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Oh we are deffenatly going to be running it at the meet. John you should come out some time even though its a long drive for you. I will be running this about once a month now that I have been bitten by the dragon.
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Apr 5, 2004 - 11:53 PM
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i've actually been talking about this on another board i'm on (speed-society, shameless plug)..
i'm thinking about hooking up w/ some friends down there on the way (sort of) to NOPI this year... should be fun. |
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Apr 6, 2004 - 12:12 PM
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If you ever decide you want to come, you can stay with me Fri night and ride up Saturday morning(or Sat/Sun depending on when we go). I live at the intersection of I-24 and I-75. Chattanooga is roughly 800 miles from you, so it would be a whole day trip up, but at least you'd have a couch to crash on. And you could always plan it around an Autocross weekend(www.rivergate5speed.com/scca is the local here) and get even more enjoyment from the trip. |
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Apr 6, 2004 - 1:18 PM
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man between this road & the meet you guys are having, im getting REAL tempted to take the LONG ride down..
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Apr 6, 2004 - 2:31 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 22, '04 From bellingham, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
we have a similar road here in northern WA (chuckanut drive)..... there aren't as many corners (probably about 50-60) but there are also long straights to get goin quickly on (upwards of 100-130mph)....
i wish we had that here though.... i'd probably be pissing tons of civics off
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Apr 6, 2004 - 7:54 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 22, '02 From Detroit Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Video news: I'm hoping to have the vid available tomorrow, just figured out how to convert it from DV-AVI into a usable format. I'm debating on FTP or BitTorrent. I'd rather use BitTorrent, but not many people know of it.
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Apr 6, 2004 - 8:14 PM
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Yeah, me too. Its not quite as far for me, but still alot of driving regardless.
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Apr 6, 2004 - 8:34 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 30, '02 From Franklin,Tn Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Well you guys should come down, trust me it will be well worth the drive. Aaron John said that he would host it for us, so you could send it to him or you can just set it up yourself.
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Apr 7, 2004 - 12:18 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 22, '02 From Detroit Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
OK, I have the first file ready for everyone. It's Brian following me and an Integra. It's 2 and a half minutes, and about 12 MB.
Hit me up on AIM to get it.(same name as here) I'm going to make a few quick clips of the bikes, and then call it a night. I have the big file(just over 800 meg) ready too, but Brian has first dibs on it. |
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Apr 7, 2004 - 12:33 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 29, '02 From Franklin/Nashville, TN Currently Offline Reputation: 16 (100%) |
hot off the presses. here's the 2.5min video he was talkin about, 12mb. right click it and save as...
nice vid guys, and it's my pleasure puttin it up on my server for you.  .Dragon Tail Run. enojoy guys. -John- -------------------- AIM==Mynzeyes
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Apr 7, 2004 - 12:36 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 22, '02 From Detroit Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I hope you have plenty of server space and bandwidth because I'm going to be sending you more vids(it's only 2:30 minutes of the 55 we got), not to mention the Celica.net guys will want them too. |
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Apr 7, 2004 - 12:45 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 29, '02 From Franklin/Nashville, TN Currently Offline Reputation: 16 (100%) |
well...hopefully it won't get TOO terribly flooded...you may wanna get someone else to help host it, seeing as how my server is run off my computer.
. but it'll handle enough to get by for now.
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Apr 7, 2004 - 1:12 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 22, '02 From Detroit Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I have a feeling that it's going to get hit hard. I'll see what I can do about finding something. edit: I've got a total of 3 vids now, I'll allow file sharing(using AIM) while I'm 'away' so everyone can grab the two that John hasn't hosted. This post has been edited by aaronc222: Apr 7, 2004 - 1:59 AM |
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Apr 7, 2004 - 3:10 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 30, '02 From Franklin,Tn Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Aaron, well if I can get some server space at comcast I will help out to host the vids.
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Apr 7, 2004 - 6:59 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 22, '04 From bellingham, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
i really hope you're not pushing it in that vid...... for one, you shouldn't be braking while cornering in a FWD car (it's a no-no.... screws up weight transfer to the front... which is what you don't want.... unless you guys are using LFB, which i doubt seeing how there isn't ANY tire squeeling...lol)... secondly... damn, go faster  when i took coomer for a ride i had him grabbing for the oh **** handle & i wasn't even pushing it that hard through the corner
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Apr 7, 2004 - 7:15 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 22, '03 From NOVA Currently Offline Reputation: 16 (100%) |
#1) corning in any car- brake before turn, hit the gas at the apex and accel. out of the turn
#2) DAMN i wanna ride that road OMG i really really wanna go kick some ass on that road |
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Apr 7, 2004 - 9:40 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 22, '04 From bellingham, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
hit the gas at the apex? um... you should be on the gas when you enter a corner (in a FWD car).... otherwise again.... if you go from braking or neither braking/gas to just gassing it while already turning, then you're going to affect the weight transfer... in this case it would end up being losing traction to the drive wheels in the corner (and possibly understeering worse)... you want to brake before the corner, and slowly accelerate (and have a steady/smooth foot for smooth driving) through to the apex and then accelerate more as you exit..... also.. RWD cars are different.... if they have enough power you can brake in the corner, induce some understeer and use the RWD and power to neutral it out if need be.... |
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Apr 7, 2004 - 11:04 PM
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where we were on the part of the road, it looked REALLY bad, and there was some gravel/**** on the road. That was our first time through there, too - so we had NO idea what was coming around each turn. That was the NC side, the TN side has nice new asphalt. I can't speak for the other guys, but at first I was on the brakes a little hard, because I wasn't sure how much the turn I was in was going to keep turning. There were a couple times when I had to slow down a lot right in a turn, because I just wasn't going to make it at the speed I was going.
Hopefully once we get used to the road we can hit it a bit harder. Oh, another thing: I was on stock suspension, with only kumho 711's adding anything bryan has a nice suspension setup -but was on stock tires aaron had a bad back right tire hopefully we won't be "limping" around next time
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Apr 7, 2004 - 11:30 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 22, '04 From bellingham, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
that's cool... if i ever get a chance i'm gonna get some footage of us driving down chuckanut here... especially with my new engine!
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Apr 8, 2004 - 12:35 AM
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I'll show you my secret road hwy 5...it's fun. The Rex is great in it...and if I go to the meet I will have to take the Rex on that road.
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