0o7k Did another track day in the CTS-V and had a lot of fun. Concentrated on smoooooooooth, which is pretty hard to do for me. "Sport mode" on the transmission sucks. Had much better success...
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    For the guy that has everything

    Make a jet dragster that looks like a tank: Yo2UAINfDfY I wonder how that all came about.
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    Got a new little honey at work today

    Some pictures of the rigging operation. Truck showed up today with a big box wrapped like a present: Unwrapped it: And moved it in....pllleeeeenty of room :D: To answer the "what is it" question, it's a Mori Seiki NTX2000SZM mill/turn center. This isn't a big job...
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    Ferrari Part 2

    Went down to Vegas for a friends bachelor weekend. One of the activities was Exotics Racing. I posted a vid of me driving a Ferrari 458 Italia a couple months ago. Had to do it again. Also drove the GT-R again and an Audi R8. The Audi was pretty fun but the Ferrari is where it's at for me...
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    This is nuts (drag racing related)

    How does this seems like a good idea? :eek: Shut down seems just a little short. 99emtKyziOc
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    A couple of new little honies

    Picked these little gems up last week :woott: Ordered them in October. Two Freedom Arms Model 97's. One 4-1/4" 45 Colt with an additional 45 acp cylinder, and a 5-1/2" .357 with 9mm and 38 special cylinders. They say not to shoot .38 spl out of the .357 cyl due to the small diameter they...
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    So I was driving my Ferrari

    Okay so it wasn't mine ;) Spent some time in Vegas this last week for work and decided to do the Exotics Racing at the LVMS outside road course (they have one inside the speedway too). Drove a Nissan GT-R for 5 laps, a Lamborghini Murciélago LP640 for 8 laps, and a Ferrari 458 Italia for 8...
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    Engine teardown report

    So since "many" failures aren't posted on the interwebs, here's mine for an FYI, datamining expedition, finger pointing, education, whatever :D: In Edmonton at the NHRDA race last season I noticed a little oil under the pcv catch can before my second qual run. Kind of disappointing since I was...
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    Track days in the V

    So I decided it would be a good idea to sign up for two track days. One here at Portland International Raceway in my CTS-V on Oct 1st, and another Oct 29th at Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch near Pahrump, NV. In that one Cadillac supplies the cars. Should be fun :woott: Anybody else do these...
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    Another Gopro vid

    Stuck one on the side this time. e2KK_MUUFnw
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    Messing around with the Gopro

    These cameras are pretty cool. Went for some testing yesterday and stuck one on the inside of the bed with a suction cup mount. Sort of a dogs eye view of drag racing :D VbufrA3oVtQ
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    Little Red Truck on the dyno

    Little Red on the dyno Ran the truck on the rollers last weekend for the hell of it. The event is a good one. It's called NW All Soot Out. It's organized by a few people here locally and has had a great turnout in it's first two years. They put 52 trucks on the dyno last Saturday. Sponsors put...
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