EV's and NASCAR (Page 2/3)
Raydar FEB 26, 04:51 PM

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Originally posted by maryjane:

Fescue. Beware of fescue toxicity if you have livestock or dogs. Do not allow it to go to seed! Fungal endophytes-ergot alkaloids.




Thanks for that. I've never heard that. And we have sheep that graze all over the place - even the lawn, when we let them.
And the cows have been here, literally for decades. Tam's parents kept them when they were still around.

I guess it's fescue. It slowed way down, but never really went dormant like the bermuda did. Grows fast as hell in the summer.
But I'll look into what you posted. Thanks again.
olejoedad FEB 26, 07:20 PM
I saw the turbine car run at Indy.
The tires on the pavement made more noise than the car (not really, but it sure didn't sound like the Offys)
MarkS FEB 27, 08:13 AM
Sorry, if they turn EV, in my opinion, why go to the race? The pure sound & feel of a line of NASCAR stockers starting up & racing is part of the appeal , no? Heck, years ago in Flemington, it was great to hear the dirt track guys race on a Saturday night, especially the modifieds, from my home in the borough.
maryjane FEB 27, 11:52 AM

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Originally posted by MarkS:

Sorry, if they turn EV, in my opinion, why go to the race? The pure sound & feel of a line of NASCAR stockers starting up & racing is part of the appeal , no? Heck, years ago in Flemington, it was great to hear the dirt track guys race on a Saturday night, especially the modifieds, from my home in the borough.



And, who doesn't miss the old radio commercials for the other type venue................

Saturday..SATURDAY NIGHT! Top Fuel Dragsters and NITROMETHANE burning funny cars!! SATURDAY! Kids get in free, gates open at 11...


[youtube]https://youtube/96_PXc9NA5w?t=1301[/youtube]
https://youtube/96_PXc9NA5w?t=1365

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williegoat FEB 27, 01:44 PM
I was 12 years old when the Indy turbine first ran and I thought it was very cool, but my perspective on racing changed over the next few years, in part because we moved to Daytona (Ormond Beach) in the spring of '67.

Now, this stodgy old fool would call it a most fowl form of sacrilege.
Patrick FEB 27, 04:41 PM

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Originally posted by MarkS:

Sorry, if they turn EV, in my opinion, why go to the race? The pure sound & feel of a line of NASCAR stockers starting up & racing is part of the appeal , no?



Agree 100%.

A few years ago when EVs first started to appear at autocross, it was amazingly boring to watch the EVs navigate the course. With no sound of an accelerating/deaccelerating internal combustion engine to accompany the action, it was a total non-event with each EV.

Heck, one of the reasons why I bought a Subie STi to use at autocross was for the glorious noise its flat-four turbo engine makes with an aftermarket exhaust system.
cvxjet FEB 27, 10:51 PM
Kind of like driving a sports car with an automatic transmission- part of the fun of driving on windy roads is shifting the transmission...you become "One with the machine"....The new all electric cars with a computer watching over your every move is like playing a video game....

Back in 2017 the GGF club went on their Coast Run down on SoCal coast...Highway one was closed due to a very large landslide so instead of a nice drive up that windy road, we instead went to the Estrella Air Museum in Paso Robles....Being ex-Navy and an aircraft nut I walked around the aircraft telling some of the club members interesting stuff- but it was very hot so I went into a building to cool off....and came face-to-fender with a 300 SL Gullwing...turning, I spotted a 1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen...Then saw a Allard, etc...walked down the isle (Cars, engines, etc) and at the end of the hall was looking at a BMW Isetta- and then the curator/guide tapped me on the shoulder and stated "We are closing now" (I did not fall on the floor and start screaming but it was close.

We went back for a full tour in 2018- and I spotted the car that (to me) is the best car in the museum; A 1957 Ford Fairlane STOCKcar......found in a field- not restored- floor rusted out, mud, etc. Driven by Al Tasnady.....To me, this was when stock-car racing was REAL- about STOCK cars, and the driver's skill...
MarkS FEB 28, 12:09 PM

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Originally posted by maryjane:


And, who doesn't miss the old radio commercials for the other type venue................

Saturday..SATURDAY NIGHT! Top Fuel Dragsters and NITROMETHANE burning funny cars!! SATURDAY! Kids get in free, gates open at 11...



And "FIREY SMOKEY BURNOUTS!"
Raydar FEB 29, 12:02 AM

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Originally posted by Patrick:
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Heck, one of the reasons why I bought a Subie STi to use at autocross was for the glorious noise its flat-four turbo engine makes with an aftermarket exhaust system.



Guy across the street from me (before we moved) had a BRZ, which is also a flat-four.
Since he worked in a Subaru service department, he was always doing something to it.
The last mod (not too long before he bought his STi) made it sound just like - no kidding - a hotrodded VW bug.
I'm pretty sure that's not the sound he was after.

I hope yours sounds better than that.

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Patrick FEB 29, 12:42 AM

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Originally posted by Raydar:

The last mod (not too long before he bought his STi) made it sound just like - no kidding - a hotrodded VW bug. I'm pretty sure that's not the sound he was after.

I hope yours sounds better than that.



An engine just idling and revving a bit isn't really a fair representation of how good an engine sounds under load, but this is what my turbo Subie sounds like (with an aftermarket exhaust). Doesn't sound like a VW bug to me, but I'm probably a little biased. Crank up your volume. Listen for the siren going through your room!

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