Rod Millen's "Tacoma" on the Goodwood hill climb
07-14-2009, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Saki GT,Jul 14 2009, 01:44 PM
The only thing Tacoma about that is the sticker.
07-14-2009, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by zachismisitok,Jul 14 2009, 10:22 AM
that was pretty sweet. Man that was a lot of horsepower though. what's the point if you can't put it to the ground
07-14-2009, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by s2kpdx01,Jul 14 2009, 01:28 PM
It looked like it was on the ground to me. you always want more hp then the ground, tires, etc can hold if you can control it. It's always faster. He seemed to control it just fine.
so while I agree its nice to have ample power to make the wheels spin when your in higher gears, I do not think it's neccasary to spin through every single gear. spinning = slow. Why do you think people don't use 2000 hp engines. I promise you someone could build it if they really wanted to, there is just no way to control it on 4 tires. I think the fact that he slid into the grass on numerous occasions is evidence enough for not being in great control.
BUT, like someone else mentioned (kind of a d'oh moment for me), the pavement was wet, and that's probably a big reason why he had so little traction
07-14-2009, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by zachismisitok,Jul 14 2009, 03:46 PM
BUT, like someone else mentioned (kind of a d'oh moment for me), the pavement was wet, and that's probably a big reason why he had so little traction
Anyway, great video!
07-15-2009, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by zachismisitok,Jul 14 2009, 01:46 PM
kinetic coefficient friction is worse than static
so while I agree its nice to have ample power to make the wheels spin when your in higher gears, I do not think it's neccasary to spin through every single gear. spinning = slow. Why do you think people don't use 2000 hp engines. I promise you someone could build it if they really wanted to, there is just no way to control it on 4 tires. I think the fact that he slid into the grass on numerous occasions is evidence enough for not being in great control.
BUT, like someone else mentioned (kind of a d'oh moment for me), the pavement was wet, and that's probably a big reason why he had so little traction
so while I agree its nice to have ample power to make the wheels spin when your in higher gears, I do not think it's neccasary to spin through every single gear. spinning = slow. Why do you think people don't use 2000 hp engines. I promise you someone could build it if they really wanted to, there is just no way to control it on 4 tires. I think the fact that he slid into the grass on numerous occasions is evidence enough for not being in great control.
BUT, like someone else mentioned (kind of a d'oh moment for me), the pavement was wet, and that's probably a big reason why he had so little traction
07-15-2009, 04:14 PM
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I may be wrong but I think this is one of Dan Gurney's old IMSA GTP Toyotas that had been reskined to it could fit a "truck image" for Pikes Peak
In the day it was reported that this Turbo4 put down close to 1000hp in qualifing trim
In the day it was reported that this Turbo4 put down close to 1000hp in qualifing trim